. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. tion may destroy the dec-orative effect. The glass tray, Fig. 57, which in this instance determines thesize of table top for Fig. 56 consists of a moulding of oak or ma-hogany cut from a stick ^4 in. x i>4 in. of a section, preferablythe one shown. These pieces are cut to a mitered frame meas-uring over all 16 x 25 brads properly set inand concealed, or a Vk kerf run across theglued up frame at an angleof 45 deg. with a slip of woodset in glue and trimmed off,will probably produce amore dependable joint. A
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. tion may destroy the dec-orative effect. The glass tray, Fig. 57, which in this instance determines thesize of table top for Fig. 56 consists of a moulding of oak or ma-hogany cut from a stick ^4 in. x i>4 in. of a section, preferablythe one shown. These pieces are cut to a mitered frame meas-uring over all 16 x 25 brads properly set inand concealed, or a Vk kerf run across theglued up frame at an angleof 45 deg. with a slip of woodset in glue and trimmed off,will probably produce amore dependable joint. A piece of good, clear, clean, single,thick glass, a piece of attractive figured cretonne with birds,foliage or flowers, a piece of dry thin board or flat stiff strawboard, are to be cut to fit not too tightly within the rabbetsize of the frame, then with a number of stiff thin bradssecurely nail in position; a small round reed or stick is some-times used to brad in over the backing. As a final coveringof this surface and also to extend over the bottom face of Fig. 57 36 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN
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