. Cedar chests, how to make them. Fig. for example, can be sawed and filed from a piece of copper 1 thick, or, ifthe school teaches molding, a wooden pattern the shape and size of the pullcan be made, a mold taken from it, and a copper casting made in the little filing and polishing will put the metal pull in excellent the wire is thicker in the middle, it can be hammered out or filedbefore bending, as in Fig. 72. The boring of the nail holes in the plate willcomplete the construction. 88 CEDAR CHESTS. Fig. 73 Chest Decorated with Decalcomania Transfers HINGE PLATESHinge pla
. Cedar chests, how to make them. Fig. for example, can be sawed and filed from a piece of copper 1 thick, or, ifthe school teaches molding, a wooden pattern the shape and size of the pullcan be made, a mold taken from it, and a copper casting made in the little filing and polishing will put the metal pull in excellent the wire is thicker in the middle, it can be hammered out or filedbefore bending, as in Fig. 72. The boring of the nail holes in the plate willcomplete the construction. 88 CEDAR CHESTS. Fig. 73 Chest Decorated with Decalcomania Transfers HINGE PLATESHinge plates are used on the cover to give the chest a more massiveappearance. They extend to the back edge, or are bent over it. Afterthe design has been traced on the metal, they are sawed, filed, and the nailholes drilled as before. CORNERSCorners are made like hinge plates with the addition of a right anglebend in the middle. This bending is accomplished by placing the metalbetween two hardwood pieces screwed up in a vise, and driving the upperhalf over with a mallet. In some instances. Fig. 19 is an example, thecorner does not go around the end, a flat plate covering the end grainbeing fastened on the front only. FINISH The metal trimmings should be rubbed very briskly with fine steelwool, and polished with water and pumice stone. They will keep thispolish if coated with banana oil or some other good lacquer. This finishshould be applied before the trimmings are fastened on the chest. NAILS Copper nails with various
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