Modern cabinet work, furniture & fitments; an account of the theory & practice in the production of all kinds of cabinet work & furniture with chapters on the growth and progress of design and construction; illustrated by over 1000 practical workshop drawings, photographs & original designs . nd consists of a flexible iron band fixed on twowooden horns, which, when cramped together asshown, effects an equal distribution of pressureround the seat. Another pattern is shown inf. 2, a more simple kind, used only for horseshoe-shaped seats. In this case cramping blocks arefixed to an iron board and
Modern cabinet work, furniture & fitments; an account of the theory & practice in the production of all kinds of cabinet work & furniture with chapters on the growth and progress of design and construction; illustrated by over 1000 practical workshop drawings, photographs & original designs . nd consists of a flexible iron band fixed on twowooden horns, which, when cramped together asshown, effects an equal distribution of pressureround the seat. Another pattern is shown inf. 2, a more simple kind, used only for horseshoe-shaped seats. In this case cramping blocks arefixed to an iron board and a stout wooden baris placed at the front, the extra length servingas a grip when cramping up. Both crampsare required for this, as shown in diagram,and the pressure is applied by screwing themup simultaneously. A more expensive andeffective band cramp is shown in f. 1, the woodenbar of which is interchangeable and made to fit any size seat, the screwsbeing bored through this piece and pressure applied by turning the —The method of making templates, an important feature inchair work, is described in Chapter X. ; this procedure holds good in chair asin furniture making, but cardboard templates are the general rule, woodentemplates only being used for repetition An InterchangeableIJand Cramp. CHAIRMAKING 3T7 Shaping and Moulding.—The shapingof frames for stuff-over work is straightfor-ward, but in the more complex and highlyfinished forms such as Chippendale andSheraton arm - chairs in hardwood it ismore difficult in character, and, generallyspeaking, can only be successfully accom-plished by experimenting with softwoodmodels or when copied from a given preliminary processes of marking andcutting out the stuff is proceeded with, thesegments are roughly shaped, then dowelledor mortised together and carefully spoke-shaved and fixed to obtain the necessary feeling. A working drawing cannot ade-quately show this, and the senses of sight andtouc
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