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The whole top is divided into four compartments, to anfwer
the opening for the till. Round thefe compartments is a japan-
ned border, to fill up the fpace which lies between the end of the
table and the end of the till. This border muft be continued ‘all
round alike, to make the pannels appear uniform and of equal
fize. The bed of the top fhould be framed in two pannels of
three-quarters mahogany well feafoned, and the breadth of the
fiiles to fuit the opening of the till. A pannel of half-inch fluff
fhould be tongued into the other part of the bed where the till
does not rife. Then, for the fake of the aftragal which is to be
worked on the edge of the top all round, a piece fhould be
tongued in, the long way of the grain, into each end of the bed.
And obferve, that as the bed of the table will frequently have to
be taken off in the courfe of the work, it is beft to put fmall
tenons into the under fide of it, and mortices into the rails all
round; by which means the bed will be kept to a certain place,
and taken eafy off at any time. A black firing is put next the
till, all round the infide of the border, to hide the joint. In put-
ting this black firing on at the opening of the till, the infide of
the mahogany frame fhould be rabbetted out to take a flip of
black veneer about three-eighths wide; and it being left to hand
above the framing the thicknefs of the veneer, this black flip
can be fhot by a rabbet-plain to the thicknefs of a neat firing,
and the veneer mufi be jumped to it. The ufe of this is, that
when the till rifes it may not take any part of tire firing away
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The whole top is divided into four compartments, to anfwer
the opening for the till. Round thefe compartments is a japan-
ned border, to fill up the fpace which lies between the end of the
table and the end of the till. This border muft be continued ‘all
round alike, to make the pannels appear uniform and of equal
fize. The bed of the top fhould be framed in two pannels of
three-quarters mahogany well feafoned, and the breadth of the
fiiles to fuit the opening of the till. A pannel of half-inch fluff
fhould be tongued into the other part of the bed where the till
does not rife. Then, for the fake of the aftragal which is to be
worked on the edge of the top all round, a piece fhould be
tongued in, the long way of the grain, into each end of the bed.
And obferve, that as the bed of the table will frequently have to
be taken off in the courfe of the work, it is beft to put fmall
tenons into the under fide of it, and mortices into the rails all
round; by which means the bed will be kept to a certain place,
and taken eafy off at any time. A black firing is put next the
till, all round the infide of the border, to hide the joint. In put-
ting this black firing on at the opening of the till, the infide of
the mahogany frame fhould be rabbetted out to take a flip of
black veneer about three-eighths wide; and it being left to hand
above the framing the thicknefs of the veneer, this black flip
can be fhot by a rabbet-plain to the thicknefs of a neat firing,
and the veneer mufi be jumped to it. The ufe of this is, that
when the till rifes it may not take any part of tire firing away
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