Joseph Gnasche Furniture Archive

The Dado FurnitureRepair

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:04:25 GMT

A dado is a groove, and the dado joint is made by cutting a groove of the right size in one piece of wood to receive the end of This is an example of a T-joining or a through bridle joint. Divide the edge of each board in thirds. Cut away the wood with a backsaw, coping saw or chisel A dado is a groove cut into a receiving piece A second piece then slides into the groove A dado joint is often found supporting drawer bottoms or cupboard shelves Through or blind dovetails make a strong corner...

Biscuit Jointer And Groover FurnitureMaking

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:09:20 GMT

89 Timber being positioned prior to dovetailing 89 Timber being positioned prior to dovetailing Beading-bit two flutes Rounding-over bits Straight bits two flutes Veining-bit single flutes Dovetail-bits Straight bits two flutes Veining-bit single flutes Dovetail-bits Straight-face cutters Concave cutter Convex cutter 90 Portable router-cutters and operations. By courtesy of Black and Decker Ltd right up to the stop line. But for all through grooving and wherever any quantity is concerned, they...

Rectangular Side Table CabinetworkJoinery

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:43:44 GMT

The next table to be considered is a side or hall table. Fig. gt is a half elevation of the front of such a table. The legs are checked to receive the rails, which are carried all round, mitered at the corners, and screwed from the back through the legs. They are also blocked at the back, similarly to those in the previous example. A fielded channel is cut down the rail, finishing in a diamond pattern at the centre. A narrow rail is also carried Fig. Vertical Section through Part of Kitchen...

Designing Traditional Breadboard Ends BookcasesTables

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:51:57 GMT

Holes in the outer tenons are elongated to allow for wood movement. Apply glue only to the center 6 in. or so. Q What's the purpose behind using breadboard ends on a tabletop Apply glue only to the center 6 in. or so. A BREADBOARD ENDS KEEP WIDE TABLE ENDS FLAT while allowing the top to move seasonally. The breadboard is a grooved end cap that is placed over tenons and secured with pins. It is joined to the tabletop with a series of tenons connected by a continuous stub tenon. The longer tenons...

The Details For Drawer Construction BedroomFurniture

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:14:06 GMT

The drawers used on the cheat and the night stand shown in this issue are a little out of the ordinary. We wanted to keep the design clean and simple . . , yet we also wanted to build drawers that were interesting from a woodworking standpoint. To make them interesting, we decided to have absolutely clean drawer fronts not even any drawer pulls. Instead, the lower edge of the drawer front has a concealed cove which is used to open the drawer. This feature had to be taken into consideration for...

Sheraton Breakfast Table Drawings of Furniture

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:35:54 GMT

THIS table is one of very pleasing lines and is not a difficult project to make. While it is termed a breakfast table, there is no reason why it cannot find an appropriate place in any room. The characteristics of a table of this kind consist of the drop leaves, which are held up by wooden brackets that swing under the top. It is made oi mahogany and has some inlay or. the outer edges of the legs and border strips of inlay can be found along the lower edges of the rails. Plane up the stock for...

TOP Oxr PineFurniture

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:52:18 GMT

1 A wide board is required for the top of the cabinet, but this time it is not made from tongue and groove board because the tongue and groove would be visible on the end grain of the top. Instead, join a number of planks using dowelled edge-to- Make the second cut in the same way. Plinth construction and cutting the mouldings. Make the second cut in the same way. Plinth construction and cutting the mouldings. edge joints see page 21 to make a slightly oversize board. When assembled, cut it to...

historical development WoodMetal

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:32:45 GMT

Without tools man is nothing, with tools he is all. Carlyle. The smith came holding in his hands the tools the instruments of his craft, anvil and hammer and well-made pincers, wherewith he wrought the gold. Odyssey, Book 111 INTRODUCTORY. Tim study of the development of tools is one, which, owing to the ahsence of records referring to their early uses, is necessarily difficult, and direct evolution hard to prove. Study of this subject shows that development of races and of tools may be...

Cutting scribes FurnitureMaking

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:00:30 GMT

The mortised piece is rebated rabbeted, shaped and cut back in the normal manner 168 1 7B , but the moulding is not mitre cut. The tenoned piece 168 17A is also moulded and rebated and the moulding mitred it is then pared away exactly on the mitre-line with a suitable scribing incannelled gouge so that it fits exactly over the other. When assembled the general appearance will be that of an accurately fitted mitre, except for the small offset at the base of the moulding where the cut will be...

Scrap Wood Corner Clamps BedroomFurniture

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:39:38 GMT

Not too long ago, I had to make a large number of Lazy Susan shelves. Everything went together just fine until I realized I was producing a mountain of cut-off corners that were taking over my shop. I hated the thought of feeding all those cut offs into my wood heater, so I decided to come up with some way to use the scraps. Finally, I came on the idea of combining the corner cut-offs with two C-clamps to form a corner clamp. The corner clamps can be used to square up case work, or to just...

Types of bits FurnitureMaking

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:09:20 GMT

Bits are probably the most abused of all woodworking tools, for too often the wrong type is chosen, or the bit is incorrectly or over sharpened. The general run of bits are supplied with either square taper shanks 69 1 for use in the armbrace, or parallel round shanks 69 14 for hand-drills. A few types are also available with parallel shanks turned down to 1 4 in 6 mm diameter 69 13 for use in the standard drill-gun, and with Morse taper shanks for lathe heads or specialized drilling-machines....

Shaker Casework TraditionalFurniture

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:36:00 GMT

Simplifying the glories of Sheraton and Chippendale Even though I'm not a Shaker, I've lived most of my life in the Canterbury, N.H., Shaker Village where my stepfather is curator. For several years I was the village's resident cabinetmaker and operated a shop that was open to the public during the summer. Even though the Shaker cabinetmakers were gone by the time I learned my craft, I think the furniture, cabinetry and philosophy they left behind have profoundly influenced me, and that's...

