. The Coach-makers' illustrated hand-book. hout the body have a trestle made perfectly level, and a board 1 inchthick and 14 inches wide, and as long as the trestle is wide, screwed fast on top ofthe trestle ; then have two sticks 3 inches wide, an inch thick, 4 feet long; in eachend of these sticks there is a long slit cut for the bolts of rail to drop into, and whenthe nut is screwed up, the rail is fastened to the sticks, and kept to its right width;then screw the two sticks to the trestle cover. The trestle, with slotted sticks, marked A A, and rail fastened to the sticks, and long,enough
. The Coach-makers' illustrated hand-book. hout the body have a trestle made perfectly level, and a board 1 inchthick and 14 inches wide, and as long as the trestle is wide, screwed fast on top ofthe trestle ; then have two sticks 3 inches wide, an inch thick, 4 feet long; in eachend of these sticks there is a long slit cut for the bolts of rail to drop into, and whenthe nut is screwed up, the rail is fastened to the sticks, and kept to its right width;then screw the two sticks to the trestle cover. The trestle, with slotted sticks, marked A A, and rail fastened to the sticks, and long,enough for almost any width of rail. Now, with the rail fast to its place, and the buckram for the back ready dry, eitherset the top, or get it set, and while the bows are being dressed up, make up the back, put it in, and then rough out the leatherfor the top and paste it out; then fit yourcushion and fall and carpets; also theseat pocket; paste out the cushion fac-ings and fall, and get them ahead as faras possible ; by this time the bows will. be dressed up and ready for covering;cover them; nail on your strips to thebows for the head lining to be sewed to ;set up your top. To do this center all thebows, then make a mark on one bow forthe seam line, and then mark all theothers the same distance from the center. Use leather straps to draw the front bowto its place; a long one, without a buckle, nailed to bow just below the seam line, andshort ones, with buckles, nailed fast to the front of trestle frame. Now put in yourhead lining, and fit the back and front valence; cover and paste them out. Always putthe head linings in before pasting out back valence or inside lace, for the reason thatthe piece which comes ofi the width of the cloth in the length of the top is (in roll-up lops) usually sufficiently large to cover the inside lace and valence. Next put on all your strainers, and if your top leather is dry enough fit it, and whiledoing so, before you take it off to cut, punch a hole
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