. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. nt corners and common dovetailed for the rear fronts, however, are i^ in. thick to permit of a wellrounded mold that is generally faced with a nicely selected pieceof veneer jointed in the middle of the drawer in crotch effect—that is, burl veneer edge jointed in a diagonal manner with thefigure taking the directions of an inverted V. It will be noticedthat the rule joint is one of the features of such table tops. Itcertainly is desirable in comparison with the square edge andshould be so treated if a pair of pla


. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. nt corners and common dovetailed for the rear fronts, however, are i^ in. thick to permit of a wellrounded mold that is generally faced with a nicely selected pieceof veneer jointed in the middle of the drawer in crotch effect—that is, burl veneer edge jointed in a diagonal manner with thefigure taking the directions of an inverted V. It will be noticedthat the rule joint is one of the features of such table tops. Itcertainly is desirable in comparison with the square edge andshould be so treated if a pair of planes can be improvised tomake the hollow and concave mold. Another feature which is good enough to copy is one mannerof holding up the two side flaps of the table, as shown in Fig. 135. In order to provide for this. the panels on each side of thedrawers are set into postssufficiently to allow of thethree pieces i, 2 and 3 of34-in. thickness to set the face of the parts marked 2 and 3 areglued and fastened to theside panel, while No. i oper-. FiG. -Detail of Table LeafSupport. ates in a loose double tongued and groove joint provided in No. I, a steel wire holding them in place. In operation No. I is swung out when the table leaf is raised in position and forms a firm support for it. STOOLS AND OTHER USEFUL FURNITURE 115 The construction of the work stand shown in Fig. 136 is verysimilar to that of Fig. i 34, having the two small drawers formaterials and the large lower drawers for more bulky goods.


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