41. In the castles built by the Crusaders, the adze has been worked in a diagonal direction instead of vertically. 42. All timber used in this dangerous and mammoth task was hand dressed with an axe and adze by this trio. 43. The wood for the joists and rafters were trimmed with an adze from trees felled on or near the property. 44. The timber was cut at Ormiston, pit-sawn to size, and dressed and shaped with an adze . 45. Historians conjecture that the first plane was probably made by lashing an adze head to the nose of a wooden block. 46. In firefly form, the adze would pass through closed doors at night and suck blood from people as they slept. 47. He used his axe and adze to cut and shape the timber for bearers, joists, walls and household furniture. 48. There was a story on shipbuilding, with details about the materials used to make them, including the adze and oakum. 49. "When you're framing the boat, the only tool to do it properly is an adze ," 50. The shoulders or sides of an adze may be curved called a " lipped adze ", used for notching.