Blockfront Secretarybookcase Of The Best Northern New England Type AmericanFurniture

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:23:22 GMT

Property of Dr. Ernest Noyes, Newburyport, Mass. CHIPPENDALE SECRETARY-BOOKCASE CLOSEI-Y RESEMBLING ENGLISH EXAMPLES By Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum, New York City A PHILADELPHIA CHIPPENDALE ROCOCO HIGHBOY IN' UNTOUCHED By Courtesy of Howard Reifsnyder, Esq., Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA HIGHBOY WITH BONNET-TOP By Courtesy of che Metropolitan Museum PHILADELPHIA HIGHBOY WITH ESPECIALLY BEAUTIFUL APRON CARVING Loaned by Francis P. Gar van, Esq., to the Metropolitan Museum PHILADELPHIA...

SHERATON Whz Style In Furniture

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:48:17 GMT

turned leg, in such forms as those shown on Plate I. and Figs. 1, 14, 15, and 16, Plate III., while Heppelwhite almost invariably cultivated the square, though there are exceptions, to which reference has already been made see page 142 . Furthermore, it is most exceptional to discover a genuine Sheraton chair with underframing that is to say, with-rails from leg to leg, placed about six inches from the ground, in order to strengthen the lower part though in some by contemporary makers, based on...

Mouldingplanes FurnitureMaking

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:23:41 GMT

Some types are still available although they have been almost entirely superseded by the spindle moulder shaper and high-speed router moreover the traditional flutes, reeds, ovolo and ogee mouldings are less used in modern work. When such work was done by hand exclusively it was usual for the cabinet-maker to have a half set of rounding-planes Figure 55 1 for working hollows, etc., and perhaps a few hollow-planes for working rounds 55 2 together with several beading-, ovolo- and ogee...

Diaperwork FurnitureMaking

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:55:18 GMT

Typical examples of these entrancing patterns of repeat squares, diamonds, lozenges and foliage in contrasting woods are shown in 300 and methods of construction in 301. The contrasts between the various woods should not be too abrupt except in very small sections, and strong figure markings rather than violent alterations in colour or tone, with a good play of light and shade as the direction changes from vertical to horizontal, should be used or the charm will be lost. A full-size plan should...

Design and construction Conservation of Furniture

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:53:09 GMT

The relationship between architectural decoration and furniture was important, so it is evident that there would be some use of the same a Solid hewn or dugout chest up to the fifteenth century . These were made from a solid baulk of timber from which the interior had been bored out or dug out with an adze, axe or chisel. The unhewn end walls varied in thickness but were prone to shakes and splits that radiated from the pith of the log. The timber was often reinforced with multiple iron straps....

a Chest of Drawers DesigningFurniture

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:03:09 GMT

THE CHEST FORM has been around at least 3, U0 years, so it's hard to imagine designing something original today. I don't even pretend to. Instead, I freely borrow from this wealth of past ideas. Generations of craftsmen before me have played with chests in every way imaginable. They have refined everything from the sensuous sweep of certain curves to the basics of drawer joinery and case construction. Chests of drawers from simple country chests to sophisticated highboys are rich with ideas and...

Chests FurnitureMaking

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:14:35 GMT

Chests, man's oldest furniture, continue to have a place in modern households, being used chiefly for the storage of blankets and linen, but not exclusively so, as the cedar one in 419 by David Savage illustrates. They often double up as occasional seats, and the contoured tops as used by David Savage and Alan Peters 421 help to facilitate this as well as to provide visual interest. 419 Chest in solid cedar by David Savage 419 Chest in solid cedar by David Savage 420 Chest in solid Scots pine...

Satinwood Cumw 1 Early English Furniture

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:39:46 GMT

I' 1 he i session nl l II. F Kindeimann. Esq. 4 ft. 4 is. w ' e 2 ft. Si ins. high I ft. qi ins. deep. Date about 1790. of Leaning height had ousted many of the tall pieces from the more important apartments at the close of the eighteenth century. The commode had become an indispensable adjunct to the side table. Sometimes the French character of the marble top was retained, but more often the tops were elaborately inlaid with engraved marqueterie. Fig. 331 is one of a pair made for Lismore...

Illustrations By Simon Rodway ModernLiving

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:53:31 GMT

hese bookcases were made for a regular client who also commissioned four partners' desks see pages 50 and 56 . They were ordered at the same time as the desks so the planning and design was done before my move from Yorkshire to Shropshire. The actual making was done some time later so the time lapse and the distance from the client made careful notes and measurements essential The client lives in a beautiful market town in the upper reaches of Teesdale in North Yorkshire. His substantial 18th...

Tapping in the tenon wedges Classic American Furniture

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:51:58 GMT

Cut hardwood wedges to fit into the kerfs make them the same width as tenons, but a few inches longer, and no thicker than inch at the broad end. Coat the wedges with glue and drive them into the slots as far as they will go with a hammer below . Let the glue set, then trim the wedges even with the end of the tenons using a flush-cutting saw. Next, use a wide, shallow carving gouge to slice the tenons flush with the surface of the seat strike the gouge with a wooden mallet inset . Finally, trim...

Swivel chair FurnitureMaking

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:16:42 GMT

A typical swivel-chair action is shown in 485 1, together with 485 2 swivel metal chair action, and 485 3 matching metal settee support. This type of chair should have a fairly firm seat, and the foam padding can be placed on a plywood base. Sturdy cross-bearers are fixed under the seat to take the swivel arms. 476 Richard La Trobe Bateman dining chair in brown oak 476 Richard La Trobe Bateman dining chair in brown oak 477 amp 478 David Colwell folding chairs and matching foot stool in steamed...

