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with it, which it certainly would do if it were put on merely as
a corner firing.
i
Of the ¥ill.
The carcafs of the till is made of half-inch mahogany; the
partitions and letter-holes of thin quarter fluff, and black beads
put on their edges, all of which muft be kept back about half
an inch from the edge of the carcafs, to give place to the writ-
ing-flider; part of which turns up as a front to the infide of the
till, and part of it remains in it: and, as a part of the writing-
ilider remains in the bottom of the till below the drawers, con-
fequently there muff be a joint in the flider to anfwer it; which
joint is hinged at each end, before the crofs-band is put on for
the green cloth. The workman may make the hinges himfelf
to fuit that purpofe. They may be made as common defk-fall
hinges, only the knuckles of the hinge are made a little higher
than common to receive a thin veneer; which, when fcrewed
on, the veneer for the band of the cloth lies upon and covers
the flraps, fo that a part of the knuckle is only feen: but ob-
ferve, that the ends of the veneer, each meeting at the knuckle,
mult be cut in a hoping direction, fo that they and the braff
knuckle between them wall be exactly in the form, and of the
fame nature, as the rule-joint of a fly-bracket for a Pembroke
3 H & table;
with it, which it certainly would do if it were put on merely as
a corner firing.
i
Of the ¥ill.
The carcafs of the till is made of half-inch mahogany; the
partitions and letter-holes of thin quarter fluff, and black beads
put on their edges, all of which muft be kept back about half
an inch from the edge of the carcafs, to give place to the writ-
ing-flider; part of which turns up as a front to the infide of the
till, and part of it remains in it: and, as a part of the writing-
ilider remains in the bottom of the till below the drawers, con-
fequently there muff be a joint in the flider to anfwer it; which
joint is hinged at each end, before the crofs-band is put on for
the green cloth. The workman may make the hinges himfelf
to fuit that purpofe. They may be made as common defk-fall
hinges, only the knuckles of the hinge are made a little higher
than common to receive a thin veneer; which, when fcrewed
on, the veneer for the band of the cloth lies upon and covers
the flraps, fo that a part of the knuckle is only feen: but ob-
ferve, that the ends of the veneer, each meeting at the knuckle,
mult be cut in a hoping direction, fo that they and the braff
knuckle between them wall be exactly in the form, and of the
fame nature, as the rule-joint of a fly-bracket for a Pembroke
3 H & table;