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Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs (1900)

Wheeler, Charles G. (Charles Gardner), 1855-1946 · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 382

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g the pieces together. Suppose, for atheoretical case, that you make a door like Fig. 498. It will notwarp or curl because of the cleats at the top and bottom, but itwill swell and shrink in width because there is such a wide sur-face of board to be affected by the atmosphere, etc., and it may… … Fig. 498. Fig. 499. Fig. 500. most of the board has been removed. This frame will hold itsshape quite well, but it is only a frame, not a door. How canyou fill up this open frame to make a door, so as to avoid thetrouble about warping, winding, swelling, and shrinking ? First,however, as this frame…

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