Pressing Methods FurnitureMaking

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:57:43 GMT

Thin sheets or veneers can be pressed in simple male and female formers forms 321 3 , or over 322 Dining chairs by Robert Williams of Pearl Dot. The graceful backs to this design are tapered in thickness as well as being laminated 323 Finishing laminated shapes at the factory of Alesbury Brothers Limited. By courtesy of CIBA a male former only in a vacuum-bag press 321 7 . Square section laminations can be bent and pressed with metal straps terminating in screw bolts over a male former 321 4 ,...

By Mario Rodriguez BookcasesTables

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:16:33 GMT

Attaching a top to its base is a critical aspect of table design and constaiction. Regardless of the method you choose, it should meet the following criteria The top must be firmly attached to the base the top must remain flat a solid-wood top must be allowed to move seasonally and the attachment method shouldn't compromise the design of the table or complicate its constaiction. I'll describe four ways of attaching a tabletop that meet these requirements, along with the reasoning behind each...

Quintessential Arts and Crafts DesigningFurniture

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:20:32 GMT

BY GRAHAM ,K Arts AN1 RAFIS STYl I. has BLACKBURN I been popular for a hundred years M there are examples in every antique and secondhand furniture store reproductions abound and it's a perennial favorite with woodworkers but what exactly defines Arts and Crafts Ask anyone familiar with the style- also known as Mission, Craftsman, Crafts, Cloister, or even Quaint -how they identify it, and you'll get answers that typically contain words such as foursquare, straightforward con struction,exposed...

Specific texts relating to upholstery Conservation of Furniture

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:24:31 GMT

Beard, G. 1997 Upholsterers and Interior Furnishing in England, 1530-1840, Yale University Press Bimont, Jean Fran ois 1766 Manuel des Tapissiers, Paris Bimont, Jean Fran ois 1770 Principes de l'art du Tapissier ouvrage utile aux gens de la profession, et ceux qui les emploient, Paris Bitmead, R. 1876 Practical Upholsterer and Cutter-Out, London Bland, S. 1995 Take a Seat. The Story of Parker-Knoll, 1834-1994, Baron Birch Cooke, E.S. 1988 Upholstery in America and Europe from the Seventeenth...

RECENT PRODUCT SOLUTIONS Formby Products FurnitureRepair

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:14:31 GMT

Homer Formby is well known for his line of furniture finishing products. A third-generation refinisher of fine furniture, he thought about the stripping problem and reasoned that in the great majority of cases, there was no problem with the stain, only with the deteriorated finish. So why not simply take off the finish and retain the original stain, and then apply a new finish over the old stain This would make a lot of re finishing much quicker and easier. Having decided that there was no...

Index Classic American Furniture

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:18:45 GMT

Page references in italics indicate an illustration of subject matter. Page references in bold indicate a Build It Yourself project. Adzes, back endpaper American country colonial styles, 16-19 See also Four-poster beds Shaker style Windsor chairs Armoires, 19 Arts and crafts tables, 21 Beds. See Four-poster beds Bending jigs, 82 Biscuit joints, 109 Blanket chests, 20 Block-front chests, 13 Board feet, front endpaper Bookcases. See Secretaries Build It Yourself Pipe steamers, 83 Pocket-hole...

Go jgle AncientFurniture

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:33 GMT

This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books are our...

Florida Stamping for Furniture

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:03:16 GMT

A Small Cleverness 868 Blanding Blvd. 113 Orange Park, FL 904 272-0503 Claire's Collectibles 78-B San Marco Avenue St. Augstine, FL 904 825-1122 Country Images 3101 S.W. 34th Ave., 704 Ocala, FL 352 237-5411 Diana's Creative Stamping 402 Canal Street New Smyrna Beach, FL 386 423-4233 Everything Scrapbook amp Stamps 9585 W. Palm Beach, FL 561 333-3004 Impressive Ideas Boynton Beach Mall 801 N. Conbress Ave. 207 Boynton Beach, FL 561 742-2490 Impressions from the Heart 2501 Howell Branch Rd....

Dimensioning FurnitureMaking

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:24 GMT

Apart from the setting out on the paper, putting on the dimensions is the most difficult aspect of technical drawing. Figure 330A illustrates some of the drawing conventions recommended. If should be noted that 1 Dimension lines are placed well clear of the part dimensioned. 2 The figures read straight down from the top, or from left to right. 3 Smaller dimensions are shown inside larger dimensions. 4 Except where unavoidable, no dimensions appear on the actual piece drawn. Three recognized...

Centerfinding Circle Template ComputerFurniture

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:47:19 GMT

When band or jig sawing an interior contour, some of the radii can be more accurately bored out before sawing. One of the problems of using this approach is finding the center point for the drill. Drafting circle templates show the outside circumference, but not the centerpoint. To solve that problem, I made a template out of ' -thick clear Plexiglas. First, cover the Plexiglas with masking tape and lay out the hole sizes desired with a compass. Then lightly punch the center point of each...

Advantages of a Doweling Jig FurnitureRepair

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:11:35 GMT

With the aid of a doweling jig, most people can make joints with precision, and end up with a professional-looking joint. We have been making doweled joints for a long time and can tell you that there is really no good substitute for a doweling jig. It makes the job simple and easy. You can use dowel centers and other ways of lining up the dowel holes, but no other method or tool does the task right every time. The fundamental purpose of the doweling jig is to force you to drill the two needed...

Pad finishing sanders FurnitureMaking

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:13:08 GMT

Two types are available reciprocating straight-line , in which the pad moves with a backward and forward stroke to give true straight-line sanding with the grain orbital, in which the pad is rotated in a series of small orbits of about 1 8 in 3 mm to 3 16 in 5 mm diameter. In theory at least the reciprocating type should prove more effective, but in practice there is probably little to choose between it and the orbital type, for with the speed of the cut 4000 to 5000 orbits per min. there is...

