TY - BOOK AU - Wells,Percy A. AU - Hooper,John AU - Hooper,John TI - Modern cabinet work: a Comprehensive Treatise on Making Fine Furniture From the Golden Age of Craftsmanship SN - 9781892836281 U1 - 684.16 PY - 2006/// CY - Lancaster, Pa. PB - Fox Chapel Pub. KW - Cabinetwork KW - Furniture making N1 - Includes index; Introduction Origin of Cabinetmaking---The Cabinetmaker, Old and New---Modern Developments 1 (4) Tools, Appliances, Materials 5 (17) Hand Tools Their Construction Cutting Actions Care of A Cabinetmaker's Kit Prices Tool Chest Drawing, Geometry, Design: Technical Terms 22 (14) Instruments and their Uses Practical Geometry Setting out Polygons Scales Ellipses, &c. Cabinet Drawing and Perspective Technical Terms Joints and Their Application 36 (18) All Types of Joints Mitre, Key, Dovetailing, Dowel, Tenon, Shutting and Hingeing Joints Diagrams to Illustrate their Use in Various Jobs Curved and Straight Work Workshop Practice 54 (34) Practical Instruction in Bench Methods Sharpening and Setting Tools Setting out and Preparing Stuff Working Mouldings Cutting Tenons Mortising All Kinds of Dovetailing Making Doors, Drawers, Plinths, Cornices Building up Curved Work Ploughing, Grooving, Tongueing, and Finishing Framed-Up Work, Tables, &c. 88 (52) How to Set out and Make Flap, Writing, Card, Toilet, Tea, and all Kinds of Fancy Tables Extending Tables Telescope Tray Frame Draw and Other Dining Tables Carcase Work 140 (44) The Making of a Carcase Wardrobes Chests of Drawers Bookcases Cabinets Corner, Curved, and Shaped Fronts and Ends Solid and Veneered Work, &c. Bedsteads and Miscellaneous Furniture 184 (26) The Construction of Clock Cases Screens Bedsteads Revolving Bookcases Dumb Waiters Hanging Cabinets, Hall Furniture, &c. Veneers and Veneering, Marquetry and Inlaying 210 (15) Veneers Saw Cut and Knife Cut Preparation of Stuff Methods of Laying and Finishing Stringing, Banding, and Building up Patterns Inlaying in Pearl, Ivory, and Tortoise-Shell Buhl Work and French Marquetry Repairs of Old Work, &c. Foremen's Work, Practical Setting Out and Applied Geometry 225 (25) Setting out for Hand or Machine Work Workshop and Office Methods in Costing-up Materials and Preparing Estimates, Cutting Lists, &c. Developing Shapes in Curved Work Raking and Curved Mouldings Setting out Gothic Tracery Taking Templates and General Foreman's Work, &c. Notes on the Historic Styles of Furniture, with Examples of Modern Work 250 (10) A Brief Account of Gothic, French, Renaissance, Elizabethan, and Jacobean Styles Chippendale, Sheraton, and other Eighteenth Century Makers Examples of Furniture by Modern Designers Constructional and Decorative Brasswork, Movements and Fittings 260 (11) Types of Hinges Locks Quadrants Stays Glass Movements Handles Methods of Setting out Hinges, Stays, and Cylinder Fall Movements, &c. Machine Tools and Machining---Mouldings 271 (5) Types of Machines Moulding Dovetailing Tenoning Planing Circular, Band, and Frame Saws Mouldings, Examples of Greek, Roman, and Later Periods Lathes and Lathe Work Panelling and Fitments 276 (20) Taking of Templates Preparation of Walls Methods of Fixing Panelling, Dados, Fireplaces, Bedroom, and other Fitments Ceiling Work, &c. Special Furniture for Shops, Offices, and Museums 296 (16) Shop Fittings Counter and Bank Work Air-Tight Show Case Making Office Cabinets Museum Furniture Reading Desks Print Cases Paper Stands, &c. Chair Making 312 (14) Chairs and Couches Cane Loose-Seat and Stuff-Over Frames Methods of Construction Cramping Proportions and Sizes Styles, with a Chronological Chart English, Foreign, and Colonial Woods 326 (29) Growth and Structure of Trees Hard and Soft Wood Ports of Shipment Sizes of Logs Methods of Conversion Seasoning, Shrinkage, and Warpage Defects Prices Special Uses Description of over 200 Timbers Special Section on Colonial Furniture Woods Glossary of Technical and Workshop Terms, Names, and References 355 (17) Index 372 N2 - Contains more than 2,000 line drawings and hundreds of photographs that explain useful hand and machine techniques and furniture design details suitable for the small-shop woodworker. This work includes chapters on drawing and layout skills, and presents the developments in traditional theories and techniques ER -