The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant, with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture .. . to working drawing shown, andas an inch scale is adopted, this should be a simple mat-ter. Then get out the four legs—i. e., two long andtwo short. The two long legs must be out of 2 , to allow of throw over scroll at top; iy2 in. woodwill do nicely for the short ones. The seat rails must be2 in. solid wood, and beech cannot be used except forblocking, as all the wood is more or less
The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant, with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture .. . to working drawing shown, andas an inch scale is adopted, this should be a simple mat-ter. Then get out the four legs—i. e., two long andtwo short. The two long legs must be out of 2 , to allow of throw over scroll at top; iy2 in. woodwill do nicely for the short ones. The seat rails must be2 in. solid wood, and beech cannot be used except forblocking, as all the wood is more or less seen. The backmight be i)A in. wood, to allow, when the top is gluedon, for shaping back and front to bring it in a line withthe top. The top would take a piece of 4^2 in. wood,to allow for sweep. Of course where several chairsare made, the tops can be marked one into the other, andthus waste of timber avoided; 1J4 m- wood will bestout enough for the arms and brackets. The splat 268 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER must be out oi iyi in., which will allow for stuffingrabbet. Drawer Making and is often said that a man who can make and fit adrawer well can make almost anything in constructive. Figure 175 woodwork. This is probably true, with some reserva-tions, for it is generally accepted as a good test of amans skill, and we have no doubt that beginners find itone of the most difficult things to tackle, especially inthe preparation and setting out. The general methodis as follows, applied to an average sized drawer:—Carefully select the stuff—i. e., y2 in., finishing Y% in.,for sides and back; Y% in. or %. in. for the bottom, andI in., to finish % in. or J4 in., for the front. All thestuff should be dry and clean, as well as straight andeven in the grain, and each piece must be planned uptrue and gauged to an equal thickness. Care must be THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER 269 taken with the face marks, so that they can be easilyread as indicating certain positions. A han
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