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, Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas), 1836-1919 · Chicago : F.J. Drake · leaf 283
283 THE PRACTICAL CABINET MAKER The butt-joint (Fig. 178) is a most effective way of veneering a drawer-front or panel. Take two “match” veneers — that is, consecutive members — as cut from the log, cut through each where it is desired to butt, thus … Figure 182 making them “rights” and “lefts,” the figure falling equally from the central joint. The veneer is then laid upon the foundation, and a few needle points or tacks placed on each side the joint, a strip of brown paper being glued upon the same to hold it in position. When dry, lay as…
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