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Free woodwork patterns project for Folding Game Table
Free woodwork patterns project gaming table materials required:
Introductory Statement
This free woodwork patterns project table is sufficiently large to be quite serviceable, and while it cannot be expected that a folding table will be as rigid as one which is permanently built, yet if carefully constructed it will be reasonably solid.
Folding Game Table Specifications
As the top is to be made of several pieces glued together, you should prepare it first in order that the glue may have plenty of time to dry. The edges of these boards must be perfectly fitted. These should be joined with dowels, but the dowels are sometimes omitted. However, the top will be very much stronger if the dowels are used. As this material is furnished S 2 S, and since it will be necessary to resurface it after it is glued, you will not need to resurface it now. Carefully plane the edges of all the pieces. Lay the pieces in position on your bench top and press them closely together to see whether all the joints fit perfectly. When they are properly fitted, lay out and bore for the dowels. Glue the top of this free woodwork patterns project. Clamp it and leave it to dry for at least twelve hours. All surplus glue should be cleaned off before it hardens.
The Skirt Boards The skirt boards serve as battens to hold the top perfectly straight. Square the stock for these pieces very carefully. Resurface them on all sides. Cut them the required length and shape at the ends. You will note from the drawing that the skirt boards are to be fastened with screws. You will also observe that these screws are buried in the edge of the skirt board about half its width. In spacing the screws arrange them so that none will strike the joints in the top. These holes must not be bored too deep or they will allow the screws to extend entirely through the top of this free woodwork patterns project.
The Legs Although the material for the legs is furnished S 4 S, you should test them carefully with a try-square and resurface them on all sides, making them perfectly square. Cut them the required length. The legs should be tapered slightly as indicated in the drawing. If desired, the corners may be chamfered. The legs are to be fastened with cross rails with mortise and tenon joint. The exact size of these mortises is not important. It is therefore not given on the drawing. It should be about 3/8" or 1/2". You might suit it to the size of the bit and chisel.
The cross rails are to join the pair of legs firmly. Plane these pieces the exact width shown in the drawing. Form the tenons on the ends to fit the mortise in the legs. Notice that these cross rails are not the same length for this free woodwork patterns project. One is made enough shorter than the other so that this pair of legs will fold between the opposite pair.
Assembling Assemble the two pairs of legs by gluing the tenons in their proper mortise. When they are assembled they may be bored and pinned, or two small nails may be driven into each tenon. The skirt board should be fastened to the top with glue and also with screws as already indicated. Each pair of legs is to be attached to the top with three hinges, as shown in the drawing.
The center batten, for this free woodwork patterns project, is for the purpose of receiving the two braces. It should be cut just long enough to fit between the two cross rails of the legs when the table is folded. It is fastened at the top with screws, as indicated in the drawing. It should also be glued.
The purpose of the braces is to lock the legs in position when the table is standing. The study of the drawing will show that they pivot on the screws so as to turn and allow the table to fold. They also hold the legs in position when the table is folded. These braces should be very carefully made and adjusted, for much of the strength of the table depends on the accuracy with which they are placed. The two very long screws are to be used to attach these braces.
With a sharp steel scraper, remove all tool marks and other rough places from the surface of the table. Smooth with fine sandpaper. Stain it the desired color; finish with shellac or varnish this free woodwork patterns project.
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