Modern cabinet work, furniture & fitments; an account of the theory & practice in the production of all kinds of cabinet work & furniture with chapters on the growth and progress of design and construction; illustrated by over 1000 practical workshop drawings, photographs & original designs . plaster and forwarded as specimens. Squeezing waxrecipe, as follows, viz.:—Suet, 1 part; bees wax, 2 parts, or wax, 5 parts ; oliveoil, 1 part, or wax, 4 parts ; common turpentine, 1 part. The ingredients onlyneed melting together and allowed to cool. If stiffening is required add alittle flour. The wax i
Modern cabinet work, furniture & fitments; an account of the theory & practice in the production of all kinds of cabinet work & furniture with chapters on the growth and progress of design and construction; illustrated by over 1000 practical workshop drawings, photographs & original designs . plaster and forwarded as specimens. Squeezing waxrecipe, as follows, viz.:—Suet, 1 part; bees wax, 2 parts, or wax, 5 parts ; oliveoil, 1 part, or wax, 4 parts ; common turpentine, 1 part. The ingredients onlyneed melting together and allowed to cool. If stiffening is required add alittle flour. The wax is then fit for use and should be well pressed into theinterstices of the work, and then carefully removed. A counter-impressionof the original will thus be formed in wax, into which plaster of Paris andwater, mixed to a cream-like consistency, is poured. Experience will soon FOREMENS WORK AND PRACTICAL SETTING OUT 231 determine the best thickness for properly running into the finer parts of themould. When the plaster is set quite hard, the wax is drawn away, and theplaster representation of the decoration will remain. Details of Flat Relief Work or frets can be obtained by placing thin paperover them, and in rubbing the paper with heelball. If carefully done the pattern -idc*. 3tf-. 1. View of a Draughtsmans Table for Full Size Drawings. will show in black and white masses ; these are termed rubbings. Thismethod is a very handy one, and the rubbings are not only accurate butpermanent. Equipment of Drawing Office.—Fig. 1. above illustrates a draughtsmanstable suitable for large working drawings ; the height should be about 3 ft. Afirm top made of i]-in. yellow pine with ebony slips on each edge, securelybuttoned to the fram-ing, is most front is fittedwith a cupboard anddrawers for storage ofbooks, instruments,&c, and trays for im-perial size designsheets. Iron bracketsare screwed to theback for supportingrod boards, and aspace at the end isalso utilised for rol
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