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MISSION FURNITURE

HOW TO MAKE IT

PART THREE

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POPULAR MECHANICS HANDBOOKS

CHICAGO

POPULAR MECHANICS COMPANY

Copyrighted, 1912 BY H. H. WINDSOR

A MISSION SIDEBOARD

Sideboard for the Dining-Room Set

The sideboard is a piece designed to go with the armchair and side chair with similar paneling design. Like these chairs the sideboard should be made of hard wood and should be similarly finished. The drawer pulls, if not made of wood, should be of such metal and design as to harmonize with the mission style. Wrought-iron effects in plain outlines are appropriate.

Drawer sides, bottoms and backs may be made of some soft wood, such as yellow poplar. The small top drawer may be lined with ooze leather for holding silverware.

Obtain the following stock:

• 2 posts, 2 by 2 by 50 in., S-4-S.
• 2 posts, 2 by 2 by 39 in., S-4-S.
• 1 top, 1 by 23 by 58 in., S-2-S.
• 2 plate rails, 1/2 by 2 by 58 in., S-4-S.
• 1 plate rail, 1/2 by 1-1/2 by 58 in., S-4-S.
• 2 rails, 7/8 by 2 by 21 in., S-4-S.
• 2 rails, 7/8 by 2-1/2 by 21 in., S-4-S.
• 2 rails, 7/8 by 3 by 21 in., S-4-S.
• 4 slats, 3/8 by 1-1/2 by 10-1/2 in., S-4-S.
• 2 slats, 3/8 by 3-1/2 by 10-1/2 in., S-4-S.
• 2 panels, 3/8 by 18-3/4 by 10 in., S-2-S.
• 1 back rail, 7/8 by 2 by 54 in., S-4-S.
• 1 back rail, 7/8 by 3-1/8 by 54 in., S-4-S.
• 1 back rail, 7/8 by 3 by 54 in., S-4-S.
• 2 back stiles, 7/8 by 1-3/4 by 11 in., S-4-S.
• 2 back stiles, 7/8 by 2-1/2 by 11 in., S-4-S.
• 1 back panel, 3/8 by 10 by 24-1/2 in., S-2-S.
• 1 back panel, 3/8 by 11-1/2 by 53 in., S-2-S.
• 2 back panels, 3/8 by 11 by 11 in., S-2-S.
• 1 drawer front, 3/4 by 3 by 24-1/2 in., S-4-S.
• 2 drawer fronts, 3/4 by 4 by 24-1/2 in., S-4-S.
• 2 drawer fronts, 3/4 by 6 by 52-1/2 in., S-4-S.
• 2 drawer ends, 1/2 by 3 by 20 in., S-4-S, poplar.
• 4 drawer ends, 1/2 by 4 by 20 in., S-4-S, poplar.
• 4 drawer ends, 5/8 by 6 by 20 in., S-4-S, poplar.
• 3 drawer backs, 3/8 by 4 by 24 in., S-2-S, poplar.
• 2 drawer backs, 3/8 by 6 by 52 in., S-2-S, poplar.
• 3 drawer bottoms, 3/8 by 20 by 24 in., S-2-S, poplar.
• 2 drawer bottoms, 3/8 by 20 by 52 in., S-2-S, poplar.
• 2 drawer supports, 3/4 by 2-1/2 by 24-1/2 in., S-4-S.
• 4 drawer supports, 3/4 by 2-1/2 by 54 in., S-4-S.
• 10 drawer slides, 3/4 by 2 by 22 in., S-4-S.
• 2 middle verticals, 3/4 by 22 by 13 in., S-2-S.
• Drawer guides can be made from scrap stock.

A detailed description is hardly necessary for such a piece of work as this. Anyone capable of building it, will know the order of the different operations that are required in its construction.

Detail of the Sideboard

It may be said that the two back panels at either side of the small drawers may be filled with beveled plate glass instead of wood if one so choose. 

Notes:

• Moved table of contents to the head of the document
• Added a List of Illustrations
• Folio 4: "Millplaned" changed to "Mill-planed"
• Folio 34: Started new paragraph at "The bottom board...."
• Added captions to Illustrations:
• Folio 33: "Umbrella Stand"
• Folio 34: "Detail of Umbrella Stand"
• Folio 54" "Detail of Pedestal"

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