[Illustration: Figure 24.--(1) Snips for cutting sheet metal. (2) Carpenter's Level, iron stock.] [Illustration: Figure 25.--Wood-Boring Twist Drill Bit. Twist drills for wood have longer points than drills for boring iron.] [Illustration: Figure 26.--Pod-Bit. The fastest boring gimlet bits are of this pattern. They are made in sizes from to 1/8" to 3/8" and are intended for boring softwood.] [Illustration: Figure 27.--Auger-Bits. For smooth boring the lip bits are best. The side cutters project beyond the cutting lips to cut the circle ahead of the chips. For boring green wood the single-worm clears better than the double-worm bit.] [Illustration: Figure 28.--Extension Boring Bits. The cutting lips may be set to bore holes from 1/2" to 3" in diameter. They are used mostly in softwood.] [Illustration: Figure 29.--Ship Auger. This shape auger is made with or without a screw point. It will bore straighter in cross-grained wood without a point.] [Illustration: Figure 30.--Long Ship Auger.] [Illustration: Figure 31.--Bridge Auger. The long handle permits the workman to stand erect while boring. The home made handle is welded onto the shank of a ship auger.] A wooden carpenter's level, Figure 23, two feet long, with a plumb glass near one end, is the most satisfactory farm level, an instrument that is needed a great many times during the year. Good brace bits are scarce on farms. They are not expensive, but farmers are careless about bits and braces. Two sizes of braces are needed, a small brace for small pod bits and twist drills, and a large ratchet brace with a 6-inch crank radius for turning larger bits. [Illustration: Figure 32.--Carpenter's Jointer.] [Illustration: Figure 33.--Fore-Plane. This style plane is preferred to a regular jointer for most farm work.] Twist drill bits will bore both wood and iron, and they are not expensive up to three-eighths inch or one-half inch. But for larger sizes from one-half inch to one inch the finest lip wood boring bits will give the best satisfaction. Extension bits are used for boring holes larger than one inch. Two extension bits are better than one bit with two lip cutters. They will bore holes in soft wood in sizes from one inch to three inches. Other cutting tools such as jack plane jointer and smoothing plane, also an assortment of chisels, belong to the farm equipment. [Illustration: Figure 34.--Tool Box of Socket Chisels and Gouges. The chisels are sized from 1/2" to 2" in width. The two chisels to the right show different patterns.] All cutting tools should be of the best design and the best steel. If they are properly used and taken care of, the different jobs of repair work can be handled quickly and to great advantage. FARM GRINDSTONE A grindstone may be gritty without being coarse so it will bite the steel easily and cut it away quickly. A good stone is a very satisfactory farm implement, but a greasy stone is a perpetual nuisance.