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 A Craftsman Desk Chair

��By Kalph F. Windoes

��IN the October issue of Popular Science Monthly, the author pre- sented a craftsman desk table. The chair herein described is its companion piece, but it would serve equally as well as a dining or an occasional chair.

The mill-bill for this chair is as fol- lows, all pieces to be planed and sand- papered to exact dimensions at the mill. Of course, the lumber should be of the same kind and quality as was purchased for the desk :

��6 pes.

6 pes.

1 pc.

9

��34- X 2"

3/4'' X 2"

%" X 15'

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��X 141/:." rails

X 131/2"- side rails

X 17" seat

z pes. yo" X 3" X UVl'" back slats On one of our drawings a detail of the back legs is given. They are cut from the 11/2" piece, that is, 3" wide, and should be very carefully laid out and worked up, as they are, in reality the most difficult part of the construc-

��tion. If the craftsman desires, he may take this drawing with him to the mill, 2 pes. IW X II/2'' X 18".. front legs lay out these legs there, and have them 2 pes. II2" -^ 3" X 37". . back legs sawed out on a handsaw, which would

save a great deal of the time and expense ; other- wise they must be ripped out of the planks by hand. In smoothing them, plane as far as practical, and spokeshave the balance. Be very sure that you keep the edges square.

Selecting your working faces — noticing that the back legs are paired and that the mortises are not cut in the same face of each — lay out these mor- tises in pencil. Also, lay out the mortises in the front legs and compare the four in their proper posi- tion with respect to one another. As the tenon de- tail shows, the mortises will be 11/2" wide, 1" deep, and 1^/4" long- Cut these mortises and fit their corresponding ten- ons in place. In the lower edge of the top back rail and the upper edge of the bottom, cut mortises for the slat tenons.

Next glue and clamp

these sections together,

placing the back slats first.

Attach the seat by screwing

Elevations, showing dimensions, of the craftsman ^^^\^ 't through the side

desk chair as the parts come from the mill rails that it rests upon. The

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