Locks and locking actions
The Victorians fitted locks to everything, even their whisky (hence the whisky tantalus), but the modern tendency is to dispense with them wherever possible, while the cheap pattern single-lever pressed-steel …
MISCELLANEOUS HINGES
Figure 256:8 shows a secretaire combined hinge and stay for light flaps, and 256:6 the reversible screen hinge which allows the separate wings of a screen to fold either way. …
COUNTER FLAP AND CARD-TABLE HINGES
Counter flaps which lift up and over need hinges without projecting knuckles, and 256:5 shows a common type with double pin and connecting link let in flush. The same principle …
Hinges and hinging
Rapid assembly of furniture components in production-work calls for face-fixing hinges, or hinges which can be sunk in circular recesses, drilled or routered out instead of a hand-cut oblong recess; …
SCREW SOCKETS AND CUPS
253 Spacing of screws 254 Impact of hammer stroke Some confusion often exists between the two types, and the writer has sometimes bought gross packets clearly labelled 'screw cups' which …
Metal fittings/fasteners and their application 26 Screws, nails and pins
WOOD SCREWS Conventional wood screws commonly used are the Countersunk/flat head (252:2 A), round head for attaching metal to wood (252:2B), and raised/oval head (252:2c), obtainable in brass, steel, japanned …
Working procedures
The individual slats can be 1/4 in (6 mm) wide for small delicate tambours, up to 3/4 in (19 mm) wide for large carcasses, with V2 in (12.5 mm) or …
Laying out
A full-size drawing must be made, and the requirements of a successful tambour are that it should have a truly square carcass with opposite ends or sides parallel, and accurately …
STATIONERY CASES
Often called 'pigeon holing', these are designed to hold the usual stationery sizes, and 247:9 shows typical examples. They are best made up as separate units, through dovetailed together (247:11) …
CYLINDER FALLS
These are rigid falls travelling in a circular path and are more wasteful of space than a tambour front, and are therefore rarely, if ever, used in modern work. The …
Fall flaps, secretaires, cylinder falls and tambour
FALL FLAPS Fall flaps for writing bureaus and cabinets where it is essential to preserve an uninterrupted flush writing surface are hinged with back flap hinges, and can be rebated/rabbeted …
Trays for specimens
Specimen cabinets and trays (244:7) fall into two classes; (a) those intended for reference and research purposes where the individual specimens can be removed for first-hand inspection; (b) those intended …
Drawer rails, runners, kickers and guides
A typical carcass framing for a chest is shown in 243:1, with (A) the top bearer rails dovetailed into the sides, (B) the lower drawer rail twin stub tenoned in, …
Drawer positioning and depths
There are no strict rules regarding the number, dimensions or positioning of drawers in carcasses, although the old custom was to graduate the depth of the drawers with the deepest …
Drawer stops
Drawers must not hit against the carcass back or they may force the back off in time, quite apart from the noise of the impact. It is, therefore, usual to …
Laying out and machining drawers
The drawer front is first cut roughly to size with the long edges parallel, and cut fractionally bevelled on all four edges so that it fits the opening half-way (238:11). …
Materials for drawer-work
Drawer fronts can be solid wood, which is preferable, or laminboard or ply, for both can be lap dovetailed if care is taken; particle board is unsuitable. Drawer sides should …
Drawer and tray construction
DRAWERS Various types of drawers are shown in 238. Figure 238:1 is a sectional elevation of an orthodox inset drawer sliding on front drawer rail and side runners; 238:2 an …
Sliding glass doors
237 Glass door grips The general principles are the same as for sliding wood doors. Figures 236:1, 5 show a pair of glass doors which can be either 3/16 in …
Sliding wardrobe doors
Heavy doors, or tall and narrow doors in wardrobes and cupboards are always more satisfactory if they are top hung, and typical з 236 Sliding glass doors sliding actions are …
SLIDING FLUSH DOORS (WOOD)
Sliding actions for light flush doors suitable for sideboards, free-standing cupboards, etc. are shown in 233. The doors are usually composed of laminboard, particle board, etc. edged with hardwood all …
Sash-bar assembly
Two methods are available. In the simpler the ribs are merely butted together between the framing rebates, and the joints strengthened with glued canvas in the same manner as the …
Edging shaped doors
Solid wood will not require edgings, but veneeer assemblies will need the usual form of applied edges. In very shallow curves it may be possible to bend the edging to …
Shaped flush doors
Curved doors, bow (227:1), serpentine (227:2), ox bow (227:3), etc., can be built up by traditional methods out of solid wood veneered on the face and back. The slats can …
FLUSH DOORS
Light pattern flush surface doors for cupboards, wardrobes, etc. are usually made of ply, blockboard, laminboard or particle board covered on the edges (226:2), with the edgings sturdy enough to …
FITTING DOORS
The bottom edge should be levelled first and held in the carcass opening, checking that the hinging stile is square with the carcass side, and correcting if necessary. The other …
Muntins
Vertical divisions between the rails are known as muntins (vertical sash-bars in windows which fulfil the same function are known as mullions). Their object when fitted is to stiffen up …
Grooved and moulded frameworks
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 …
Door construction
FRAMED DOORS The various parts of a framed-up door, tenoned or dowelled together and with panels of ply or solid wood, are shown in 221; the horns (221:1 A) are …
Solid stands
Solid stands are used in modern furniture for table and cabinet stands, divan-type beds and chair sides, etc. They can be of solid core block- board edged all round with …
Round leg framings
The framing up of round section legs is shown in 216:3 either dowelled or tenoned as inset, and the shoulders scribed to fit the rounding; the scribing is easier with …
Shaped rails in leg framing
If the under edge of a rail is curved it will become a feather edge where it meets the leg if framed up in the usual manner (213:1 A). Sugested …
FRAMES Tables and carcass stands and stools
Various forms of leg framing suitable for stands and stools are illustrated in 211. Figure 211:1 shows a typical carcass stand of four straight legs, front framing rail (211:1 A), …
Contemporary leg treatments
Contemporary designs are usually devoid of ornamentation and rely almost exclusively on rectangular, circular or oval sections either straight, tapered or flared. Figure 206 shows various leg shapes and sections …
Pedestal table or pillar legs
A typical mahogany Chippendale pillar or tripod leg is shown in 201:1; 201:2 shows a L (By courtesy of Eric 199 Carving mace stand leg. Coop) Sheraton pillar table leg …