By Garrett Hack BookcasesTables

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:22:12 GMT

You can't beat butt hinges for durability, clean looks, and straightforward installation. I'll demonstrate the most common use for this hinge hanging an inset cabinet door. If you can install hinges in this type of flush door, you can handle any other butt-hinge application. Woodworking catalogs offer a variety of butt hinges some steel, others brass some with thick extaided leaves, others pressed from thin metal. Some hinges, such as those for a jewelry-box lid, have a built-in stop. While...

Satinwood Inlaid Writing And Dressing Table 1 Early English Furniture

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:11:35 GMT

In the possession of Messrs. A. B. Daniell amp Son. 3 ft. high 2 ft. 4 ins. wide when closed v I ft. 10 ins. deep. Date about 1790-5. decorated on an elaborate plan, the workmanship and the material used in this wardrobe are both poor in quality. The backs are of common deal, and much of the sat in wood is veneered on pine. Fig. 304 is a good example of the higher class of furniture which was made shortly after 1790. This wardrobe has the same graceful swan-necked pediment as in Fig. 303, but...

ASSEMBLY AND FINISHING Dgj PineFurniture

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:06:24 GMT

1 Fix the top to the carcass with four long screws. As the screws are fixed into the end grain of the top, which is not as secure as fixing them across the grain, the extra length will compensate for any weakness. The top was not fixed in place earlier because it is easier to get the extending shelf and the drawer to fit correctly if the top of the carcass is open. 2 Fix the four castors two of which lock into position to the base of the legs with screws. 3 Apply three coats of cleat matt...

ASSEMBLY AND FINISHING Gdw PineFurniture

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:17:38 GMT

1 To position the drawer runners, invert the desk and hold the runners in place in the drawer. Put the inverted drawer with runners in place on the inverted desk and mark the position where the screws will go by pushing a bradawl through the holes in the runners. Fix the runners in place with,, screws. There are no handles to facilitate opening and closing the drawer - it is simply pulled by hooking your fingers under the front edge. 2 Finish the entire desk with three coats of clear matt...

Replacement Rungs FurnitureRepair

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:57:41 GMT

Rungs and stringers can be so badly shattered that no surgery of any kind can mend them. Then ihe only thing to do is replace them. If the pieces to be replaced are square or rectangular or round and un-shaped in any way, you should be able to buy hardwood of the approximate size and make new ones without trouble. More often than not, however, these pieces have been turned on a lathe and given some kind of shape. Then the only way to replace them is either to shape a duplicate piece on a lathe...

The Tredegar Park Staircase 1 Early English Furniture

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:41:50 GMT

Detail of Landing Newels and Panels. twisted balusters and the ramps of the handrail are steeper in pitch. It may be taken as a good example of the post-Restoration period. One detail, that of panelling the walls with a dado capped with a semi-handrail, following the lines of that of the staircase itself, persists for many years, and will be found in many of the wooden staircases of the next century. Large allowances must be made, in all cases, for planning exigencies. Had the staircase hall...

Installing the drawer divider and loper housings Classic American Furniture

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:04:56 GMT

Cut the loper housings to size page 108 , using a sliding dovetail to add a piece to the front end of each one to hide the end grain. Then rout the 'A-inch-wide slots in the housings for the loper dowels. Make the L-shaped drawer divider and attach it to the cross rail of the middle dust frame with a biscuit joint above, left . Cut another biscuit slot into the muntin and a matching slot in the top dust frame above it. Next, rout grooves into the underside of the top panel and top face of the...

Ladderback Chair Of The Classic Period AmericanFurniture

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:23:39 GMT

A. TWO SOFA DESIGNS FROM HEPPLEWHITE'S GUIDE A. TWO SOFA DESIGNS FROM HEPPLEWHITE'S GUIDE B. SOFA DESIGN FROM SHERATON'S DRAWING-BOOK B. SOFA DESIGN FROM SHERATON'S DRAWING-BOOK SHERATON SOFA BY DUNCAN PHYFE, NEW YORK By Courtesy of Howard Reifsnyder, Esq., Philadelphia Note the characteristic Phyfe ornament of back-rail SHERATON SOFA SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MADE IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS By Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum, New York City Note the close following of Sheraton's design in Plate...

Gluing down the cockbeading ShakerFurniture

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:15:16 GMT

Cut the cockbeading to fit inside the front frame, miter-ing the ends. Cut and fit one piece at a time, aligning the mitered ends with the corners of the rabbets. Spread a little glue on the contacting surfaces. Use any suitable clamp to secure the cockbeading along the top and bottom of the opening, protecting the stock with wood pads for the sides, wedge thin wood strips slightly longer than the gap between the cockbeading above .

Panel Variations BookcasesTables

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:36:21 GMT

Face-mounted panels are used when frame members are Cutting the panel grooves in line with the mortises and tenons makes layout and execution easier. Cutting the panel grooves in line with the mortises and tenons makes layout and execution easier. Applied bolection molding supplies strength without using much space in the rabbet. The corresponding contour is coped. Note On small cabinet doors, a stub tenon no mortise suffices for joinery. An profiled edge is said to have a stuck mold' ' A...

Cutting the dovetail sockets in the legs Classic American Furniture

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:39:56 GMT

Secure a front leg upright in a bench vise and use one of the dovetailed half-laps you cut in step 1 to outline the mating socket on the leg's top end. Make sure the top end of the leg is flush with the benchtop this will support the router base plate as you cut the socket. Also ensure that the dovetail shoulder is butted against the inside edge of the leg and the rail's back edge is flush with the back face of the leg as you mark the lines. Install a Vs-inch upcut-spiral straight bit into a...

Simple Federal Mantel 1 DiningTables

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:10:43 GMT

PROVING THAT SIMPLICITY DOESN'T PRECLUDE ELEGANCE, this mantel design is anchored by ideal proportions and perfect symmetry with the brick firebox opening it adorns. Built with readily available materials and moldings, it's easy to build as well.

