Home handicrafts, needlework and repairs.

Date:
[1900?]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Home handicrafts, needlework and repairs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    from a light wood, and the other half from a dark wood. Holly and ebony will give the best effect. To cut the chequered squares accurately and quickly, provide five strips of light wood, about 14 in. long by ij in. wide by } in. thick, and four dark strips of similar dimensions. The strips should then be glued up in the order shown at Fig. 2. After the glue is dry, one end of the glued-up Strips should be cut quite square, and from it eight strips 11 in. wide are cut, from which the complete playing space may be formed. The chequered strips are fixed to the base with glue as shown at Fig. 3, care being taken to glue the edges of the strips together as well as to glue the strips to the base. When the chequered strips a.re arranged correctly, it will be found that there will be a surplus light square at one end of one strip and at the opposite end of the next strip, and so on, but these must be removed before the strips are glued to the base. The moulding, which is mitred around the base, should be ij in. wide by 1 in. deep, and of a section similar to that shown at Fig. 4. Mahogany could be used for the moulding, and a piece of the section shown could be very easily worked by hand. A rebate or a groove is cut in the inner edge of the moulding, into which the base fits ; the corners are mitred, and the moulding is fixed with glue. The best method of finishing the board will be by french polishing. CHESTNUT. There are two varieties of wood, one from the horse chestnut and the other, Spanish chestnut. The first is a light, soft, spongy wood, which loses nearly half its weight and a considerable amount of its bulk in seasoning. It is used for turning bobbins, small articles for carving, and for packing cases. The sweet chestnut is a more valuable wood, and easy to work. Comparatively hard and heavy, it sometimes serves as a substitute for oak. In rough carpentry it is employed for palings, beams, ladders, and in cabinet making ; also for door and window sills, and for fretwork. Ladders, small casks and hoops are amongst the innumerable articles that are made with the wood of the Spanish chestnut. ( 97 ) L CHESS BOARD. Figs. 1-4. Diagrams of board completed and in process of making D2
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