. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. look that sug-gests primitiveness. The chair shown in Fig. 271 is such apattern. We would miss it if we did not see it in a country law-yers office or in rows along a hotel veranda and the home is recommended as a good chair to make, being readily puttogether. It is very seldom made in oak, maple or walnut beingused, although that again is a matter of individual taste. Inmaple the club arms by use become smooth and polished, whichproperly would not be the case should chestnut or ash be frame with a slat seat
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. look that sug-gests primitiveness. The chair shown in Fig. 271 is such apattern. We would miss it if we did not see it in a country law-yers office or in rows along a hotel veranda and the home is recommended as a good chair to make, being readily puttogether. It is very seldom made in oak, maple or walnut beingused, although that again is a matter of individual taste. Inmaple the club arms by use become smooth and polished, whichproperly would not be the case should chestnut or ash be frame with a slat seat is shown in lieu of the usual and moredesirable double cane seat. The three slats, each 3 incheswide by 13-16 inch thick, are worked out of stock 2>^ inchesthick, conforming to an arc of a circle within ^]/7. x i5>^ inches 274 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN in length. This and the post should be laid out and paperpatterns made. The seat is secured by a square shoulder in the back, and thefront corners are turned out in conformity with the heavy I5,nside bjareacL. Fig. 271.—Details of Porch Arm Chair. turned post, as shown, then secured by long, heavy screws onthe sides of the back posts and diagonally through the frontposts. The porch swing appeals to many after experiencing the hor-rors of a hammock. However alluring these bright fish netshave been, they are not what they look to be, and are traps todouble one up out of all dignity. The swing, it is true, is notaltogether comfortable without pillows, but if care is used tofirmly adjust the back a little greater than a chair bevel it willin itself be restful, with its slight swaying motion from chainssuspended from the ceiling beams. A welded link chain of 5-16-inch iron should be used—a single chain suspended from theroof beam and running half the length to a double chain—asshown. This back adjusment to swing, shown in Fig. 272, issecured as directed for the back of the rocker in Fig. 270. Ar-range the arms so that th
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