RUSTIC CARPENTRY
WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS AND DIAGRAMS
EDITED BY
PAUL N. HASLUCK
EDITOR OF "WORK" AND "BUILDING WORLD"
AUTHOR OF "HANDYBOOKS FOR HANDICRAFTS," ETC. ETC.
CASSELL AND COMPANY, Limited
LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE. MCMVII
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
[PREFACE.]
This Handbook contains, in a form convenient for everyday use, a number of articles on Rustic Carpentry contributed by various authors to Work—one of the journals it is my fortune to edit.
Readers who may desire additional information respecting special details of the matters dealt with in this Handbook, or instructions on kindred subjects, should address a question to the Editor of Work, La Belle Sauvage, London, EC., so that it may be answered in the columns of that journal.
P. N. HASLUCK.
La Belle Sauvage, London.
April, 1907.
[CONTENTS.]
| CHAPTER | PAGE | ||
| I. | — | Light Rustic Work | [9] |
| II. | — | Flower Stands, Vases, etc. | [22] |
| III. | — | Tables | [36] |
| IV. | — | Chairs and Seats | [40] |
| V. | — | Gates and Fences | [52] |
| VI. | — | Rosery Walk | [66] |
| VII. | — | Porches | [71] |
| VIII. | — | Canopy for Swing | [77] |
| IX. | — | Aviary | [83] |
| X. | — | Foot-bridges | [92] |
| XI. | — | Verandahs | [98] |
| XII. | — | Tool Houses, Garden Shelters, etc. | [106] |
| XIII. | — | Summer Houses | [126] |
| Index | [159] |
[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.]
| FIG. | PAGE | ||
| 1. | — | Photograph Frame and Wall Bracket Combined | [10] |
| 2. | — | Section of Bracket | [11] |
| 3. | — | Small Easel | [12] |
| 4. | — | Attaching Support to Easel | [13] |
| 5. | — | Mitred Joint | [13] |
| 6. | — | Mortise and Tenon Joint | [14] |
| 7, 8. | — | Flower Holder | [14], [15] |
| 9-11. | — | Rustic Hall Stand | [17] |
| 12, 13. | — | Plant Stool | [18] |
| 14-16. | — | Window Box | [19], [20] |
| 17. | — | Flower-pot Stand | [23] |
| 18. | — | Bending Saplings | [24] |
| 19. | — | Fixing Rails, etc., to Posts | [24] |
| 20. | — | Vase on Tripod Stand | [25] |
| 21. | — | Joint of Hexagon Sides of Vase | [25] |
| 22. | — | Securing Sides and Legs of Vase to Base | [25] |
| 23. | — | Section of Twigs at Angles of Vase | [25] |
| 24, 25. | — | Flower-pot Stan | [26] |
| 26. | — | Joining Rails to Uprights | [27] |
| 27. | — | Supporting End Shelves of Flower-pot Stand | [27] |
| 28. | — | Fixing Centre Shelves of Stand | [27] |
| 29. | — | Large Square Vase | [28] |
| 30. | — | Large Hexagonal Vase | [28] |
| 31. | — | Vase with Claw Foot | [29] |
| 32. | — | Foot of Rustic Table | [30] |
| 33. | — | Garden Plant Tub | [31] |
| 34, 35. | — | Mouldings | [32] |
| 36. | — | Plant Vase | [32] |
| 37. | — | Rectangular Garden Plant Stand | [33] |
| 38-40. | — | Rustic Pedestal | [34] |
| 41. | — | Flower-pot Stand | [35] |
| 42. | — | Square Table | [36] |
| 43. | — | Hexagon Table | [37] |
| 44, 45. | — | Top of Hexagon Table | [38], [39] |
| 46. | — | Armchair | [40] |
| 47. | — | Fixing Seat Rails to Leg of Armchair | [41] |
| 48. | — | Plan of Armchair Seat Frame | [41] |
| 49, 50. | — | Garden Seat | [42], [43] |
| 51. | — | Joints of Rails and Posts | [43] |
| 52. | — | Arm-rest for Garden Seat | [44] |
| 53. | — | Part Plan of Seat | [44] |
| 54, 55. | — | Garden Seat | [44], [45] |
| 56. | — | Front Rail, Cross Rail, and Battens | [45] |
| 57. | — | Part Plan of Seat | [46] |
| 58-60. | — | Garden Seat with Canopy | [47]-[49] |
| 61. | — | Plan of Canopy | [50] |
| 62, 63. | — | Canopy Panels | [50] |
| 64. | — | Plan of Seat | [50] |
| 65-67. | — | Garden Gate | [52], [53] |
| 68-70. | — | Joints in Gate Frame | [54] |
| 71, 72. | — | Fixing Ends of Twigs | [54] |
| 73. | — | Closing Stile | [54] |
| 74-77. | — | Joints in Gate Frame | [55], [56] |
| 78-80. | — | Fences | [57], [58] |
| 81, 82. | — | Rustic Trellis with Seats and Gate | [59] |
| 83. | — | Vertical Section of Trellis | [60] |
| 84. | — | End Post and Trellis | [60] |
| 85. | — | Back of Seat for Trellis | [60] |
| 86. | — | Alternative Design for Gate | [61] |
| 87. | — | Hanging and Latching Gate | [62] |
