Simple Furniture Making - How to Make Tables, Chairs, Bookshelves, Sideboards, Chests, Kitchen Accessories, Etc.
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Simple Furniture Making - How to Make Tables, Chairs, Bookshelves, Sideboards, Chests, Kitchen Accessories, Etc. - Sidney Vant
SIMPLE FURNITURE MAKING
SECTION I
EQUIPMENT
UNTIL recently it was usual to regard the man who made his own furniture as mildly eccentric and, as a matter of fact, the rather odd designs evolved often went a long way towards justifying the opinion. Within the past few years, however, furniture making has become a popular hobby, and it is notable that ladies as well as men find it interesting and useful, and certainly economical.
The reasons for this change can be traced to the high price of furniture immediately after the War. Adventurous souls tried their hands at furniture making, their success emboldened others, and then the commercial houses lent a hand by supplying neat mouldings, panellings, turned legs, etc., not to mention machine-finished woods in popular dimensions. But most of all it is due to the greater simplicity of furniture design now ruling. Except for a light bead, or a modest medallion, much of the furniture sold to-day is devoid of all frills.
That it is not less pleasing than that of a generation ago is attributable to the fact that the design is better; it can stand by itself without the meretricious aid of fearful and wonderful fretwork ornamentation.
All this, of course, has greatly smoothed the path of the amateur constructor, and the man or woman with a very modest amount of skill can with patience and a reasonable amount of care turn out presentable articles of furniture. Needless to say, one should begin with simple articles—the surest guide to success in these matters is knowledge of one’s limitations.
In the pages that follow we describe the making of a series of articles of furniture, starting with the very simplest form of bookshelf and passing to jobs of greater difficulty. We also include hints on making one or two typical articles of kitchen furniture. We cannot describe every kind of furniture-making job the amateur is likely to tackle, but we shall endeavour to give as many as possible of the joints and methods in general use, so that the novice who proposes to buy components, such as legs, mouldings, etc., and from them make up a piece of furniture, should have no difficulty in deciding how to set about the job.
TOOLS
All the work outlined in the pages that follow can be done with the aid of such simple tools as lie in the average householder’s toolbox. A medium-weight hammer, a gimlet and a screwdriver will be required. A wooden mallet can be added to the hammer by way of a luxury, but is not really essential. A smoothing plane is also required. These can be procured either with wood or metal stocks; but it is better to have the plane, of whichever material, on the large size rather than too small. A good-sized smoothing plane will do all the work required, and it should not be necessary to include a long jack plane in the kit. Two saws will be needed: a hand saw for ripping boards and similar work and a tenon saw for cutting out joints, etc. The larger saw should not be too coarse-toothed, or it will tend to tear away the edges of the wood being cut. When not in use, saws should be kept in a dry place, and an occasional wipe with an oily rag will keep them free from rust and do much to prevent sticking when in