Identifier: americanboyshand00bear (find matches)
Title: The American boys' handybook of camp-lore and woodcraft
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941
Subjects: Camping Camping -- Equipment and supplies
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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abutt of ten inches, counting from the part where the rootsjoin the trunk. Before cutting the stump off above theground, dig all around the roots, carefully scraping away allstones and pebbles, then cut the roots off close up to thestump, for this is the hardest part of the wood and makes thebest mall head (Fig. 337). How TO Make the Gluts or WedgesFarmers claim that the best wedges are made of apple-wood, or locust wood; never use green wedges if seasonedones may be obtained, for one seasoned wedge is worth manygreen ones. In the north woods, or, in fact, in any woods,applewood cannot be obtained, but dogwood and ironwoodmake good substitutes even when used green (Figs. 338and 357). How to Harden Green WoodMany of the Southern Indians in the early history ofAmerica tipped their arrows with bits of cane; these greenarrow points they hardened by slightly charring them withthe hot ashes of the fire. Gluts may be hardened in thesame manner; do not burn them; try to heat them just suflS-
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AXE AND SAW 237 ciently to force the sap out and harden the surface. Wlieredogw(X)d, ironwood and apple wood are not to be obtained,make your gluts of what is at hand; that is true woodcraft(Fig. 337). A year or two ago, wliile traihng a moose, we ran acrossthe ruins of a lumber camp tliat had been wij)ed out by fire,and here we picked up half a dozen axe heads among themoose tracks. These axe heads we used as gluts to splitour wood as long as we remamed in that camp, and by theiraid we built a shack of board rived from balsam logs. Fig. 341 shows how to make and how to use firewoodhods on farms or at permanent camps. How TO Make a Chopping Block After you have cut the crotch and trimmed it dowTi intothe form of Fig. 339, you may find it convenient to flattenthe thing on one side. This you do by hewing and scoring;that is, by cutting a series of notches all of the same depth,and then sphtting off the wood between the notches, as onewould in making a puncheon (Fig; 342). (A puncheon is

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