Woodworking (1953)

[Music] everywhere you look you see about you examples of one of the oldest skills known to man the skill of woodworking wood has always been plentiful in most places it's easy to cut and shape there are many kinds of woods suitable for different uses some soft and easy to work some hard and resistant to wear to top off these advantages many woods are beautiful to look at they have attractive grains and pleasant colors which appeal to our sense of beauty for this reason Woods are used for furniture with such hard woods as mahogany Walnut Oak Maple and Cherry being particularly popular woods with attractive grains are used for salad bowls for handles and for other decorative [Music] items because of the wealth of things that can be fashioned of wood and the interesting ways in which it can be worked many people take up woodworking either as a profession or as a [Music] hobby gee raay this is swell look at it sure is balanced nice yeah look at this grain it's real Hickory and I put an oil finish on it oh well that's nice I'll say is all this yours sure my dad and I have it together you have a lot of tools haven't you yeah we've been getting them together for quite a while you know what they're all for sure I've made lots of things down here looks Mighty complicated oh it isn't so bad when you get right down to it there only about four different kinds of tools only four I see lots more than that well now look you need tools to cut with like saws and chisels and planes that's one you need tools to bore holes with in Wood like this hand drill and that brace and these bits that's tool you need tools to fasten wood together like Hammers and screwdrivers that's three well that seems to cover everything sawing wood boring holes and fastening wood together what else is there tools to measure and Mark and hold wood with believe me they're important too like this combination square and that steel square and this Vice it would be pretty hard to get along without them well if it's as simple as that why do you have so many tools yeah look at all the saws that's because each tool is for a special job take this one this is a cross cut saw it's used to cut across the grain of a piece of wood but when you're cutting with the grain you use this saw it's called a rip saw see how much larger the teeth are it'll do the job better in about half the time does it take long to learn what all these tools are for oh no especially if you make a point of knowing what each tool is for and always using the right tool for the job for instance suppose I wanted to drive in this screw well I'd pick a screwdriver that fits snugly into the slot if it's too big it won't go into the slot and if it's too little it will slip out easily and ruin the screw and maybe the work too either way it's a lot more work than if i' used the right size screwdriver in the first place what are these machines for well these are some of the simplest of woodworking machines this is a table saw it makes a straight cut it's used mostly to rip long boards it should always have this guard on it when it's being used it's probably the most useful power tool this one is a band saw it's used for cutting curves oh I see the blade goes all the way around that's right what about this one that's a jigsaw it's used for cutting curves too but out of lighterwood then you'd use on a band saw got some work on this one yeah that's a la it's used for turning out round pieces oh that must be what you made your bat on that's right this is a table leg I'm making now want to see how it works sure got to be careful around these machines see simple isn't it yeah when you know how my bat was really hard to work it was made out of Hickory and that's one of the hardest Woods there are you know I'm going to be taking Mr Peyton's class in woodworking when school starts what do I need to make a bat like yours oh a piece of Hickory about 3 in square and 36 in [Music] Long when The Woodworking class met that fall Cliff knew just what he wanted to make well I guess that's about as much as we can do today when you come to class tomorrow we'll decide what our beginning project will will be now you can each pick something you really want to make all right see you tomorrow Mr pum yes Cliff I already know what I want to make oh what's that a baseball B well Cliff you're not ready for the lathe yet that'll be a good project after you've had a little more experience I already have a piece of Hickory well you'll have to start with something that's uh built with hand tools Cliff we've got some pretty interesting beginning projects here how about a napkin holder well if I can't make a baseball bat how about this shoe box say that's not a bad idea I sure could use one good here's the working plan for [Music] [Applause] it so Cliff began his training in woodworking as the days went by he learned some of the beginning skills he learned learned how to lay out and cut stock that is the piece of wood he was working with he learned how to use a tri Square to mark off a right [Applause] [Music] angle he learned to use a saw first selecting the right one for the job he learned to let the Saw's own weight do the cutting and not bear down on it he learned to keep his eye on the line rather than the saw and to leave the line on the work rather than cut through the middle of it he formed the habit of taking the final Strokes slowly and holding on to the waist piece with his other hand to keep the stock from splitting as it separates and he used the tri Square for checking his work he learned the proper way to bore holes too he found that when working with the brace and augur bit the screw Point draws the bit into the wood so that it isn't necessary to press down very hard on the brace he learned to hold the brace so that the bit is at right angles to the wood and he learned how to avoid Breaking Through the Wood by stopping when the screw Point shows on the other side and turning the work over [Music] [Applause] [Music] Cliff found that he had something to learn about using even so common a tool as the hammer he learned to hold the hammer at the end of the handle to get the full benefit of the weight of the hammer head and when it became necessary to pull out a nail he found that it was good practice to put a small block under the hammer when fastening with screws he learned to drill a hole first in the outside piece so that the screw threads wouldn't keep the two pieces apart he learned to hold the screwdriver straight over the screw to keep it from slipping off and marring the stock these are some of the things Cliff learned as he acquired more and more skill in Woodworking and while he was learning he had made something that he really wanted Cliff hadn't said another word to Mr pton about the bat he wanted to make but Mr pton hadn't forgotten it o Cliff yes sir still got that piece of Hickory you were talking about I sure have bring it in I think you'll enjoy using a lathe oh [Music] boy coming along well thanks you know what Mr pyton yeah I've got a beautiful piece of Walnut at home that would be just right for a table lamp and that's how Cliff got into the exciting field of woodworking he was learning a skill at which he could spend many happy hours and yet a skill that was of great practical value to him too