Excerpt from Woodworking for Beginners: A Textbook for Use in the Trade Schools and School Shops of the Philippines Since woodworking became a part of the plan of manual instruction in Philippine public schools, the need has been. Felt for a text suitable to the conditions under which this work is being carried on. The standard American text books contain much material, particularly as to woods and their treatment, that does not apply here; also, the English in them is too advanced for most Filipino pupils. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.