Mortises are cut in the centers and outer corners of these half disks to INDOOR FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION 46" Fig. 2.22. Reeded dressing table. receive the uprights, whose outer corners are sanded to conform to the circun ferences. The face edges of the two outer uprights must be beveled slightly t continue the straight lines of the diameters of the tops and bottoms. A it groove is cut midway up each upright to hold the shelves in place. The mortise 'n the shelves should not be cut until they are first filled into the grooves in th uPrights to determine the exact depth necessary. The railings in front of each of the doors' shelves and bottoms consists of : % in. X У\ in. strip into which four (or more) dowels 2 in. long are sunk at 2in wtervals, as in detail B. Mortises are cut at the proper height in the side upright aiter holes have been bored for the dowel ends in the front edges of the shelve: and door bottoms. The center upright of a door is screwed in place in its mortises, with its end; 74 . flush with the upper and lower surfaces of the tops and bottoms, now 2 5%0 in. apart. The shelf is now slid into place and the dowels of the railing inserted into their holes before the end of the railing is fitted into its mortise in an end upright, which is in turn fitted into its mortises in the half disks and screwed into place, as shown in detail C. The remaining upright is fastened, and the door framework trued up for square corners. Lumber List Pieces Thickness, in inches Width, in inches Length, in inches Description i 34 21 46 Top (plywood) 2 У 14 30У Outer sides 2 34 ЧУа з°У Inner sides i У зо4 АЗУ Back (plywood) i Ул 3 20 Front apron 4 и 14 Baseboard, outer sides 4 Ул 12 12У Baseboard, inner sides 2 и 12 20 Baseboard, back 4 хУ 14 ьу2 Bases, curved 2 У 11 12У2 Bottoms (plywood) 4 У i 12У2 Cleats, bottoms 24 У 12У2 Shelves 48 У i 12У2 Cleats, shelves 4 У 6У2 12 Tops and bottoms, doors 6 и 1У 2б1Гм Uprights, door 44 У У 26% Halfround moldings 2 У 6% 12 Shelves (plywood), doors 2 У ьу 1234 Top covers, doors 4 У У и Railings, door shelves 2024 У У 2J4 Dowels, door shelves Twentytwo halfround moldings are cut 261%6 in. long for each door and fastened in place with wire finishing nails at tops and bottoms. It is good practice Erst to fit the moldings in place without nailing, in order to determine which pieces it may be necessary to sand or bevel down for the final fit. After sanding all molding ends to insure that they are flush with their tops and smooth on their bottom surfaces, covering caps of Уin. plywood are cut on a 638in. radius and screwed to the tops from underneath, to cover the ends of the moldings. Gains are now cut for two hinges on each door, and friction catches mounted INDOOR FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION to the edges of the tops, after the hinges have been screwed on. Fingertip t can be gouged out near the upper edges of the inner sides to obviate handl doorknobs.