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Home Craftsman Oct 1956 Modern 4 Piece Living Room
Home Craftsman Oct 1956 Modern 4 Piece Living Room
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OUR pieces of furniture can provide appearance. These three pieces utilize make sure the two sides are square and
all the requirements for a living room stock legs which simplify the construction straight-lay out the profile of the side
-seating accommodations, table space, considerably. member. Notice that the dimensions of the
bookshelves, cupboard for entertainment
main reference lines-the seat, the slant of
equipment, TV stand and a spare bed for ARMLESS lOUNGE CHAIR the legs and the back-are given parallel
the overnight guest. All of these pieces
to and at right angles to the edges of the
have an air of inherent luxury with the In the past the chair has always been panels. After these lines have been estab-
restrained elegance of the best contem- considered to be the most difficult article of lished, the dimensions of the details are
porary design. It is hard to believe that furniture to build. This armless easy chair given parallel and at right angles to them
every one of the pieces is very easy to can be cut out almost entirely on the jig because it is much more convenient to work
build, and that all the stock items are avail- saw or band saw. There is not a single in this manner.
able in neighborhood hardware stores or complicated joint in it. After the outline of the side member is
from mail-order houses. The chair is built around a standard finished, cut out the blank, keeping as close
The entertainment center has shelves for foam-rubber cushion 22" x 2+" with 3Yz" to the outline as possible, particularly in
the latest books, a compartment that will sides and 5;/z" crown. The two side mem- those places near the other parts. The
take all sizes of magazines and a cupboard bers, the three back ribs and the seat can placement of the different parts on the
with adjustable shelves that can hold re- all be cut from a piece of %" veneer-core panel are shown in the layout sketch. Cut
freshments or games or movie projector or plywood 36" x +8". Birch, good one side, out another blank from the opposite corner
other equipment. There is table area and is probably the best choice. The front rail identical with the first side member; nail
space enough for a 21" TV set. The stor- is made of solid stock and the back is made them together and saw out the parts on
age unit has a unique joint that is very of Ys" thick plywood. Two thicknesses of the band saw.
strong and easy to make. Removing the 1" foam rubber will be needed for the Make a paper pattern of the back rib
bolsters from the sofa converts it into a back cushion. and mark the outlines in the posttwns
30" wide bed. The coffee table has a Starting at the lower left-hand corner of shown on the layout sketch. Then mark
dropped center which gives it a smart the 36" x +8" panel-and after checking to the shape of the seat. Saw out all these
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parts on the band saw. Notice that there be u sed to fasten the back in place. Trim
is a bevel at the front of the notch that the panel flush with the side members and
receives the top of the front legs. This the top rib.
can be cut with a back saw after the band- Finish the chair before upholstering it.
sawi ng is completed. After sand ing the wood thoroughly, apply
Glue and screw the side members and the enamel undercoat and two coats of
the back ribs together. All of the screws black eggshell enamel, sanding between A standard crowned cushion covers the seat
used in the assembly are ly,(" No. 7 flat- coats.
head screws. Then get out the front rail, Cement two 1" thicknesses of foam rub-
which is made of solid maple y,(" x 2fu" ber together for the back cushion and make
x 22 )/,". The top edge must be planed to a cover for it. The sides and top should
be parallel with the line of the seat. Glue have enough excess material to tack onto
and screw this in place. the side member and the top rib. The bot-
The inside edges of the backs of the side tom should ha ve 6" more than enough to
members should be planed to follow the cover the thickness of the foam rubber.
curve of the back ribs. Glue and screw The sketch showing the section through
the seat onto the front rail and the side the bottom of the back cushion makes clear
members to the edge of the seat. There how the upholstery is attached. Begin at
should be 78" space between the back of the bottom, doubling 'the material and tack -
the seat and the members of the back. ing from the inside into the bottom rib.
The back itself is cut from a piece of The remaining material is glued to the
78" plywood 24" x 24". Bend the blank back panel. Now cement the two thick-
around· the back of the seat and rna rk the nesse s of foam rubber to the back panel,
locations of the y,(" deep notches on the br:ing the cover up over the cushion and
bottom corners. Cut these out and then tack on the sides and top. Cover the tacks
glue and nail the panel to the ribs and with gimp. The chair has good lines, front and back
back of the seat, starting in the middle and The seat cushion, described previously,
working to the sides. Finally, nail to the is covered in the u sual way and laid on
side members. Screwnails, 91;) " long, should the plywood sea t. CONTINUED
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living-room COUCH converts into guest bed
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it might be best to have these cut by the are stock items, tapered and brass tipped.
HIS sofa utilizes a standard 30" x 74"
left, after the clips hove been located on the frame, the precut the clips. Center, adding foam-rubber strip on top of on arm.
lengths of zigger wire ore hooked in and the nails driven home in Right, sleeves ore sewn to cover arms snugly and slipped in place
Left, the inside of the sleeve is drawn taut enough to bring the frame. Center, the outer section of the sleeve is tacked under
welted corner even with the arm top, then tacked to the bottom the frome and to the back. Right, how arm looks when completed
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living-room COFFEE TABLE and
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HE parts for the top of this coffee table
can be cut from several different com-
binations of small panels which are
available from local suppliers or mail-order
houses. One 2+" x +8" or two 2+" x 2+"
panels will do it, but probably the best
combination is one 2+" x 2+" and one 18"
x 36". This last will permit cutting the parts
so that the grain of the wood flows length-
wise of the table on all surfaces. The table
shown here was made of 04" walnut and
the panels were good one side with lumber
core. If another wood is desired, take into
consideration the availability of matching
\'eneer strips for the edges as these may
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two vertical 2/4" x 18" members are
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sure that the walnut veneer is on the long
face in both cases. The joint between the
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panel is a butt joint. Cut four 04" x 20" x
t----Je"·----t 2yt" triangular gussets to reinforce the
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Fasten the vertical members to the end
panels with glue and eight-penny finishing
Mr-ct nails, nailing in both directions. Set the
12'' STOCK LEOS
nailheads and cover them with wood com-
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position. Then fasten the center panel to
the vertical members with glue and four
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104" No. 8 flathead wood screws. The gus-
sets are set back 4" so that they cannot be
II ENDS seen and fastened with glue and 1/4" No. 7
flathead screws. In applying the veneer
strips to the edges, notice that the joining
at the step-down does not follow the actual
joining of the members but is mitered in
both cases. Use either white polyvinyl
liquid glue or contact cement for attach-
ing the veneer.
The 12" long legs are stock parts, brass
tipped. They should be located as close
to the corners as possible without showing
the mounting plates.
left, the mitered pieces may be held for nailing in a picture- tion is fastened with screws and, of course, all joints are glued .
frame vise, if available. Center, the bottom of the dropped sec- Right, brass-tipped stock legs are attached with mounting plates
September-OCTOBER, 1956
liv ing-room
Entertainment Center
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The top a lso h as a no tch ;r4" x 14;r4" on to engage those cut in the top and botto m.
the front edge. T hose on th e n a rrow end w ill be ;r4" less
One end member is 11 0" x 26" whi le th an th ose on the wide end.
th e other is 10;r4" wide x 26". Notches are T he assemb ly is begun by na ilin g the
cut in th e fro nt corners on top and bottom wide end a nd th e partition to the shelves as
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the notch is completed w ith cut-off guide and stop r od . Right, naili ng the shelves
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