This is one method of finishing with shellac varnish.
To prepare shellac varnish [see note].
EXERCISE NUMBER 10.
BOX WITH SLIDING TOP.
There are so many ways in which a box may be made that it would be out of place here to enumerate them all. The joints used here are known as butt joints.
[Fig. 113] is the working drawing; the details of the work are shown in [Fig. 114].
The first step to be taken in making this exercise is to make out a bill of lumber. By the drawing we find the length of the box to be 12 inches, the width to be 7 inches, and the height to be 5 inches, allowing ⅛ inch on each end of the sides for finishing. The side pieces would be 12¼ inches. The thickness of the sides is ½ inch and the ends are let into the sides ¼ inch as shown in [Fig. 114, A]; this would make the length of the ends 6½ inches finished; one end being ½ inch narrower than the other to let the top slide over it in the groove on the sides. The width of one end would be 5 inches, and of the other 4½ inches. The bottom is to be let into the sides and ends in a groove which is ¼ inch deep. This would make the bottom 11½ inches long, 6½ inches wide, and ½ inch thick. The top slides in the groove shown in the section at [B, Fig. 114], which is ¼ inch deep, and the end of the top goes into the groove in the end of the box, which is ¼ inch deep. This would make the length of the top 11¾ inches, the width 6½ inches, and the thickness ½ inch. The bill of lumber would be as follows:
| Bill of | Sides, | 2 pieces | 12¼ in × | ½ in. | ||
| Lumber | Top, | 1 piece | 11¾ in × | 6½ in × | ½ in. | Finished |
| Cherry | End, | 1 piece | 6½ in × | 5 in × | ½ in. | Size. |
| or Birch | End, | 1 piece | 6½ in × | 4½ in × | ½ in. | |
| Bottom, | 1 piece | 11½ in × | 6½ in × | ½ in. |
Fig. 113.
