The two sides of the buffet are now ready to be glued up and clamped. While the glue on these is setting, make the door. The rails are mortised into the stiles 1/2 in. and both are grooved to receive the panel. It is best to get the stock a little full for the door so that it may be made up a little larger than necessary and planed down to fit.
There only remains to fit in the shelves and fasten the top and back. The top and back are held with screws as shown in sketch.
Taper the keys only slightly, otherwise they will keep working loose.
Stain with two coats of weathered oak, give one coat of thin shellac to fix the stain and two coats of wax for a soft-gloss finish.
A WRITING DESK
The desk shown in the illustration was made of plain-sawed white oak. The copper lighting fixtures were made by the amateur as were the hinges and the drawer pulls. The doors are fitted with art-glass panels. The following stock list is needed:
- 1 top, 3/4 by 22-1/2 by 41 in., S-2-S.
- 4 posts, 2 by 2 by 31 in., S-4-S.
- 2 rails, 3/4 by 6-1/4 by 19 in., S-2-S.
- 2 rails, 3/4 by 6-1/4 by 35 in., S-2-S.
- 2 rails, 3/4 by 3-1/4 by 19 in., S-2-S.
- 1 stretcher, 3/4 by 3-1/4 by 35 in., S-2-S.
- 2 drawer fronts, 3/4 by 4-1/4 by 14 in., S-2-S.
- 4 drawer sides, 1/2 by 4-1/4 by 19 in., S-2-S.
- 2 drawer backs, 3/8 by 4 by 14 in., S-2-S.
- 2 drawer bottoms, 3/8 by 19 by 14 in., S-2-S.
- 4 slides, 3/4 by 2-1/2 by 19 in., S-2-S.
- 8 guides, 3/4 by 2 by 10 in., S-2-S.
- 2 cabinet posts, 1 by 1 by 16 in., S-4-S.
- 4 cabinet posts, 1 by 1 by 11 in., S-4-S.
- 1 back, 3/4 by 16 by 35 in., S-2-S.
- 1 shelf, 3/4 by 8 by 35 in., S-2-S.
- 2 shelves, 3/4 by 8 by 15 in., S-2-S.
- 4 door pieces, 5/8 by 1 by 15 in., S-2-S.
- 8 door pieces, 5/8 by 1 by 4 in., S-2-S.
Square the legs to length and lay out and cut the mortises thereon. Lay off the tenons on the rails, after having squared the rails to length and width, and cut them.
Work up the top of the table and then the drawer stock and cabinet. Assemble the ends of the frame first, using good hot glue and enough clamps to hold the parts together properly. After the glue has hardened on these, the clamps may be removed and the front, back rails and the stretcher assembled.