Flutings Reedings Etc FurnitureMaking

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:23:15 GMT

Flutings can be worked with a scratch stock if small in section see Moulded legs, p. 209 , but wider flutings must be cut with a gouge or formed with a suitable round moulding-plane if available, and 312 illustrates a typical fluting worked cross-grain on a drawer front by the latter method. If necessary, battens can be cramped clamped across the face of the work to form a guide for the plane, but the example shown was worked entirely without guides. The flutes were laid out with pencil, the...

Stools FurnitureMaking

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:12:07 GMT

Fi gure 486 1, 2, 3 shows a low fireside- or dressing-stool, with foam upholstery on a plywood base pocket screwed to the framework which can be tenoned or dowelled together. In 487, one of a set of twelve stools, the solid seats out of 3 in 76 mm African walnut were dished by hand using spokeshaves and improvised wooden planes with curved soles. The foam padding was glued to the seat and the leather to the foam padding with rubber cement upholsterers' rubber glue , with the leather eased and...

Kentish Pulpit Types Early English Furniture

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:09:39 GMT

ALDINGTON, KENT. ALDINGTON, KENT. Details of Fig. 70. Font-cover about 1640. TYPES OF KENTISH WOODWORK. ALDINGTON, KENT. ALDINGTON, KENT. Details of Fig. 70. Font-cover about 1640. TYPES OF KENTISH WOODWORK.

List Of Illustrations Furniture of Town Houses

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:05:34 GMT

A Drawing-rOoM Conner . . Designed bv Mr. Robert W. Edis. Frontispiece , t- I B- Adams To face p. 57 piece in 1burmantofts' faience k ot II. Wall Papers Messrs, Jeffrey fr Co. . .60 III. Wall Papers it . 66 IV. Tile Decoration for Wall Designtdby Mr, G. F. Malins 6j V. Frieze Decoration Flamingoes . H. S. Marks, R.A. . .84 VI. Modern Furniture, after Adams, Sheraton, and Chippendale VII. A Drawing-room Cabinet . . Messrs. Jackson lt amp Graham . 103 VIII. A Dining-room Sideboard . . 115 IX. A...

Earliest times to the Middle Ages Egypt Conservation of Furniture

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:54:19 GMT

The earliest evidence of true furniture is found in the Egyptian society that existed some five thousand years ago. The exceptional circumstances of survival in royal tombs have given us famous examples of furniture. It is apparent that beds, chairs, stools, tables and storage boxes had all been created by 3000 bc, and there is no doubt that a skilled workforce existed in Egypt. Beds were developed from crude frames lashed together, to sophisticated jointed frames and proper suspensions of...

The Heavenly Hierarchy Early English Furniture

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:45:06 GMT

David, Amos, Isaiah, Jonah, Ezekiel, Moses, Elias, Jeremiah, Xahum, Hosea, Baruch. Of the enrichments of the mouldings the wave-design is again much in evidence, showing gold stencilled flowers on the black or dark green undulations, and the wild pink rose on the white. A barber's-pole pattern in a running chequer of red and black, a red member with a little flower at intervals in gold, and a gold bead decorated with a twisted gilt gesso pattern, are all introduced with beautiful effect. In the...

Wood Moisture Meter BookcasesTables

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:26:39 GMT

New mini-Ligno E D High Performance Low-cost For hobbyists and woodworkers to avoid frustrating moisture problems. PO 30145, Portland OR 97294 503-257-8957, B X 503-255-1430, wm.lignomat.com, i Good hardware means different tilings to different people. No matter the style, there are three elements to consider Material You chose your wood carefully Choose the hardware just as carefully We use solid brass. It lasts forever. Construction Good construction is a must. Hardware reflects the countless...

Roundabout Chairs ColonialFurniture

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:05:47 GMT

A style of chair very popular in the first half of the eighteenth century is the roundabout chair. Its popularity was probably due to its comfort, obtained from the curved back. It is constructed with one leg in front, and the other three legs carry through the seat to support the arms and back which are built on a curve. They are found in three styles, the transition, the Dutch, and the Chippendale. Figure 516 shows a form of chair known as a wheel chair, owing to the fact that the...

Oak Chest With Iron Strapwork 1 Early English Furniture

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:15:41 GMT

6 ft. 4i ins, long by 2 ft. i in, high by I ft. 4 ins. back to front Fourteenth century. Capt. N. R. Colville, M.C. THE CHEST, FIG. 7, WITH LID OPEN, SHOWING THE DECORATIVE PAINTING. THE CHEST, FIG. 7, WITH LID OPEN, SHOWING THE DECORATIVE PAINTING. appearance of being a reconstruction. This type of chest persisted well beyond the fourteenth to the earl fifteenth century, as in Mr. Smedley Aston's example, Figs. 10 and ii, but here the top and the uprights are scratch-moulded, a sure indication...

Making The Spindles Classic American Furniture

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:49:06 GMT

Windsor chair making starts with a freshly cut log. Because green wood is swollen and lubricated with moisture, it is easy to cleave and bend. It is also less work to shape. Splitting wood from a log offers other advantages. First, it is stronger, because the break follows the wood fibers rather than shearing them, as a sawmill does. And second, wood seasons better if it is shaped while still green. A chair spindle, for example, will season more quickly and be less prone to cracking than a...

How Many Tools Are Needed FurnitureRepair

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:48:33 GMT

Professionals in all trades share one secret the right tools make the job easier and quicker and do the work better. Furniture restoration is no different. It will pay you handsomely in the long run to acquire the right tools. Fortunately, it won't cost an arm and a leg to add to your present tool collection, but there will be some expense. You need to buy good tools only once, and you can amortize their cost over a large number of jobs. If you find need for an unusual and expensive tool that...

