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Introduction<br/>Origin of Cabinetmaking---The Cabinetmaker, Old and New---Modern Developments<br/>1 (4)<br/>Tools, Appliances, Materials<br/>5 (17)<br/>Hand Tools<br/>Their Construction<br/>Cutting Actions<br/>Care of<br/>A Cabinetmaker's Kit<br/>Prices<br/>Tool Chest<br/>Drawing, Geometry, Design: Technical Terms<br/>22 (14)<br/>Instruments and their Uses<br/>Practical Geometry<br/>Setting out Polygons<br/>Scales<br/>Ellipses, &c.<br/>Cabinet Drawing and Perspective<br/>Technical Terms<br/>Joints and Their Application<br/>36 (18)<br/>All Types of Joints<br/>Mitre, Key, Dovetailing, Dowel, Tenon, Shutting and Hingeing Joints<br/>Diagrams to Illustrate their Use in Various Jobs<br/>Curved and Straight Work<br/>Workshop Practice<br/>54 (34)<br/>Practical Instruction in Bench Methods<br/>Sharpening and Setting Tools<br/>Setting out and Preparing Stuff<br/>Working Mouldings<br/>Cutting Tenons<br/>Mortising<br/>All Kinds of Dovetailing<br/>Making Doors, Drawers, Plinths, Cornices<br/>Building up Curved Work<br/>Ploughing, Grooving, Tongueing, and Finishing<br/>Framed-Up Work, Tables, &c.<br/>88 (52)<br/>How to Set out and Make Flap, Writing, Card, Toilet, Tea, and all Kinds of Fancy Tables<br/>Extending Tables<br/>Telescope<br/>Tray Frame<br/>Draw and Other Dining Tables<br/>Carcase Work<br/>140 (44)<br/>The Making of a Carcase<br/>Wardrobes<br/>Chests of Drawers<br/>Bookcases<br/>Cabinets<br/>Corner, Curved, and Shaped Fronts and Ends<br/>Solid and Veneered Work, &c.<br/>Bedsteads and Miscellaneous Furniture<br/>184 (26)<br/>The Construction of Clock Cases<br/>Screens<br/>Bedsteads<br/>Revolving Bookcases<br/>Dumb Waiters<br/>Hanging Cabinets, Hall Furniture, &c.<br/>Veneers and Veneering, Marquetry and Inlaying<br/>210 (15)<br/>Veneers<br/>Saw Cut and Knife Cut<br/>Preparation of Stuff<br/>Methods of Laying and Finishing<br/>Stringing, Banding, and Building up Patterns<br/>Inlaying in Pearl, Ivory, and Tortoise-Shell<br/>Buhl Work and French Marquetry<br/>Repairs of Old Work, &c.<br/>Foremen's Work, Practical Setting Out and Applied Geometry<br/>225 (25)<br/>Setting out for Hand or Machine Work<br/>Workshop and Office Methods in Costing-up Materials and Preparing Estimates, Cutting Lists, &c.<br/>Developing Shapes in Curved Work<br/>Raking and Curved Mouldings<br/>Setting out Gothic Tracery<br/>Taking Templates and General Foreman's Work, &c.<br/>Notes on the Historic Styles of Furniture, with Examples of Modern Work<br/>250 (10)<br/>A Brief Account of Gothic, French, Renaissance, Elizabethan, and Jacobean Styles<br/>Chippendale, Sheraton, and other Eighteenth Century Makers<br/>Examples of Furniture by Modern Designers<br/>Constructional and Decorative Brasswork, Movements and Fittings<br/>260 (11)<br/>Types of Hinges<br/>Locks<br/>Quadrants<br/>Stays<br/>Glass Movements<br/>Handles<br/>Methods of Setting out Hinges, Stays, and Cylinder Fall Movements, &c.<br/>Machine Tools and Machining---Mouldings<br/>271 (5)<br/>Types of Machines<br/>Moulding<br/>Dovetailing<br/>Tenoning<br/>Planing<br/>Circular, Band, and Frame Saws<br/>Mouldings, Examples of Greek, Roman, and Later Periods<br/>Lathes and Lathe Work<br/>Panelling and Fitments<br/>276 (20)<br/>Taking of Templates<br/>Preparation of Walls<br/>Methods of Fixing Panelling, Dados, Fireplaces, Bedroom, and other Fitments<br/>Ceiling Work, &c.<br/>Special Furniture for Shops, Offices, and Museums<br/>296 (16)<br/>Shop Fittings<br/>Counter and Bank Work<br/>Air-Tight Show Case Making<br/>Office Cabinets<br/>Museum Furniture<br/>Reading Desks<br/>Print Cases<br/>Paper Stands, &c.<br/>Chair Making<br/>312 (14)<br/>Chairs and Couches<br/>Cane<br/>Loose-Seat and Stuff-Over Frames<br/>Methods of Construction<br/>Cramping<br/>Proportions and Sizes<br/>Styles, with a Chronological Chart<br/>English, Foreign, and Colonial Woods<br/>326 (29)<br/>Growth and Structure of Trees<br/>Hard and Soft Wood<br/>Ports of Shipment<br/>Sizes of Logs<br/>Methods of Conversion<br/>Seasoning, Shrinkage, and Warpage<br/>Defects<br/>Prices<br/>Special Uses<br/>Description of over 200 Timbers<br/>Special Section on Colonial Furniture Woods<br/>Glossary of Technical and Workshop Terms, Names, and References 355 (17)<br/>Index 372 |
