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How to Make a Rocking Chair

In furniture construction such as this, nothing is gained by trying to plane up the stock out of the rough. This is mere drudgery and can be more cheaply and easily done at the planing mill by...

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How to Make Arts & Crafts Waste-Paper Basket

Waste-Paper Basket to Match Library Table The basket shown in the accompanying sketch is designed to be used with a library table having slats in the ends and wooden handles on the drawers. The finish...

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How to Make Arts & Crafts Wardrobe

The wardrobe or clothes closet shown in the accompanying sketch and detail drawing will be found a great convenience in a bedroom where closet space is limited or where there is no closet at all. It...

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How to Make an Oak Table

The stock for this table if ordered as follows and sanded will require only the work of making the joints and putting them together: 4 posts, 2 in, square 30-5/8 in., S-4-S. 4 upper rails, 7/8 by...

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How to Make a Dresser

The dresser shown in the illustration was made of quarter-sawed white oak and finished golden and waxed. The mirror is of beveled glass and the following is the stock bill: 1 top, 3/4 by 19-1/2 by...

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The 40 Styles of Chairs

THE 40 STYLES OF CHAIRS There are 40 distinct styles of chairs embracing the period from 3000 B.C. to 1900 A.D.—nearly 7,000 years. Of all the millions of chairs made during the centuries, each one...

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How to Make an Oak Couch With Cushions

This beautiful oak couch can be made at a very moderate cost, if the material used for the cushions is of good imitation leather. These substitutes for leather last fully as long and the difference can...

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How to Make a Curved Back Armchair

The arm chair, the picture and drawing of which is given herewith is a companion piece to the rocker described on another page. With the exception of the back-legs the stock bill which follows gives...

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How to Make a Medicine Cabinet

This cabinet is best made of quarter-sawed oak, as this wood is the most easily procured and looks well when finished. Order the stock from the mill ready cut to length, squared and sanded. The...

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How to Make a Hall or Window Seat

A HALL OR WINDOW SEAT Seat Made of Quarter-Sawed Oak A simple design for a hall or window seat is shown in the accompanying sketch and detail drawing. Anyone who has a few sharp tools, and is at all...

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