. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. Fig. 63 in a living room. Such tables are generally made in three sizes,40 in. X 30 in., 42in. x 28 in., and 36 in. x 26 in. Fig. 64 is a graceful form of table adapted to a ladies room,parlor or reception hall and shouldbe made in mahogany or other rarewood. The top is semi-circular and theapron is sawed in conformity and setunder very slightly, about ^ in.;the legs are i yi in. square and mor-tised between the aprons and reducedby a taper to 3:^ in. at floor. Bymaking a small grooving tool orplane a groove of -h in. square
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. Fig. 63 in a living room. Such tables are generally made in three sizes,40 in. X 30 in., 42in. x 28 in., and 36 in. x 26 in. Fig. 64 is a graceful form of table adapted to a ladies room,parlor or reception hall and shouldbe made in mahogany or other rarewood. The top is semi-circular and theapron is sawed in conformity and setunder very slightly, about ^ in.;the legs are i yi in. square and mor-tised between the aprons and reducedby a taper to 3:^ in. at floor. Bymaking a small grooving tool orplane a groove of -h in. squaremay be plowed in X ii^- away fromedges of legs on front and also onapron front and one groove in edge of table top, into which maybe set in glue a strip of wood or veneer of a lighter color. Letdry and then scrape flush with cabinet scraper and sand smoothwith No. 00 Fig. 64 40 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN The Telephone Table The telephone table, Fig. 65, I am sure will be highly valuedin the home, particularly by the feminine members of the family. The style is a modifiedtype fitting in well withthe Mission, Quaintor Arts and Crafts styleso prevalent. The simplegeneral form is one per-mitting various changesin leg treatment and shapeof outline to apron, theinterposition of turningabove and below thestretchers of a charactersimilar to the EarlyEnglish or Jacobeanpatterns shown on page,14, will enable the inter-ested reader to produce avariety of styles of thismost useful table andstool to match. An undershelf in table provides for the tele-phone book. The top, shelves and side rails are of ^ The table stand is so made with the side strainersor stretchers provided with a groove and projecting lower lip tocarry top of stool when it is slid in out of the way. A i ^ § in. holeis bored into center of stool top to facilitate withdrawing it.
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