. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. FiG. 128.—A Small Stand. Fig. 129.—a Smokers Stand. tern is offered as an expression of the very popular Colonial type. A man of tools seldom gets an opportunity to make anythingfor himself, but it may be barely possible that he can slip in atodd times a smokers stand to care for his smoking outfit. ) is a simple form which can be elaborated on if desired. Itis 32 in. high and stands within a square of 13^^ in. The con-struction is evident and requires no explanation. For the proper care of sheet music a cabinet shoul
. Furniture for the craftsman; a manual for the student and machanic. FiG. 128.—A Small Stand. Fig. 129.—a Smokers Stand. tern is offered as an expression of the very popular Colonial type. A man of tools seldom gets an opportunity to make anythingfor himself, but it may be barely possible that he can slip in atodd times a smokers stand to care for his smoking outfit. ) is a simple form which can be elaborated on if desired. Itis 32 in. high and stands within a square of 13^^ in. The con-struction is evident and requires no explanation. For the proper care of sheet music a cabinet should be pro-vided. Fig. 130 illustrates one form which is very simply made, 110 FURNITURE FOR THE CRAFTSMAN using in connection with the i^-in. square posts, boards 3^ throughout, or making up 2 in. front door frame, andputting in a thinner panel having some particularly fine mark-ing, or figure, or inlaying some simple square or diamond of. Fig. 130.—a Music Cabinet. lighter wood as a distinctive feature. The bottom consists ofa board shouldered out to receive the corner posts and the sidesand back are secured to it by sunk screws and glue corner back may be made up of basswood into a paneled framelike front door. The disposition of shelving is much to be de-cided by personal needs and ideas and in view of the prevalenceof automatic piano players and phonographs, some thoughtmight be given to spacing for such records. Little need be said of the three forms of book holders exceptthat they suggest quickly-made articles for friends, or the variousmembers of the family, for the holding of choice personal andoften-used books. From their size some cherished piece of woodmay enter into the construction, and in the making and after-finish develop some hidden beauty of color and grain. STOOLS AND OTHER USEFUL FURNITURE 111 Fig. 131 is an instance of some simple form in which rare grainmarking often occurs when wood i
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