. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. e twines cross secure witha knot. The idea, of course, has been to compress by the twinethe four outer springs somewhat more than the middle one,leaving this higher to produce the round effect shown. Thesuperimposed material is placed on a covering of stout muslinstretched over the springs and tacked along the top edge of themolding. Cotton batting is then laid on, and held in place here 120 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN and there by stitches taken with a long needle. Over this placea little picked hair or moss, then stretch a
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. e twines cross secure witha knot. The idea, of course, has been to compress by the twinethe four outer springs somewhat more than the middle one,leaving this higher to produce the round effect shown. Thesuperimposed material is placed on a covering of stout muslinstretched over the springs and tacked along the top edge of themolding. Cotton batting is then laid on, and held in place here 120 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN and there by stitches taken with a long needle. Over this placea little picked hair or moss, then stretch another covering ofmuslin, conforming the stuffing into an even shape while tack-ing. The upholstery fabric, or outer covering, may be almostany material strong and pleasing in color, from terry to are many plain figures of velour which are inexpensiveand wear well. Aside from the sufficient information for construction notedin the illustrations, it might be said of Fig. 141 that the sidepanels consist of 3-inch material, this being blind nailed to the. Fig. 141.—a Slipper Stool—The Legs Stand1 ?4 Inches from the Perpendicular at theBottom. edge of the end panels, and the corner edges struck well off on aslant with the plane. The effect of setting back the middlepanel of the end by using a thinner material is pleasing in theafter-finish. The top, or lid under the cushion, made of ^-inch stock, isprovided with an inserted strip at each end to prevent the two corners a dowel pin is glued and sunk, projectingYz inch, and acts as a hinge, being inserted into correspondingloose holes in the cap piece A of Fig. 142. This requires thelid and two end caps to be placed together over the box anddrop between the projected end framing, when the end piecesare bradded onto the edges of the box, glue being used. A stiffpaper or tin washer previously slipped over the dowel will pre-vent the binding of the lid. The cushion to this stool is made STOOLS AND OTHER USE
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