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The practical cabinet maker and furniture designer's assistant, with essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials, with full explanation of the canons of good taste in furniture .. (1910)

Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836-1919 · Chicago, F. J. Drake & Co · leaf 228

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to admit of a wedge being driven in on each side thetenon, which effectually keys it; in this case thetenon is usually put in dry, that is without glue; and(2) to split open the tenon with a chisel, and insert awedge in the center and drive home. The danger of THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER 227 this… … Figure 130 The thickness of the tenon should be one-third thatof the rail and the width not more than 4 inches. Ifa wider rail has to be used, it would be better to maketwo mortises and tenons, as shown in Nos. 4 and 5. No. 1.—Ordinary cut-through mortise. The tenon 228 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER

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