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Title: Woodwork Joints
How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.

Author: William Fairham

Release Date: May 19, 2007 [EBook #21531]

Language: English

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WOODWORK JOINTS

(_THE WOODWORKER SERIES_)

_REVISED EDITION_

WOODWORK
JOINTS

HOW THEY ARE SET OUT, HOW MADE AND
WHERE USED; WITH FOUR HUNDRED
ILLUSTRATIONS AND INDEX

_REVISED EDITION_

LONDON
EVANS BROTHERS, LIMITED
MONTAGUE HOUSE, RUSSELL SQUARE, W.C.1

_THE WOODWORKER SERIES_

WOODWORK JOINTS.
CABINET CONSTRUCTION.
STAINING AND POLISHING.
WOODWORK TOOLS.
PRACTICAL UPHOLSTERY.
WOOD TURNING.
WOODCARVING.
TIMBERS FOR WOODWORK.
FURNITURE REPAIRING AND RE-UPHOLSTERY.
HOUSEHOLD REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS.
CARPENTRY FOR BEGINNERS.
KITCHEN FURNITURE DESIGNS.
BUREAU AND BOOKCASE DESIGNS.
LIGHT CARPENTRY DESIGNS.
DOORMAKING.

EVANS BROTHERS, LIMITED,
MONTAGUE HOUSE, RUSSELL SQUARE,
LONDON, W.C.1.

EDITORIAL FOREWORD

To be successful in woodwork construction the possession of two secrets
is essential--to know the right joint to use, and to know how to make
that joint in the right way. The woodwork structure or the piece of
cabinet-work that endures is the one on which skilful hands have combined
to carry out what the constructive mind planned. And it i