A Craftsman Desk Chair 



By Kalph F. Windoes 



IN the October issue of Popular 

 Science Monthly, the author pre- 

 sented a craftsman desk table. The 

 chair herein described is its companion 

 piece, but it would serve equally as well 

 as a dining or an occasional chair. 



The mill-bill for this chair is as fol- 

 lows, all pieces to be planed and sand- 

 papered to exact dimensions at the mill. 

 Of course, the lumber should be of the 

 same kind and quality as was purchased 

 for the desk : 



6 pes. 



6 pes. 



1 pc. 



9 



34- X 2" 



3/4'' X 2" 



%" X 15' 



1/ 



X 141/:." rails 



X 131/2"- side rails 



X 17" seat 



z pes. yo" X 3" X UVl'" back slats 

 On one of our drawings a detail of 

 the back legs is given. They are cut 

 from the 11/2" piece, that is, 3" wide, 

 and should be very carefully laid out 

 and worked up, as they are, in reality 

 the most difficult part of the construc- 



tion. If the craftsman desires, he may 

 take this drawing with him to the mill, 

 2 pes. IW X II/2'' X 18".. front legs lay out these legs there, and have them 

 2 pes. II2" -^ 3" X 37". . back legs sawed out on a handsaw, which would 



save a great deal of the 

 time and expense ; other- 

 wise they must be ripped 

 out of the planks by hand. 

 In smoothing them, plane 

 as far as practical, and 

 spokeshave the balance. 

 Be very sure that you keep 

 the edges square. 



Selecting your working 

 faces — noticing that the 

 back legs are paired and 

 that the mortises are not 

 cut in the same face of 

 each — lay out these mor- 

 tises in pencil. Also, lay 

 out the mortises in the 

 front legs and compare the 

 four in their proper posi- 

 tion with respect to one 

 another. As the tenon de- 

 tail shows, the mortises 

 will be 11/2" wide, 1" deep, 

 and 1^/4" long- 

 Cut these mortises and 

 fit their corresponding ten- 

 ons in place. In the lower 

 edge of the top back rail 

 and the upper edge of the 

 bottom, cut mortises for 

 the slat tenons. 



Next glue and clamp 



these sections together, 



placing the back slats first. 



Attach the seat by screwing 



Elevations, showing dimensions, of the craftsman ^^^\^ 't through the side 



desk chair as the parts come from the mill rails that it rests upon. The 



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