. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. NG ROOM 199 The use of veneers has grown so general that there should belittle difficulty in obtaining flat or curved veneer panels in manysections of the North, South and West, made up to order. Asan equipment of heavy presses, however primitive they may be,is required for gluing surfaces of large extent, it is not recom-mended to attempt anything of this kind unless with seriousintent of making many articles where veneers could be used tocheaper advantage. A more attractive and well matched figurewould result for such a ha
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. NG ROOM 199 The use of veneers has grown so general that there should belittle difficulty in obtaining flat or curved veneer panels in manysections of the North, South and West, made up to order. Asan equipment of heavy presses, however primitive they may be,is required for gluing surfaces of large extent, it is not recom-mended to attempt anything of this kind unless with seriousintent of making many articles where veneers could be used tocheaper advantage. A more attractive and well matched figurewould result for such a handsome piece as this sideboard byusing plain oak or inferior grade for the top and facing it withwell selected sawed veneer, which in a finished condition wouldhave every indication of representing the board to be high grade. The pattern shown in Fig. 206 has been prepared with theidea of showing the buffet, so-called, and which shorn of the toptrimming and lower drawer would make what is generally soldas a serving stand—two pieces which will suit modest require-. 44 Fig. 206.—The Buffet. ments. The serving stand, however, does duty in a well equip-ped establishment as an adjunct to the sideboard. The size of the buffet or serving stand appeals naturally tothose occupying small homes, and for this reason they are ex- 200 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN tensively sold to flat dwellers. The buffet illustrated may bemade to do greater service by putting the lower drawer 3 inchesfrom the floor and building within the intervening space a two-glass door cupboard, which would truly make it as a miniaturesideboard of great use and beauty. The sketch, Fig. 206, issufficiently explanatory in its outward form to dispense with adetailed description. The legs are i 15-16 x i-inch materialwith end board of same thickness jointed and flush faced. Thetop and end material is i inch dressed, the drawer fronts andmirror framing may be J^-inch dressed. The framing between the drawers and a similar
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