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Figure 105.   Drawing of shingle-making

This drawing shows how to use a froe and a mallet to make a shingle.  Whereas Waiters had to use a stump for his demonstration, this man has a billet of wood and a proper mallet.  (Drawing by Chris McJunkin for the hewn-timber cabins collection, 2002.) 
Poster showing shingle making
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Copyright Mrs. Amelia Wallace Vernon. All rights reserved, 1998. Revised, 2008.