3-15. Tops are used in all three forms of construction
previously mentioned. Most often, they are large enough
to require two or more pieces of stock to be glued
together. The pieces can be joined with glue, using
various types of joints, such as the tongue and groove.
butt, and dowel. When selecting the material to be glued
together, make the selection so that each piece has
similar grain characteristics, and glue them so that the
grain of each piece has some semblance of matching.
We repeat, the method used to fasten the top to a
cabinet or piece of furniture is an important
consideration, because of the swelling and shrinking of
the top.
3-16. In your job, you will probably install laminated
plastics on some surfaces, especially cabinet tops. These
plastics are manufactured in sheets, or rolls, ready for use;
therefore, the only thing you have to do is to install them.
Laminated plastics also come in different lengths, widths,
Figure 20. Box construction.
and thicknesses. When you install this material, select the
nearest size sheet, or roll, to the size you need for your
terial for a cabinet which would be used for tools. How
particular job. After you select the correct size materials, be
the article will be finished also has a bearing on the
sure that both surfaces to be bonded are smooth, clean, and
material you will use. If your article is to be painted, use
dry. Before you open the contact cement container, read
material with minor defects that the paint will cover. If
the instructions on the container and follow them
the article is to have a clear finish, then use a better
religiously, because the contents in the container are
grade of material.
extremely flammable and harmful or fatal if swallowed.
3-11. After the material has been selected, you are
Shake the contact cement in the container vigorously before
ready to mill the stock and form it according to the
you use it. Open the container and, using a short-fibered
blueprint or drawing.
3-12. Posts or legs used in stool type construction to
support articles such as tables, chairs, and stools are often
milled to decorative shapes, using the wood lathe. Refer
to your blueprint for the size of the posts, and mill them
to these specified sizes and shapes.
3-13. Fasten posts to the rails (see fig. 18) with
mortise and tenon or dowel joints. If mortise and tenon
joints are used, mortise each a side rail, while the other
side receives one tenon of an end rail. If doweled joints
are used, drill dowel holes on the sides in place of the
mortises. When you make mortises or dowel holes, pair
off your posts; in other words, label them left and right.
As you do this, keep the best sides for the face sides.
The face sides are those which will be seen when the
article is assembled.
3-14. Rails, when assembled with posts, form a square
or rectangular-shaped frame supported by the posts.
Your blueprint will give you the dimensions for the
length and width of the rails. The material you selected
must be milled to these dimensions, using the jointer,
planner, and table and cutoff saws. When you cut the
rails to length, add the length of each tenon if mortise
and tenon joints are used. Rails that are fitted with a
panel, as shown in figure 21, must have a groove cut on
the pane edge of each rail.
Figure21. Rails fitted with panel.
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