| 88. | — | Catch for Gate | [63] |
| 89, 90. | — | Rustic Carriage Entrance | [64], [65] |
| 91. | — | Rosery Walk | [67] |
| 92. | — | Roof of Rosery Walk | [68] |
| 93. | — | Entrance to Rosery Walk | [69] |
| 94, 95. | — | Porch | [72], [73] |
| 96. | — | Seat and Floor of Cottage Porch | [74] |
| 97. | — | Porch at Gable | [74] |
| 98. | — | Porch at Eaves | [75] |
| 99. | — | Roof for Porch | [75] |
| 100. | — | Gable for Porch | [76] |
| 101, 102. | — | Rustic Canopy for Swing | [77], [78] |
| 103. | — | Fixing Middle Post of Canopy to Sill | [79] |
| 104. | — | Joints of Rails, Struts, and Posts for Canopy | [79] |
| 105. | — | Securing Cross Rails to Plates and Posts of Canopy | [80] |
| 106, 107. | — | Hook and Thimble for Canopy | [80] |
| FIG. | PAGE | ||
| 108, 109. | — | Fenced Seat for Canopy | [81] |
| 110. | — | Fixing Rope to Eyelet | [81] |
| 111, 112. | — | Aviary | [84], [85] |
| 113, 114. | — | Joint of Rails and Uprights for Aviary | [85] |
| 115. | — | Sectional Plan of Aviary | [86] |
| 116. | — | Cross Section of Aviary | [87] |
| 117. | — | Half Under View of Bottom of Aviary | [88] |
| 118. | — | Door Wires for Aviary | [88] |
| 119. | — | Part Longitudinal Section of Aviary | [89] |
| 120. | — | Half Plan of Aviary Roof | [90] |
| 121, 122. | — | Rustic Foot-bridge | [92], [93] |
| 123. | — | Girders for Foot-bridge | [93] |
| 124, 125. | — | Joint of Post and Girder | [93] |
| 126. | — | Middle Rail and Post of Foot-bridge | [94] |
| 127, 128. | — | Joint of Strut to Post of Foot-bridge | [94] |
| 129. | — | Twig Hollowed to Fit Rail | [94] |
| 130. | — | Elevated Bridge | [95] |
| 131. | — | Girder and Post bolted to Sleeper | [96] |
| 132. | — | Elevated Foot-bridge at Lower Step ([Fig. 130]) | [96] |
| 133, 134. | — | Verandah | [99], [101] |
| 135. | — | Bottom of Post for Glazed Verandah | [103] |
| 136. | — | Top of Post for Glazed Verandah | [103] |
| 137, 138. | — | Rustic Tool House | [106], [107] |
| 139. | — | Common Method of Using Slabs | [108] |
| 140. | — | Ground Plan of Rustic Tool House | [109] |
| 141. | — | Cap of Tool House Pilaster | [111] |
| 142. | — | Garden Snuggery | [112] |
| 143. | — | Ground Framework of Garden Snuggery | [113] |
| 144. | — | Back Framework for Garden Snuggery | [113] |
| 145. | — | Snuggery Porch | [114] |
| 146. | — | Window-board | [115] |
| 147, 148. | — | Sections of Snuggery Walls | [117] |
| 149-151. | — | Garden Retreat | [118]-[121] |
| 152. | — | Seat of Garden Retreat | [122] |
| 153. | — | Joint of Garden Retreat at C ([Fig. 151]) | [123] |
| 154. | — | Detail of Front Joints (see C, [Fig. 151]) | [124] |
| 155. | — | Alternative Method of Joining Rails to Posts | [124] |
| 156. | — | Section of Middle Rail at A ([Fig. 152]) | [125] |
| 157. | — | Detail of Middle Rail at B ([Fig. 152]) | [125] |
| 158-161. | — | Lean-to Summer House | [126]-[131] |
| 162-164. | — | Shelter for Tennis Lawn | [133], [134] |
| 165. | — | Connecting Plates to Corner Post | [135] |
| 166. | — | Fixing Sleeper to Posts | [135] |
| 167. | — | Section of Flooring | [135] |
| 168. | — | Finial | [135] |
| 169. | — | Garden Shelter at Front Eaves | [135] |
| 170. | — | Section of Seat | [135] |
| 171. | — | Strapping Cushion to Seat | [137] |
| 172-174. | — | Octagonal Summer House | [137], [139] |
| 175. | — | Collar Posts and Ends of Wall Plates | [141] |
| 176. | — | Timbers over Entrance of Octagonal Summer House | [141] |
| 177. | — | Window Side of Octagonal Summer House | [143] |
| 178, 179. | — | Table for Octagonal Summer House | [145] |
| 180. | — | Seat Side of Octagonal Summer House | [147] |
| 181. | — | Mosaic Seats | [149] |
| 182-184. | — | Octagonal Summer House with Three Gables | [151]-[153] |
| 185, 186. | — | Roof for Octagonal Summer House | [153] |
| 187. | — | Securing Glass to Rustic Casement | [154] |
| 188, 189. | — | Door for Octagonal Summer House | [155] |
| 190. | — | Part Plan of Octagonal Summer House | [156] |
| 191. | — | Horizontal Section through Door Posts | [156] |
| 192. | — | Part Section of Side Panel | [157] |
| 193. | — | Fixing Plate to Posts | [157] |
| 194. | — | Finial | [157] |