Woodworking Rover
The Practical Cabinet Maker and Furniture
Designer's Assistant

The PRACTICAL
CABINET MAKER
AND
Furniture Designer's Assistant

WITH ESSAYS ON

HISTORY OF FURNITURE, TASTE IN DESIGN, COLOR AND MATERIALS, WITH FULL EXPLANATION OF THE CANONS OF GOOD TASTE IN FURNITURE

Together with Many Practical Directions for Making Cabinet Work Generally, and a Number of Pieces of Furniture in Particular, along with Hundreds of Recipes for Finishing, Staining, Varnishing, Polishing and Gilding all kinds of Cabinet Work

By FRED T. HODGSON, F.R.I.C.A.

Author of "Practical Treatise on the Steel Square, "Modern Carpentry," "Hardwood Finisher, Wood Carving," Etc., Etc.

Contents

Preliminary Remarks

Furniture History

Italian and Other Furniture of the Renaissance

Style in Furniture and Details of Style

Synopsis of Styles

Practical Work

Cabinet Makers' Joints, &c.

Hinges

Some Practical Examples

Sideboard for the Woodworking Beginner

Grandfather Clock Case

How To Make A Corner Chair

Drawer Making and Fitting

To Make Drawers Slide Easily

Veneering, Staining and Finishing

French-Polishing

Fumigating

Wax-Polishing

Oil-Polishing

Staining and Varnishing

How to Make Revolving Book-Cases

Some Mission and Crafts Examples

Workshop Kinks and Recipes, Staining

Dyeing Wood

Gilding, Silvering and Bronzing

Glue

Fresh Air In The Glue Room

Miscellaneous Receipts

Actual CD Screen Captures and More Information
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