. Cedar chests, how to make them. Fig. 15 FEET The working drawing gives a detail of the feet. Two pieces 7 longand 2^ wide are cut to shape as shown. Their adjoining ends are mitered,glued, and nailed. On the inside corner a block If square is glued to helpstrengthen the joint and to carry the caster. These feet are screwed ontothe bottom piece. HANDLES Handles may be purchased, but they are so easily made that they arenot worth the expense involved. The working drawing gives a detail of agood shape, but this is only a suggestion. The inside is gouged out for alinger hold. The handles are att
. Cedar chests, how to make them. Fig. 15 FEET The working drawing gives a detail of the feet. Two pieces 7 longand 2^ wide are cut to shape as shown. Their adjoining ends are mitered,glued, and nailed. On the inside corner a block If square is glued to helpstrengthen the joint and to carry the caster. These feet are screwed ontothe bottom piece. HANDLES Handles may be purchased, but they are so easily made that they arenot worth the expense involved. The working drawing gives a detail of agood shape, but this is only a suggestion. The inside is gouged out for alinger hold. The handles are attached with flat head screws from the inside ofthe box, and glued. MLTHOD6 OF MAILING THLCHL6T DUvST-Pl^OOF. Fig. 16 7/0ir TO BUILD A ;<IMFLE CHEST 29 THE COVER A good chest is dust-proof. There are three ways of rendering- it soillustrated in Fig-. 16. The first has false edges glued around the underedges of the top, this false edge extending down over the sides and third has a strip fastened to the top inside of the edges and ends, whilethe second is a combination of the other two. In our example, the third method will be employed. Cut two strips 34^ long from stock f square, and two pieces 15long. Screw and glue them in place. HINGING Two plain butt hinges 24 long with a f leaf will do on this may be let into both the top and the upper edge of the side piece, orentirely into the edge. Another method often vised in schools is that ofplacing the hinges on the outside of the back and the under side of the is the most simple as it involves no chiseling, and, since the chestis usually placed against a wall, does not look bad, especially if an orna-mental hinge i
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