Manual of Purpose-Made Woodworking Joinery

132 Designing and making shelving arrangements referred to as bearings and – depending upon which of the three usual kinds are u ...

Shelf supports 133 shelf- supporting clips. The flush- finishing type is more professional- looking – especially when used with ...

134 Designing and making shelving arrangements and the shelves should be nailed or screwed to them – especially if using relativ ...

Blockboard or plywood as shelves 135 For example, with a shelf- span of 900mm, the equa- tion would be: Thickness of shelf =^900 ...

136 Designing and making shelving arrangements rungs are made from 9 or 10mm Ø (diameter) dowel rod – which is commercially avai ...

Ladder- frame shelf unit 137 on the end of each upright, as at (e), with the fixed dowel- rung centred at 20mm below. Alternativ ...

138 Designing and making shelving arrangements used – a good visual effect can be achieved by bridle- jointing a quadrant- shape ...

Ladder- frame shelf unit 139 Figure 7.4 (b) Close- up of the stepped frame over the skirting and the additional notched recess i ...

● Springing line: a horizontal reference or datum line at the base of an arched shape (from which the shape springs). ● Span: th ...

Axes of the ellipse 141 SEGMENTAL ARCHED SHAPE Figure 8.4: Span AB is bisected to give C on the springing line. The rise at D on ...

142 Geometry for curved joinery semi- elliptical arched shape is so called because only half of the ellipse is used. TRUE SEMI- ...

Three- centred method 143 left and right, as indicated at HIJ, to describe a true semi- ellipse. APPROXIMATE SEMI- ELLIPTICAL AR ...

144 Geometry for curved joinery as that used for the three- centred method described above under that heading at 8.5(g). EQUILAT ...

Tudor arched shapes 145 TUDOR ARCHED SHAPES Variable method 90º H C N A G E J B F M K L I Figure 8.7 (a) Tudor arched shape – va ...

146 Geometry for curved joinery Straight- top Tudor arched shape Figure 8.7(d): First draw span AB and divide by 9. Mark one- ni ...

Templates and geometric- normal centre- finders 147 shaped window frame- and doorframe- heads usually have to be fitted to the u ...

148 Geometry for curved joinery PRACTICAL COMPASSES Figure 8.10: To set out full- size curved shapes for jigs and templates, etc ...

9 Traditional saw sharpening of non- hardpoint saws INTRODUCTION Hardpoint, throwaway handsaws have virtually super- seded tradi ...

150 Traditional saw sharpening of non- hardpoint saws necessary) as you continue the shaping operation – and combine it with clo ...

Sharpening 151 Setting technique To set the saw, hold it under your arm, with the handle in front, the teeth uppermost, and plac ...