. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. ating either the slowgrowth of a family or the sudden dropping in of your wifesbrothers family, or mayhap making it under other conditionssmall and cozy. This feature of pulling apart the main con-struction or contracting it is usually pretty thoroughly coveredby patents and so well made that it probably would not beprofitable to make a similar device. If, however, a person inalready in possession of a dining table it might be well to removethe expanding and contracting device and apply it to such atable in contemplation. Th
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. ating either the slowgrowth of a family or the sudden dropping in of your wifesbrothers family, or mayhap making it under other conditionssmall and cozy. This feature of pulling apart the main con-struction or contracting it is usually pretty thoroughly coveredby patents and so well made that it probably would not beprofitable to make a similar device. If, however, a person inalready in possession of a dining table it might be well to removethe expanding and contracting device and apply it to such atable in contemplation. The round top table is now more mevidence than the square top and is no doubt more to be desiredby the housewife in the setting and general effect. In the illustration, Fig. 207, is shown a modern pedestal tablewhich may be equipped with the usual sliding device under alldining tables. The more massive tables frequently have a THE DINING ROOM 201 small turned or square center leg, which when the table is closedto the minimum size is completely enveloped by the hollow. 30 Fig. 207.—Modern Pedestal Dining Room Table. pedestal. The method of constructing this table is sufficientlyshown in the illustration to preclude the necessity of any extend-ed comment. The rim under the top is generally steamed andbent to shape, although many makers saw kerf at frequent in-tervals and over a drum or form glue and clamp on a face veneeryi inch thick. When this has been edge-surfaced fasten to theglued up top by means of screws at frequent intervals sunk incounterbored holes. On the inside place corner blocks glued atintervals. The two pieces are exact halves of the surface, either48 or 54 inches in diameter, with the edges treated with a plainmold. The intervening and loose leaves are squared to thelength of the top diameter and provided on one edge with 7-16inch pointed dowels projecting ^ inch. The opposite edge ofeach leaf is bored with holes corresponding in position to thedowels, each hole
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