The top rail for the back can be left straight. A in. groove in. deep is cut in each arc, with the aid of a drill press, or handchiseled. The samesized groove is routed in one edge of each stile and bottom rail, and on both long edges of the two center stiles, front and back. Haunched tenons are cut in the top of each stile and on each end of all bottom INDOOR FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION Front Elevation Side Elevation Fig. 2.73. Pennsylvania German dower chest. ails. The corresponding members are mortised to form stuck panel frames. Afte e plywood panels are tried for fit, the mortise and tenon joints are glued an< lamped. No glue is applied to the plywood. At the same time the top can fr "oweled and glued. When the glue is dry, the corners of the four panels are rabbeted as shown ir the detail, Figure 2.73. They are then glued and screwed at side and rear corners with diagonal braces to insure true squaring. Since the contemplated finish in volves the peasant painting described in Chapter 5, flathead screws can be used countersunk, and puttied. The base has mitered corners with a simple cutout at the lower edge, whose rounded corners commence 3 in. in from both ends to form "legs." After being checked for a tight fit around the lower 2% in. of the chest, the base is glued together with four 2 in. X 2 in. blocks screwed to each corner from the inside. Each block is bored to take a caster. When the corners of the chest have dried, the bottom is butted to the frame and screwed on, after which operation the chest is inserted in the base, where it ul rest on the four corner blocks. It can be fastened firmly to the base by Screws, countersunk lightly from the inside. The cove moldings are mitered and 154 . Lumber List Thickness, Width, Length, Pieces in inches in inches in inches Description 2 Va 10V2 48 Lid (21 in. wide) 8 Va 3 13 Front and back stiles 2 Va 5 45 Front and back top rails 6 Va ъУа 13 Front and back bottom rails 5 Va 15 Front and side panels (plywood) 3 Va IIM 17 Back panels (plywood) 4 Va 3 13 Side stiles 2 Va 5 17 Side top rails 2 Va ЪУа 17 Side bottom rails 9i S Va Random 17 Bottom 2 Va 4 46 Base, front and back 2 Va 4 19 Base, sides 4 2 2 2 Blocks for casters 4 Щя Щя 93 Cove trim, front and back 4 Щв Щя 38 Cove trim, sides attached to the upper edges of the chest and the base with countersunk finishing nails. Cedar lining comes tongue and grooved in in. strips approximately 3 inwide. Cedar plywood makes an excellent but more expensive lining. The bottom is laid first, then each course, tongues up, is carried around the sides and ends, and buttjointed. The corners of the chest should be adequately braced from outside to withstand hammer blows from within. The top course is fitted so that it extends to within % in. of the top of the chest, when tongues are ripped off and it is sanded smooth. To insure the proper overhang, two cabinet hinges are screwed to the underside of the lid and caught with a minimum of short screws on the top of the chest's back edge.