AUGER BITS can be bought as needed. A full set is con venient, though hardly necessary. A NAIL SET, COUNTER SINK, STEEL SQUARE, and four BAR CABINET CLAMPS Will be needed. Also a COMBINATION PLANE, for making rabbets, grooves, etc.
The cost of this outfit of tools will not be so great as one might think, when purchased as a whole. Some firms have cabinets in stock, upon which they make special prices, in which the list of tools is not far different from the above. It is well to investigate their quality—only high grade tools should be purchased. If you are not informed, ask someone who is. You may depend upon it that the kind your carpenter friend uses and will recommend will be satisfactory.
There can be no satisfactory work done with dull tools. A grindstone will be needed. The kind that is run with the feet is best, as it leaves both hands free to hold the tool.
A miter box is very convenient, and will save much time—and possibly material—in the hands of an amateur.
Of course, we might add to these many other conveniences. We know one suburbanite who has a lathe, power saw, etc., run by an electric motor. He spends no more upon this hobby of his than his neighbor does upon golf, and in the end has beautiful pieces which his children will be glad to treasure after he is gone. Nor is this all there is to it. He has two growing sons who find their place of pleasure and recreation in this same shop. The fellowship of father and sons is "good to look upon" in this day when so many fathers have "no time" to give to their sons, who, having nothing else to do, are apt to spend their time on the streets, running wild, causing trouble for law-abiding citizens who are so un fortunate as to live within the range of their depredations.
Plate 1 is an interior view of a well-equipped basement workshop.