Making Furniture
The beginner needs to realize that the difference between an amateur-looking furniture and a professional job, though important, is very small.
Often it is merely a matter of a piece of moulding or a corner brace, or a little extra sanding of the end grain.
In making a simple bedside lampstand and bookcase, for example, the tyro probably would be content with finishing everything off flush, and running the sides down to form feet. The professional, on the other hand, would give the top a slight overhang and form a simple thumb moulding on three edges.
He would certainly enclose the space below the bottom shelf, and perhaps cut the skirt into a decorative shape. This base would have the effect of giving four feet to the cabinet, and allow it to stand more firmly on the floor.
The difference between the two jobs therefore would not be one of extra skill on the part of the professional, but of a practical application of a knowledge of design and the way these things are usually done for the best results.
The closed-in base, as can readily be seen, is better from every standpoint. It shuts off a space that would collect dust yet be too low to permit of its being swept out. Thus for very little extra expenditure of labor and material a much more impressive and expensive-looking job results.
This principle can be extended to all kinds of furniture and cabinet-making jobs, including the selection of tools and the care they receive after they have been acquired. The professional gets the best tools he can afford, and buys at the same time
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From "How to Make Your Own Furniture"
By: Henry Lionel Williams
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Work Bench. Of all the equipment necessary to the cabinet shop, the most important undoubtedly is the bench. Even in shops equipped with lots of power tools here is where the actual fitting is done and the final touches put upon the parts as they are finished and assembled.
Here, too, much of the marking, cutting, and planing is done, as well as the regular hand operations. The bench must be designed, located, and equipped with this in mind.
Actually, you don't usually need a great deal of working space. For most purposes a bench top 5 feet long and 15 inches wide provides all the level space you will need.
Behind this 15-inch-wide top you can have either a level or a sunken space of 7˝ inches or so, finished by a backboard either with or without a rack for tools attached to its top edge. Your bench will thus be 60" x 22˝" overall. Many cabinet makers use a bench six inches shorter than this.
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From "How to Make Your Own Furniture"
By: Henry Lionel Williams
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