Furniture DecorativeFurniture

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:37:43 GMT

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Materials used Dmj Conservation of Furniture

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:28:19 GMT

The choice and range of materials available to furniture-makers in the twentieth century have been extremely wide. The continued develop ment of metal, plastics, and wood-based products has been essential to complement the traditional materials still in use. Metals The use of metal was revived in the twentieth century by Frank Lloyd Wright who developed office furniture made from metal which started a trend that has remained as a type form. The nineteenth century experiments with metal tubing...

Walnut Twotier Sideboard 1 Early English Furniture

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:30:56 GMT

Height, 3 ft. ii ins. width, 4 ft. 2 ins. depth, 1 ft. 6 ins. Late sixteenth century. Church is over-furnished, is original to that edifice. This pulpit is evidently made tip from old panelling. It is much more likely that it was removed from the ruined Aldington Priory, the refectory of which is now a part of the adjoining farm buildings. In the Church are fragments of screens both of late fourteenth and middle fifteenth-century dates, evidently from the same source. The present additional...

Gluing the bedpost vase sections together Classic American Furniture

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:33:00 GMT

Although the joints connecting the pommel sections and finlals of the posts to the vase sections are not glued, the tang joints between the vase sections must be glued to give the posts adequate rigidity. Spread adhesive on the tenon and in the mortise of the tang joint and on the contacting surfaces between the two pieces, then secure them in a bar clamp, protecting the stock with wood pads. If the post begins to distort as you tighten the clamp, reposition it in the jaws until it remains...

Removing Old Finishes And Preparing For New Ones RestoringFurniture

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:07:45 GMT

WHEN we reach the point of removing old finishes from our early furniture, we must first consider whether or not we really do want to remove them. We shall, of course, find some pieces which have had one, or many, coats of varnish now possibly cracked and stained. But, in such cases, cleaning and smoothing are easy. Sometimes we may find furniture of light-colored wood, such as maple or pine, which has been deeply stained in imitation of mahogany. Such examples are extremely hard to restore to...

Veneers In Furniture Restoration FurnitureRepair

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:24:42 GMT

When we began to restore furniture, we discovered a number of uses for a knowledge of veneering. First, we found that old, severely damaged veneers often had to be replaced. The 1852 dresser we restored during the writing of this book was a good example of that. Next, we found that sometimes we could take a plain piece of sound hardwood furniture, the kind that was made for utility rather than appearance, and upgrade it to a beautiful piece by veneering all or part of it. Finally, we constantly...

Hand laying veneers FurnitureMaking

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:10:36 GMT

The veneers must be laid one sheet at a time, for built-up patterns taped together cannot be laid by this process, as will become evident. A fast worker could no doubt lay a sideboard top without using the heated iron, but the veneer sheet would have to be very amenable, and it is wise not to attempt large areas without the iron until proficiency is achieved. The usual practice is to coat the groundwork or substrate evenly with thin glue, swab the outer surface of the veneer sheet with hot...

Chaptek I HistoricStyles

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:20:53 GMT

S a record of manners and customs the illuminated missal is to the Middle Ages what the sculptured frieze is to ancient Greece and Rome. It repre sents the earliest history of domestic life of mediaeval times. The Egyptians constructed their household furniture in stone, the Greeks and Romans in marble and bronze, and the people of the Middle Ages in wood. Setting aside coronation chairs and choir stalls few pieces of mediaeval handicraft are in existence. Without the aid of old manuscripts all...

Fine Woodworking TVCabinets

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:29:24 GMT

Mackall used a bed to divide this bedroom. The front of the headboard includes integral nightstands, bookshelves, and lighting. The headboard back has a mirror and a built-in dresser. Positioned as it is, the headboard also functions as a privacy screen, effectively creating a dressing area between the closets and the rest of the room.

Squaredrive Screws 1 ComputerFurniture

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:22:22 GMT

In the article on screws, we talked about the advantages of using square-drive Robertson screws, see page 21. Wood-smith is offering two kits of these screws with drivers, see box below . There are also several mail order sources square drive screw co, 5900 West 84th Street, Bloomington, MN 55438. 800-544-9460 . This company will send out a sample kit that includes 24 No. 8 x IV flat head. IxvRoot, zinc-plated screws with a Recex drive, and about a dozen more sample square-drive screws and a...

Grooved and moulded frameworks FurnitureMaking

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:18:55 GMT

Grooved frameworks present no special features. The width of the rail tenons will be less the depth of the groove and also of the haunch, which is essential to fill the groove in the stile, worked afterwards. A typical example with raised panels is shown in 226 1. In rebated rabbeted frameworks with stuck moulding, i.e. mouldings worked in the solid and not glued on as separate pieces, the rebate is worked as before, followed by the moulding which must be to the same depth, while the cutting...

Candle Stand ShakerFurniture

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:57:07 GMT

of racking stress which pulls them away from the column. The Shakers compensated for this weakness in several ways. The most important was attaching the legs to the column with sliding dovetails very strong and durable joints. Some Shaker candle stands have survived 150 years and are as sturdy as the day they were made. To give the legs added strength, a metal plate, known as a spider, is nailed to the base of the column and legs. The design of the legs also fortifies the stand. They are 3 s...

The Edging Strips BedroomFurniture

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:24:18 GMT

Now the solid-wood edging strips can be added to the front and back edges of the plywood sides. All of these strips are cut from 5 4 stock l' W thick actual . back edging. The back edging strips C , are ripped to width so they're just slightly Vie wider than the thickness of the plywood sides, see Cross Section in Fig. 1. This extra width provides just enough material so the surface of the strips can be planed and sanded down perfectly flush with the plywood. Then these strips are cut to length...

The Mirror And Glass ArtDecoration

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:02:32 GMT

A WATER-COLOR of Alma Tadema's in the Centennial Exposition represented the former wife of one of the Merovingian kings sitting at her lattice, while the new wife, in the group without, receives the rite of baptism sitting at her lattice, and contemplating the beauty that has been discarded, in a hand-mirror. It is this hand-mirror, round and small, and with a handle, that was the only glass of the Middle Ages. And this was bequeathed to that period by the periods long past, many specimens of...

