Cedar Chests
by Ralph Flagg Windoes
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About this eBook
- Author
- Windoes, Ralph Flagg, 1891-1967
- Title
- Cedar chests, how to make them
- Original Publication
- Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Co., 1918, copyright 1921.
- Credits
- Bob Taylor, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TT: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts
- Subject
- Chests
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 75563
- Release Date
- March 8, 2025
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Untitled
- 3.CEDAR CHESTS
- 4.Untitled
- 5.PREFACE
- 6.CONTENTS
- 7.Untitled
- 8.CHAPTER I Red Cedar — LOG HOUSES OF RED CEDAR — WHERE RED CEDAR ABOUNDS — DEPLETION OF THE CEDAR SUPPLY — CHARACTERISTICS OF RED CEDAR
- 9.CHAPTER II Cedar Chests — OLD ITALIAN CHESTS — NEW ENGLAND CHESTS — PRESENT DAY DEVELOPMENT
- 10.CHAPTER III How to Build a Simple Chest — THE MILL BILL — SIDES AND ENDS — TOP AND BOTTOM — JOINTING AND GLUING WIDE STOCK — SAWING UP THE STOCK — JOINTING — DOWELING — GLUING — SURFACING — SQUARING UP — ASSEMBLING — TRIANGULAR CORNER STRIPS — FEET — HANDLES — THE COVER — HINGING — FINISHING
- 11.CHAPTER IV Cedar Chest Designs — DESIGN NO. 2 — DESIGN NO. 3 — DESIGN NO. 4 — DESIGN NO. 5 — DESIGN NO. 6 — DESIGN NO. 7 — DESIGN NO. 8 — DESIGN NO. 9 — DESIGN NO. 10 — DESIGN NO. 11 — DESIGN NO. 12 — DESIGN NO. 13 — DESIGN NO. 14 — DESIGN NO. 15 — DESIGN NO. 16 — DESIGN NO. 17 — DESIGN NO. 18 — DESIGN NO. 19 — DESIGN NO. 20 — DESIGN NO. 21 — DESIGN NO. 22 — UNDER-BED CHEST — CHEST OF DRAWERS — SUGGESTIONS FOR DESIGN
- 12.CHAPTER V The Finishing of Cedar — PREPARING THE WOOD FOR FINISHING — FILLING ROUGH SPOTS — COLORING THE WOOD — WAX FINISH — VARNISH FINISH — OIL FINISH — ENAMEL FINISH — LACQUER FINISH
- 13.CHAPTER VI Copper Trimmings — ESCUTCHEONS — PULLS — HINGE PLATES — CORNERS — FINISH — NAILS — DECALCOMANIA TRANSFERS
- 14.CHAPTER VII Matting Boxes — HOW TO MAKE A MATTING BOX — PUTTING ON THE MATTING — COVERING THE SEAMS AND EDGES — MAKING THE BOX MOTH-PROOF
- 15.INDEX — Transcriber’s Notes
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