Identifier: moderncabinetwor00well (find matches)
Title: Modern cabinet work, furniture & fitments; an account of the theory & practice in the production of all kinds of cabinet work & furniture with chapters on the growth and progress of design and construction; illustrated by over 1000 practical workshop drawings, photographs & original designs
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Wells, Percy A Hooper, John, b. 1882
Subjects: Cabinetwork Furniture making
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ntre part when open. A minimum overlap of the traysis illustrated, and the rigidity of the table is materially increased when thisamount is added to, thus permitting the use of longer tongues. To ensure aneasy adjustment of the tongues the rails connecting sliders are dovetailedup and screwed without glueing them. The sectional view through tableshows the inside tray made narrower, this is to permit of dovetailing thecrossed rails to the middle sliders. The method of lining up dining tabletops and leaves is also illustrated, f-in. stuff is used for the top, and theunder moulding or lining is glued to it; these pieces are cut about 3 in.wide, with the grain in same direction as the leaves and tops. The directionof grain in lining up pieces must not be across the tops, or, where shrinkageoccurs, splits will inevitably result. The method of dowelling or keyingup the leaves is illustrated and described in connection with the telescopedining table facing p. 89. TABLES AND FRAMED-UP WORK 91
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92 MODERN CABINETWORK, FURNITURE, AND FITMENTS A Dovetail Slide Table (see page opposite). The method of extension illustrated in the drawings of this type is bothstrong and economical. Plans show methods of arranging the sliders, the innerand outer pairs mortised and tenoned to the legs. Enlarged sectional viewshows the width of sliders. The inside is again made narrower for the crossrails to dovetail into the middle pair. The general principle of extensionis very similar to the tray frame, and by the addition of extra pairs ofsliders and a centre cross rail to receive a leg, the table can be made to extendto a much greater length. It is a general practice with dining tables to fixcastors on the legs ; these are of various patterns, ranging from an ordinary platecastor screwed underneath the leg to special castors with patent bearings, theuse of the latter being desirable upon very heavy tables. Small wheels orfriction rollers prevent loose or worn bearings which affect the stability

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