Advantages of manufactured boards FurnitureMaking

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:18:47 GMT

1 Plywood and laminboards, etc. have no natural line of cleavage and cannot be split across the length or width, as the grain direction of each alternate layer is opposed to the direction of the force. General stiffness and rigidity is also much greater, and a strip of plywood is Stiffer than a strip of steel of equal weight, and therefore thicknesses as opposed to solid wood can be reduced by as much as 25 per cent. Particle boards do not have the same high strength weight ratio and are...

American Countrycolonial Classic American Furniture

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:40:11 GMT

Using local wood species and unsophisticated construction methods, colonial America's pioneers adapted traditional country designs from England to produce simple, practical furniture known as American Country. Although more sophisticated styles supplanted these designs in prosperous colonial towns, rustic furniture prevailed on the ever-advancing frontier. With its simplicity, durability, and economy, traditional American Country furniture continues to appeal to 20th-century furniture makers,...

Chronology EgyptianFurniture

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:44:30 GMT

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Axonometric Projection FurnitureMaking

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:02:07 GMT

This is a variation of isometric projection, sometimes known as 'bird's-eye' perspective, as it gives more of a downward view 333 4 . The true plan is first drawn to scale at angles of 45 and 45 or 30 and 60 to the horizontal, and the verticals projected from it. This projection is chiefly used for interiors, and it is interesting to note that the base of the socket housing in the plinth only becomes visible with this method. Distortion is great and obvious. This projection is sometimes...

Hek FurnitureStyles

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:23:55 GMT

and sideboards, chests of drawers and dressers for the bedroom, couches, bookcases, and writing-tables or desks. The beds were heavy, having commonly a roof supported on four columns, and existing examples are rare. Mirrors of polished steel, with metal or richly carved and gilded frames are among the extant treasures of the period, and some of them are exquisite examples of design and craftsmanship. Glass mirrors were not introduced until later, the first ones coming from Venice. Italian...

Making pocket holes OutdoorFurniture

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:16:58 GMT

Use a commercial pocket hole cutter like the one shown on page 82 or a shop-built jig like the one shown above to make the pocket holes. This jig consists of two pieces of 3 4-inch plywood joined to form an L-shaped cradle and two support brackets that angle the cradle at 15 from the vertical. Seat the workpiece in the cradle, and align the stock so the clearance hole will exit in the middle of the board edge. Install a Forstner bit and drill a hole just deep enough to recess the screw head...

Mitre Shooting Board How To Make Woodworking Tools

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:19:27 GMT

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Drilling the mortises Classic American Furniture

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:21:59 GMT

You can cut the mortises in the posts by hand with a chisel and mallet, or use a router fitted with a mortising bit. But considering the depth of the mortises 1 inches a hollow chisel mortiser, like the one shown at right or a drill press with a mortising attachment, will do the job most quickly and accurately. Set up the machine following the manufacturer's directions. For the mortiser shown, install a 3 8-inch bit and place one of the posts on the table, centering a mortise outline under the...

Cutting mortises in the stiles Classic American Furniture

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:20:49 GMT

Use one of the tenons you cut in step 1 as a guide to outlining the mortises on the edges of the stiles. To make the job easier, clamp all the stiles together face to face with their ends aligned. Install a mortising attachment on your drill press and clamp one stile to the fence, centering the mortise outline under the chisel and bit. Make the drilling depth Me inch more than the tenon length make a cut at each end of the mortise before boring out the waste in between left . Repeat the...

Fourpoint platforms FurnitureMaking

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:36:12 GMT

Another development of Pirelli is the resilient rubber diaphragm with triangular steel loops 493 4 engaged in metal bosses screwed to the 494 Detail of chair seat for loose cushion with resilient webbing straps secured by metal fasteners in grooves sawn into rails 494 Detail of chair seat for loose cushion with resilient webbing straps secured by metal fasteners in grooves sawn into rails framework of the chair 493 3 . They are used instead of webbing for loose cushioning, and the four-point...

Gluing And Clamping OakFurniture

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:31:15 GMT

The boards have been chosen for grain and color, the edges are cut square, and I'm ready to glue them together. Again . . . patience. I get everything ready, just as if I were going to apply the glue and clamp them up. Then I set the glue aside. But I go ahead and clamp the boards together a dry run to check things out. When clamping. I use pipe clamps bar clamps tend to bend too much . You need enough clamps so they're spaced no more than 6 to 8 apart. Also, they should be alternated, one on...

Q Drawer Assembly 1 How to Build Furniture

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:27:25 GMT

9 32 holes, countersunk on bottom 8 x 11 4 F.H. wood screw Attach bottom to back with 6 x 3A F.H. screws. Clamp 77 i6M-long scraps to the legs to make sure the drawer opening will be the correct size. Refer to the drawing above. Position the scraps during dry assembly, and leave in place during glue-up. 3 Dry-assemble the side panels M between the upper side rails C , and the completed side-panel assemblies into the front legs A and back legs B . Be certain that the grooves in the sides of...

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Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:22:29 GMT

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STYLE IN FURNITURE Lfy Style In Furniture

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:53:23 GMT

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Classic American Furniture Classic American Furniture

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:16:23 GMT

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STYLE IN FURNITURE Ifw Style In Furniture

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:18:01 GMT

events, no Chippendale extravagances there in the way of Pagoda-cum-Rococo. We may, therefore, overlook these occasional divergences from the straight path, seeing that we have such overwhelming evidence of previous good character and we may be permitted even to express surprise that, with a brain so phenomenally active, fertile, and imaginative, such lapses were not far more numerous. Their absence proves conclusively that Sheraton did not regard the designing of household furniture as an art...

