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 . temperatureof 200 degs. Fahr. The disadvantageof this method is that it bleaches thewood, and also tends to make itbrittle, especially mahogany and price for desiccation varies ac-cording to thickness, I-in. stuff beingcharged at 5s. per 100 ft. super. Wet Seasoning for logs is done by immersion 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 . temperatureof 200 degs. Fahr. The disadvantageof this method is that it bleaches thewood, and also tends to make itbrittle, especially mahogany and price for desiccation varies ac-cording to thickness, I-in. stuff beingcharged at 5s. per 100 ft. super. Wet Seasoning for logs is done by immersion in running water, whichforces out the sap if the butt end meets the stream. This takes from fourteen totwenty days, and the log must then be stacked for natural and slow seasoning is most suitable for logs used in damp situations, such as methods are by steaming or boiling, charring, oiling, and smoking, but for all general purposes the natural method is acknowledged tobe the best. Rare and fine woods require special processes. Ebony is totallyimmersed in water for about a year, and then carefully covered for slow is sometimes boiled, and then wrapped up to dry. In all cases it must bethe nature of the wood and its uses which determine the Stacking Boards for Seasoning. Conversion. The methods of conversion vary according to the timber and marketrequirements. The simplest one is by the tangent or bastard cut rightthrough the round log, as in f. 1, next page. This produces boards or planks 332 MODERN CABINETWORK, FURNITURE, AND FITMENTS with waney edges. Pine and fir logs are cut as in f. 2 below, the inner planksii by 3 in. and the outer 7 by 2| in., or as the size of the log allows, f. 3,being an alternative cut. Fig. 4 shows the cut in a pitch pine log to obtain thefigure for panel boards. In oak there are various cuts to obtain the bestfigure with the least waste. Fig. 5 shows four methods, and where theboards are cut in a line
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