A CARD TABLE

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21938, 12 November 1936, Page 3 (Supplement)

A CARD TABLE

Plywood is one of the handiest forms of timber for the amateur designer and craftsman. It is very light and exceptionally strong, and, being obtainable in large sheets, it does away with much of the jointing which would be necessary with ordinary timber. It is made up in. almost all kinds of figured woods which can be stained or polished, while the plain cottonwood sorts are the best where a painted finish is required. To-day we illustrate a card table, constructed entirely of plywood five pieces only being required. Two pieces 27 inches square are shaped like figures A and B for the legs. They are alike, except that A has a groove the thickness of the plywood cut vertically from the top to the centre, while B has a similar groove from the bottom, to the centre. These grooves are necessary so that B can slide down the centre of A to form the legs of the table. . Two pieces, C, are required. These must be cut and morticed t» fit the tenons on the top and bottom of the legs, the bottom one being pegged underneath to hold it firm-

ly in position, while the top one iC secured with some long thin screws. The top is 24 inches square (or may be large, say 27in square), and is fastened on with a dozen small screws put in from the under side of C. These should be as long as the thickness of the plywood will allow, care being taken that they do not come through the top surface. After a thorough sandpapering, the table can be stained and polished with admirable effect.

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The lion has been used as a royal emblem by many nations for many centuries. It seems to have been introduced into the English arms by Henry the First. The unicorn was first used as a supporter in the British arms by James the First in 1603. but unicorns had been as-: sumed by James the Fourth, who was slain at Flodden. They had long been a favourite supporter in Scottish heraldry