. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. better than most any materialas a filler for the back and is recommended for covering suchsurfaces inexpensively. Finish on both sides and it will avoidbulging. A chain or, what would be better, a knuckle-jointedbrass rod or strip to hold the writing top to a level positionshould be fitted to the inside of each end. The Desk Chair This answers not only for alight chair at the desk, but doesduty as the more formal recep-tion chair, a seat for the visitorto drop into to say howdy andoff again. The chair, Fig. iqo,should be bui
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. better than most any materialas a filler for the back and is recommended for covering suchsurfaces inexpensively. Finish on both sides and it will avoidbulging. A chain or, what would be better, a knuckle-jointedbrass rod or strip to hold the writing top to a level positionshould be fitted to the inside of each end. The Desk Chair This answers not only for alight chair at the desk, but doesduty as the more formal recep-tion chair, a seat for the visitorto drop into to say howdy andoff again. The chair, Fig. iqo,should be built of the same ma-terial as the writing desk and betreated in the finish the total height is 41J^ posts are cut to the shapeshown within a 5-inch boarddressed i inch thick. The seatis shaped within a square of17 inches, and treated to asaddle surface as described onpage 152. The height of thedesk chair varies from iq to 20inches with the usual after cut-ting of the back posts ^ inch offlevel. Taper the legs from i^inch to J/s ii^ch square at the. Fig. 190.—Desk Chair. 180 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN floor. Seat rails J-g x 2 inches are then mortised to the legs andto the back posts as well as between the back posts at the distance outside of the front legs at the seat is 15 inches, andthey are spread at the floor 16^ outside to counteract the taperwhich would make them look pigeon toed. These littlepoints must of course be looked after by the maker and in theactual construction. Should they with this difference still lookpigeon toed, draw them out more at the bottom; herein liesthe value of careful workmanship to so set the work up K. D.(knocked down) that the general effect may be seen and cor-rections or additions made to various parts when taken apartfor gluing up. The Settee Time was not very long ago when the settee and davenportwere thought of like the white elephants, but now somepeople living in flats think the space none too small to acco
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