The bottom members of the chest's sides and ends are also rabbeted and mitered into the bottom boards to preserve a finished appearance, if it is ever decided to use the chest without its base. The bottom screws need not be plugged. To make the base the four outside corners are mitered. The drawer opening is sawed out of the front of the subbase, leaving a i34in. rail at the top. The subbase can then be tried for easy fit around the bottom of the chest before it is glued and fastened together with plugged screws. When the glue is dry, corner braces are cut into mitered halves and screwed in 1 in. down from the top edges. The front and sides of the base can be cut out in a simple series of flowing curves typical of Colonial craftsmanship. (One such design is illustrated in Figure INDOOR FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION 2.74.) After the subbase has been glued and fastened together with plugged scr at its corners, the base is screwed to the subbase from the inside, so that the la extends 2 in. into the base. The construction of the drawer follows the conventional lines for centers drawers, with emphasis on strong joints to bear the weight of heavy linens. ' dovetailed drawer described in a previous section devoted to drawer construct will admirably fill the bill. Two 1% in. X i in. center slides are lapped, doweled, or lapdoveta; into the lower rail. Two smoothly sanded guides % in. X i4 in. are lapdovetai into the bottom of the drawer's front and backpieces for each slide. They later glued in place along the drawer bottom with a few short brads inserted fr inside. The lower extension of the back of the drawer is cut out to receive slides, Иоin. projections being left in the center of the slot to ride over the slic Quarterround moldings are mitered around the top of the chest, the up edge of the base, and its subbase. The piece of molding along the front edge the base is cut the width of the drawer, to which it is attached by finishing na countersunk, and puttied. The lid is constructed of a mitered frame of 6in. boards, covered by a gluedpanel of two shorter 6in. boards, lapped back 2% in. all around, and screwed the frame from the underside. Two filler strips are screwed &У2 in. apart acn the width of the recessed panel to hold the cedar lining to the underside of the 1 The interior of the chest is lined in the same manner as already described the Pennsylvania Dutch dower chest. The lid is attached with a piano hin; and a center break lid stay is installed. In this type of chest the keyhole can left without an escutcheon plate. Pine Woodbox. By reducing the dimensions and simplifying the base of t Colonial pine chest described in the preceding'pages, a sturdy matching contair for firewood can be easily constructed (Figure 2.75). Suitable dimensions will provide a chest 36 in. long and 19 in. wide with a toi height of 17 in.