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FURNITURE HARDWARE & JOINERY sa DRAWER PULL sa DRAWER SLIDE sa HINGE sa WOOD JOINERY xx FURNITURE xx HARDWARE & FASTENER xx WOOD JOINERY Knockdown fasteners for furniture. What is available and tips on their use. Tip on using brass automotive engine-block freeze plugs as expensive-looking feet for loudspeakers, audio equipment, furniture, etc. The Selbermachen dowel system for building furniture. Square parts are connected by dowels, then secured by locking dowel pins. No glue, screws or nails. Triangular sensibility. Intuitive geometry makes strong designs. How common materials (dowels, nuts, bolts, rattan) can be combined to make strong but lightweight furniture. Includes several jigs and ideas for working with dowels. Sliding frame-to-carcase joint is designed to install parting frames (such as drawer supports) into a solid wood carcase. It allows the solid wood carcase sides to expand and contract with changes in relative humidity. Coping with failing joints in furniture. Wood movement is more destructive than abuse or neglect. Glueless joinery. Furniture fastened with interlocking pins and wedges. Cross-grain constructions. Four clever ways around problems of wood movement when building solid-wood furniture. Using sliding dovetails or T-slots to attach moldings and drawer frames. Replicating stamped brasses. Method for fabricating fiberglass copies of die-struck brass furniture hardware. The process involves making a rubber mold of an original piece. Decorative hardware sources. A directory of nearly 50 companies which supply visible decorative hardware. Choosing brass hardware for period furniture. Recommended applications and installation tips for nine fasteners that speed furniture building: (1) corner brace, (2) knockdown joint fitting, (3) flush-mount hanger bracket, (4) teenut, (5) bolt and cross dowel, (6) threaded inserts, (7) bedrail fastener, (8) cam fitting, (9) edge-joint fastener. Hardware for fast assembly. Selecting and using knockdown (KD) fasteners for putting together furniture that you want to take apart and reassemble. Furniture hardware and fasteners. How to make "antique" hardware for furniture reproduction. Tip: Use metal eyelets to reduce wear from nuts and bolts on knock-down wooden furniture. Ten ways for joining furniture legs to rails. Tips on building furniture from square chrome tubing and eight types of fittings to join tubes together. How to work with hardware that travels. A review of what is available in sliding-door hardware, slides for drawers and shelves, special slides for clothes, TV slides, and a look at special purpose hinges and flap stays. Casters, glides, and wheels. Charts and photos illustrate what is available, plus tips on selection, installation, and use. Designing for dimensional change. How to orient the grain and use appropriate joints and fasteners when building wood furniture in order to minimize the effects of expansion and contraction on drawers, doors, tops, etc. Leg-rail joinery. Two time-tested techniques that will keep your tables and chairs sturdy for years to come. (1) Wood corner blocks. (2) Mortise and notched tenon. Wooden hardware. How to make wooden hinges, lid supports and handles. Rule of thumb on when to use a slotted screw hole as a means of dealing with wood expansion. Shop-made hardware. Make classy custom pulls, hinges, and knobs yourself using a few basic tools. The emphasis is on making craftsman or mission style hardware from brass. Choosing and using knockdown hardware to facilitate the moving of big furniture pieces. Tip on installing and using hanger bolts to secure a table leg to an apron. Making corner blocks to reinforce furniture and prevent racking. A guide to knock-down hardware that makes joinery easy. Describes how to install cam-action fasteners and snap-on hinges. How to install a mortised lid stay (a device to hold the lid of a box in the open position). Installing a steel cross dowel-and-bolt knock-down fastener. Tip: Traditional method for attaching legs to a writing table using two techniques. Jig for cutting reinforcing corner blocks for furniture. Knockdown hardware fittings. An overview of general-purpose mechanical fasteners that permit disassembly of furniture. A look at fasteners other than screws or nails that are available for furniture and other types of home repair. Selecting the right hardware (hinges, latches, pulls, etc.) for furniture and cabinets. Some tips. | |||||||||
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