detail sketch. No
handles are needed as the lower edge of the front board can be used for
pulling them out.

When the table is complete it should be carefully gone over with fine
sandpaper and all rough spots removed. Scrape the glue from about the
joints as finish will not take where there is any glue. Apply the stain
preferred or the one that matches the other furniture. This can be any
of the many stains supplied by the trade for this purpose.

A PRINCESS DRESSER

A design of a princess dresser that is well proportioned and of pleasing
appearance is shown in the accompanying sketch and detail drawing. The
cost is very moderate and if a mill is not too far away, a great amount
of labor can be saved by ordering the material ready cut to length,
squared and sanded. Quarter-sawed oak should be used and the material
needed will be as follows:

[Illustration: Dresser Made of Quarter-Sawed Oak]

4 posts, 1-3/4 by 1-3/4 by 27 in., S-4-S.
1 top board, 3/4 by 17 by 37 in., S-2-S.
5 side rails, 3/4 by 1-1/2 by 37-1/2 in., S-4-S.
4 end rails, 3/4 by 2 by 17-1/2 in., S-4-S.
2 end panels, 1/4 by 16-1/4 by 16-3/4 in., S-4-S.
1 drawer partition, 1 by 7-3/4 by 18-1/2 in., S-4-S.
1 back board, 3/4 by 4-1/2 by 36 in., S-2-S.
2 mirror supports, 7/8 by 2-1/2 by 30 in., S-4-S.
2 side pieces for mirror, 3/4 by 2 by 42 in., S-4-S.
2 end pieces for mirror, 3/4 by 2 by 21-1/2 in., S-4-S.
2 drawer fronts, 3/4 by 7 by 17-1/2 in., S-4-S.
1 drawer front, 3/4 by 7 by 36 in., S-4-S.
1 20 by 38 bevel mirror.

The following pieces may be of any soft wood:

5 drawer slides, 3/4 by 2 by 17 in.
6 drawer sides, 1/2 by 7 by 17 in.
2 drawer bottoms, 1/2 by 17 by 17 in.
1 drawer bottom, 1/2 by 17 by 35-1/2 in.
4-1/2 sq. ft. of 3/8-in. pine for back.

First be sure the posts are perfectly square and of equal length. Either
chamfer or round the upper ends as desired. The mortises can now be laid
out and cut or they can be left until the rail tenons are all made and
then marked and cut directly from each tenon. The posts as well as the
end rails should have grooves cut in them to take the 1/4-in. end
panels.

The top board should have the corners cut to fit about the posts. The
corners of the back board should be rounded as shown in the drawing.

The end sections of the dresser can be glued together first, care being
taken to get the joints square and tight. When these are dry the side
rails and dra