Tavern And Stretcher Tables RestoringFurniture

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:55:54 GMT

This class of tables covers a delightful variety of sizes and styles, ranging from the extremely rare and valuable oak tables of the seventeenth century to the smaller and more easily found sorts so much in use throughout the eighteenth century. Tavern tables were turned out in large numbers and were the favorite tables in the kitchens of the old homes, where they suffered much rough treatment. They often come to us minus tops, drawers, and feet. The loss of height, through wear, decay, or the...

Low Tech Moulding FurnitureMaking

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:32:52 GMT

To soften the top edges of the stretcher a bead Is run along its length. This could be done with a router but I prefer, where possible, to go low tech and use a steel slotted woodscrew which has been inserted into a piece of beech. The screw's head then becomes a cutting edge, so has its face sharpened on an oil stone.The width of the bead produced by this tool is governed by how far the screw projects from the piece of wood which acts as the fence, but this isn't infinitely variable as the...

Drsskrs And Sideboards Furniture for Small Houses

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:37:20 GMT

furnishing. In many cases it is an old bureau which is a family heirloom, but where this is absent the general choice is for a chest of drawers, especially the well-known type where the plinth pulls out with the drawer. Many of these chests have been given in exchange for a good bureau. On Plate XVII there is a design for a cupboard chest which should answer all the purposes of the bureau or shoddy chest of drawers and even surpass them. It could he made in deal or whitcwood and painted, or in...

Order Toll Free 1 Drawermaking

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:27:32 GMT

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Making the Drawers FurnitureProjects

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:58:59 GMT

There are six drawers that fit into the drawer housing. Although the dimensions of the two bottom drawers differ from those of the four top drawers, each drawer is constructed identically. An assembly diagram is shown in Figure 13. 1. Rip 20 linear feet of 1 x 8 pine to 6-1 2 inches in width. 2. Cut the following pieces from the ripped pine to construct one of the four upper drawers two drawer front back pieces V , each 11-3 4 inches long, and two drawer sides W , each 16 inches long. 3. Cut a...

xivLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ColonialFurniture

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:02:48 GMT

116. Block-Front Chest on Chest, 175075 . 118 17. Block-Front Chest on Chest, 1750 75 119 118. Block-Front Chest on Chest, 1750 75 120 119. Block-Front Chest on Chest, 1750 75 . 121 120. Block-Front Chest on Chest, 1750 75 . . 122 121 Knee-Hole Block-Front Dressing-Table, 1750-75 . . 123 122. Knee-Hole Block-Front Dressing-Table, 1750-75 124 123. Knee-Hole Dressing-Table, 1750 75 125 124. Chest on Chest, 1750 75 126 125. Chest on Chest, 1760-75 . . . . . . 127 126. Chest of Drawers and...

dated theff J Early English Furniture

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:06:48 GMT

J.E.S. and the date 1574 being carved on the cresting rail of the back, an honour shared only with the chest and the standing cupboard. The skirting to the base is a later addition. 1 ft. 10 ins. long by i ft. 10 ins. high by i ft. i in. deep. Early sixteenth centurj'. Late sixteenth century. Lord Amherst. Late sixteenth century. Lord Amherst. See next page for sizes. Barking Church, Suffolk. ANOTHER VIEW OF THE CHAIR, FIG. 219. ANOTHER VIEW OF THE CHAIR, FIG. 219. Floor to top of straight...

It jLHwardattheirfeetadis Early English Furniture

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:08:16 GMT

in the short length Fig. 78. of the timber between hitcham, roof of nave. the collar-beam and True double hammer-beam type. Late iGth century. Length 48 ft. Span 24 ft. 6 ins. the wall-head. Throughout the whole roof . . . the dropping of the hammer-beams, the distortion of the hammer-posts, and the springing of the principal rafters, are considerable. Sir Frank Baines has kindly furnished two photographs of the Eltham Palace, roof, taken while the work of restoration was in progress. In the...

WALNUT ARMCHAIRS Lcp Early English Furniture

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:59:53 GMT

Victoria and Albert Museum. Date about 1O70-S0. Bond's Hospital, Coventry. and enriched to accord with them. These two chairs from Belton, especially Fig. 302, show this ornate character in unmistakable fashion. Here we have the amorini not only in the back cresting and front stretcher, but also as terminals to the balusters of the back and as ornamental details on the front legs. Of these elaborate chairs, examples exist in many noted houses, as at Glemham Hall, for example, which show7 that...

Merle Adjustable Corner Clamp How to Build Furniture

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:07:08 GMT

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Gesso grounds Conservation of Furniture

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:37:23 GMT

Gesso consists of an adhesive with an inert filler. Traditionally, animal glue is used as the adhesive but gesso can be based on casein, acrylic or other materials. The term gesso originally referred to a gypsum- calcium sulphate based gilding ground such as those commonly used in southern Europe. In the general context of painted, japanned or gilded furniture, the term is extended to include grounds based on calcium carbonate. This may not be the case in other conservation disciplines, where...

Glue injector FurnitureRepair

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:39:26 GMT

Another type of glue gun is the glue injector, similar to a medical hypodermic syringe but made of plastic. The injector enables you to injcct glue deep into a loose joint in order to fix the joint without taking the furniture apart. In some cases, you can insert the long, thin tube of the injector directly into the loose joint. In others, you must drill a ' 6-inch hole near the joint to gain access. The glue injector does a good job on temporary repairs, but once furniture joints have started...

Grain direction FurnitureMaking

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:41:07 GMT

Carcasses built up of solid wood boards must have the grain directions continuous, with the side grains vertical and the top and bottom grains parallel to the leading edges, so that all the shrinkage across the width of the boards is from back to front, as indicated by the arrows 186 1 . If the grain of the sides were horizontal, and the top and bottom from front to back as in 186 2, then a moment's reflection would show that any pronounced shrinkage across the width of the boards would lower...