. Cedar chests, how to make them. Fig. 65, Suggestive Designs from Commercial Sources CEDAR CHEST DESIGNS SUGGESTIONS FOR DESIGN 77 Figs. 65 and 66 illustrate a few additional designs whose workingdrawings are not given. They may offer suggestions worth while whenthe builder is designing his own. The feet are especially Fig. 66. Suggestive Designs from Commercial Sources CHAPTER V The Finishing of Cedar Red cedar, contrary to supposition, is not a hard wood to a closed grain, it needs no filler, which greatly simplifies itsfinishing. The outside, and the inner side o
. Cedar chests, how to make them. Fig. 65, Suggestive Designs from Commercial Sources CEDAR CHEST DESIGNS SUGGESTIONS FOR DESIGN 77 Figs. 65 and 66 illustrate a few additional designs whose workingdrawings are not given. They may offer suggestions worth while whenthe builder is designing his own. The feet are especially Fig. 66. Suggestive Designs from Commercial Sources CHAPTER V The Finishing of Cedar Red cedar, contrary to supposition, is not a hard wood to a closed grain, it needs no filler, which greatly simplifies itsfinishing. The outside, and the inner side of the cover — to preventwarping — should be finished; never the inside of the chest. PREPARING THE WOOD FOR FINISHING The cedar chest should be prepared for finishing as any other pieceof furniture is prepared. All glue and rough spots should be carefullyscraped and sandpapered until the surface is entirely free from the wood in the chest has been purchased glued up and machine sand-papered, it will need a final sandpapering with No. 0 or No. 00 worked down by hand, it will need a great deal of scraping with a sharpscraper, a preliminary rubbing with No. 1 sandpaper, and a final rubbingwith No. 0, working with the grain in each case. Careful dusting prepara-tory to the application of the first coa
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