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A Craftsman Desk Chair

By Kalph F. Windoes

IN the October issue of Popular Science Monthly, the author presented a craftsman desk table. The chair herein described is its companion piece, but it would serve equally as well as a dining or an occasional chair.

The mill-bill for this chair is as fol- lows, all pieces to be planed and sand- papered to exact dimensions at the mill. Of course, the lumber should be of the same kind and quality as was purchased for the desk:

2 pcs. 1½″ x 1½″ x 18″ .. front legs

2 pcs. 1½″ x 3″ c 37″.. back legs

6 pcs. ¾″ x 2″ x 141½″ ..... rails

6 pcs. ¾″ x 2″ x 13½″ side rails

1 pc. ¾″ x 15″ x 17″ ....... seat

2 pcs. ½″ x 3″ x 14½″ back slats

On one of our drawings a detail of the back legs is given. They are cut from the 1½″ piece, that is, 3″ wide, and should be very carefully laid out and worked up, as they are, in reality the most difficult part of the construction. If the craftsman desires, he may take this drawing with him to the mill, lay out these legs there, and have them back legs sawed out on a handsaw, which would save a great deal of the time and expense; otherwise they must be ripped out of the planks by hand. In smoothing them, plane as far as practical, and spokeshave the balance. Be very sure that you keep the edges square.

Selecting your working faces—noticing that the back legs are paired and that the mortises are not cut in the same face of each—lay out these mortises in pencil. Also, lay out the mortises in the front legs and compare the four in their proper position with respect to one another. As the tenon de- tail shows, the mortises will be 1½″ wide, 1″ deep, and 1½″ long-

Cut these mortises and fit their corresponding ten-ons in place. In the lower edge of the top back rail and the upper edge of the bottom, cut mortises for the slat tenons.

Next glue and clamp these sections together, placing the back slats first. Attach the seat by screwing into it through the side rails that it rests upon. The