Home handicrafts, needlework and repairs.

Date:
[1900?]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Home handicrafts, needlework and repairs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    Many articles of furniture can be made of bamboo, either entirely or in conjunction with wood. Unless holes are bored for nails there is risk of splitting. A bradawl may be used, but it is better to bore with a brace and bit or a drill. Bad joints can be filled with a paste of sawdust and melted glue. Bamboo will not take stain, but may be varnished or enamelled. For bamboo pole, a useful size is about i-| in. diameter. This is cut up for simple articles of furniture, and is used simply as a pole for numerous pur- poses, one of the com- monest being curtain poles. The ends are generally put on in a way which r permits of removal if it is desired to take the rings off. Two methods are shown in Figs. 8 and 9. In the latter the pole is plugged, and the knob fitted with a double- ended screw, so that the knob can be screwed on. Poles may be joined end to end to obtain the required length. They are united by inserting a wooden plug, as in Fig. 10. BARBOLA. See Gesso. BARREL. Barrels can be utilised in various ways in or around the house. A port wine pipe set up on legs or on a small platform serves as a rainwater-butt. It should be coated inside with tar,: which is then set on fire and burned out. A second coating of tar is then given, and the exterior painted. A draw-off tap near the bottom and overflow pipe at the top with lid may be added. BAMBOO. Fig. 1. Showing how it may be bent. Figs. 2-7. Methods of making different joints. Figs. 8 and 9. Two ways of fastening knobs on to bamboo. Fig. 10. Joining with wooden plug