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ON THE USE OF STAINS
As this subject properly belongs to the painter
and decorator, it is not necessary to go into details
concerning the methods used to finish off your
work. As you may not be able to afford the luxury
of having your productions painted or stained,
enough information will be given to enable you, if
the character of the wood justifies it, to do the
work yourself to a limited extent.
Soft Wood.—As, presumably, most of your first work will be done with pine, poplar, or other light-colored material, and, as many people prefer the furniture to be dark in color, you should be prepared to accommodate them.
Soft Wood.—As, presumably, most of your first work will be done with pine, poplar, or other light-colored material, and, as many people prefer the furniture to be dark in color, you should be prepared to accommodate them.
Build Your Own Workbench
A workbench is an essential piece of equipment in any home workshop. A workbench will allow you to complete projects easily and with greater accuracy. A variety of pre made workbenches are available to fit your needs. If you prefer, you can make your own workbench, either with a kit or from a plan.
Choosing a workbench
Workbenches are available in a wide variety of sizes and styles. Benches are great for woodworking, crafts and other household projects. You can purchase a bench at most home improvement stores. Another option is to build your own bench. You can find plans in books and on the internet with instructions to create the perfect bench to suit your needs.
A Boy's Workshop
Carpenter work should be encouraged in a boy from the time he first becomes interested in it, for besides being something with which to keep him busy, the experience gained by its practice will be useful to him all his life, no matter what branch of industry he may follow later on.
When a boy has learned the proper care and use of tools, and is able to turn out neatly executed work, he will find the occupation a profitable one, there being an unlimited number of things he can make in his shop.
LIGHT RUSTIC WORK
Rustic carpentry does not demand great skill in woodworking, but it does require a large amount of artistic perception. The tools needed are but few, and the materials employed are comparatively cheap, although in many districts they are becoming dearer every year.
It may be said that any articles made from the now popular bamboo may be made quite as effectively in light rustic work.
For light rustic work, sticks of hazel, cherry, yew, blackthorn, birch, larch, fir, and the prunings of many varieties of shrubs may be used; but it is necessary that the material should be cut at the proper season, and thoroughly dried before being worked up. The sticks should be cut in mid-winter, as at that time the sap is at rest; if cut in the summer time the bark will peel off. If peeled sticks are required, they should be cut in the spring, when the sap is rising, as at that time the rind will come off easily. In some districts the copses are cleared of undergrowth periodically, and the sticks (generally hazel) sold to hurdle and spar makers. A selection of these sticks would be very suitable for the purpose here described.
RUSTIC TABLES
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| Fig. 42.—Square Table. |
A small rustic table which may, if desired, be used as a flower-pot stand, is illustrated by Fig. 42. The top may be made of ¾-in. stuff, and should have two ledges nailed underneath to prevent twisting. The table may be 1 ft. 10 in. high, with the top 15 in. square, or, if a larger size is required, 2 ft. 1 in. high, with the top 18 in. square. The design is not suitable for tables of a larger size.
Setting Up A Home Woodwork Or Model Shop A Step By Step Guide
Planning is the secret to a successful home workshop. More and more people are setting up a woodworking or model engineering shop, either in their basement or garage.
The first step is to make sure your location is dry. You may need to make repairs to your garage roof, windows or door. If you are planning on using your basement then you will need to waterproof it, so that damp and the corrosion and rot it causes do not become issues.
Your next step is to provide water and electricity supplies. You need to have hand washing facilities if you are going to keep your job clean. An electricity supply suitable for running your machine tools is essential. These tools will be permanently wired in. You will also need lots of switched electric sockets about three feet from the floor. These will be used for plug in tools.
ADVANCED PROJECTS IN WOODWORK (1)
by Ira S. Griffith
ADVANCED PROJECTS IN WOODWORK is a collection of projects designed
to meet the needs of classes in high school woodworking. These projects
presuppose familiarity with woodworking processes, tools, and the two
simple joints required in the making of projects contained in the
author's Projects in Beginning Woodwork and Mechanical Drawing.
The drawings are complete only as to their general dimensions.
The working out of details, such as the sizes of mortises and tenons
and their locations, is left for the pupil in his work in drawing and
design.
It is expected that the projects will afford suitable basic
material for classes in woodworking design. It remains for the
instructor to point out the manner in which this material may be used.
For illustration, many beginning students are slow in appreciation of
possible modifications in structure or decoration. Circular tops may be
used instead of square or octagonal, and vice versa. Modification of the
manner of filling side spaces with slats offers variety in initiative.
Vertical posts may be made tapering and vice versa. Rails and stretchers
may be variously employed. There is almost always a choice in the
matter of joints,—keyed or thru or blind tenon. Fig. 1 is suggestive as
to possible modifications of a type.
In addition to the possible structural modifications, the
plates suggest variation in the matter of decorative ornament such as
pierced and carved forms and simple inlay. Such ornament will, of
course, be kept subordinate to the structural design.
The upholstering of stool tops and seats for chairs provides another problem in variation.
Little, if any, use is made of dowels as substitutes for the
mortise-and-tenon. While it is true that modern commercial practice
makes much use of dowels in this way, the author feels that such
practice is too often contrary to the principles of good construction.
Its genesis lies in economy of material rather than in any superiority
as a fastening device.
In the designing of these projects the author has had in mind at all times the thought that most of the students using them would have access only to a band-saw or
jig-saw and a miter-box in addition to the regular hand tool
equipment. For this reason such projects as hall clocks, mission beds,
etc., have been excluded. The exceptional student will find projects of
sufficient size to tax his ability and muscle. Easier projects and lighter projects have
been provided for the weaker members of the class while the use of
slats or their omission will provide additional variation in time of
execution.
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