This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
The kitchen table here illustrated is made without mortising. It has detachable legs and a solid top, the latter being made from a yellow deal board 16ft. long and 11 in. wide, cut into 4-ft. lengths, which, when tongued, planed, and glued together, make a surface 4 ft. by oft. Sin. see Fig. 1). A floor board. 11 ft. by 6 in. wide and 1 in. thick, will be required for the framework underneath. The board is cut lengthwise into two pieces i in. and 2 in. wide, for the sides B and the cross-pieces, or stays, C (Figs. 1 and 2). The 4-in. piece is cut into two pieces 3 ft. 6 1/2in. long, four pieces ll 1/2 in. long, and four pieces Sin. long. The 2-in. piece is cut into two pieces 31 in. long, and two pieces 41 3/4 in. long. A set of 2 1/2,-in. table legs, four table screws, 4in. long, fitted with washer and screw-plate, two dozen 1' in. and one and a half-dozen 2-in. screws, are all that are necessary in addition to the two drawers, which can be made from a second-hand box, to fit the spaces left in the frame, to complete the table. To put the table together, first rebate together the two side pieces B and one end of each of the four end pieces B', as shown in Figs. I and 2. Then the other ends of the pieces B'are cut as shown in Fig. 2, to fit the ends of the long cross-pieces C, which form the bearings for the runners of the drawers; 2in. of the projecting half is cut off to allow for the drawers. Then fix together by glue and screws, and place the two long cross-pieces in position, and insert the two short cross-pieces in the sides to the extent of about 4 in., as shown in Fig. 3. The legs E, which are 2- in. square, are secured by means of four table screws and the 8-in. pieces D, as shown in Fig. 1. The drawers are 14 in. long by 11 1/2 in. wide, and run on pieces of wood 14in. long and lin. square.
 
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