A brief history of English furniture construction. The chest -- The chair -- The table -- The sideboard -- Glossary of furniture types and wood. Some types of furniture -- Some types of wood -- The basics of furniture restoration. The workshop -- The bench -- Accessories. Some useful tools -- Dismantling furniture. Some points to remember -- The chair. A note on chair arms -- Corner blocks -- Dismantling the cabinet. Basic non-veneered construction -- Basic veneered construction -- Dismantling drawers -- Dismantling tables. Tables with drawers -- Tripod tables -- Victorian extending dining tables -- Card and supper tables -- Removing nails from joints -- Removing old screws -- Removing wooden pegs -- Releasing old glue.
Cont.): Repairs to parts of furniture. Joints. Dowel joint -- Knuckle joint -- Mortise and tenon joint -- Chair rail joints -- Drawers. Sequence of repairs -- New drawer side -- New drawer front -- New drawer bottom -- Cock-beading -- Replacing chair rails -- Legs. Square leg repairs -- Dowelling a turned leg -- Repairs to damaged turning. Woodturning -- Pillars -- Cabriole legs -- Repairing splits. Split tops -- Veneers. Loose veneer -- Blistering -- Missing pieces -- Veneering with scotch glue. Hammer method -- Caul method -- Applying veneer to curved surfaces -- Veneering with modern glue -- Making a new top reusing the original veneer -- Marquetry. Original methods -- Replacing missing marquetry. Window method -- Lifting marquetry.
Cont.): A very tricky problem -- Lifting veneer -- Polishing. Removing old polish -- Staining -- Wax polishing. A quick method -- French polishing -- Oil finishing -- Cramping. Types of cramp. Sash cramp -- G-cramp -- Upholstery springs -- Webbing cramps -- Cramping chairs. Side-assembled -- Back-assembled -- Shaped seats -- Other uses. Areas that cannot be reached -- Cramping inside a cabinet -- Cramping a half-round or D-end table top -- Glass. Replacing door panes -- Cutting glass. Straight glass -- Shaped glass -- Keys and locks. Making a key -- Opening locks without the key -- Non-catching locks -- Miscellaneous matters. Warped tops and stiles -- Woodworm -- Stoppers. Polisher's putty -- Wax stopper or beaumontage -- Stopper for use under veneer.
Cont.): Removing stains. Stains from grease or fat -- Burns -- Cleaning brass mounts -- Cleaning tortoiseshell -- Marble repairs -- Cane seating. The cane -- The six ways pattern. Finishing off -- Concealed holes.
|
