A practical treatise on coach-building historical and descriptive : $b Containing full information of the various trades and processes involved, with hints on the proper keeping of carriages, &c.Burgess, James W.
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A practical treatise on coach-building historical and descriptive : $b Containing full information of the various trades and processes involved, with hints on the proper keeping of carriages, &c.
Burgess, James W.
Carriage and wagon making; Carriages and carts
The back is made with one full row of squares, and two rows of
buttons at the bottom, besides the finishing squares (see Fig. 50),
then the swell of the back is carried up to within 4 inches of the
upper edge, 1⅛ inches being allowed for the swell. Then the top of
the back is finished with a large roll, of about 5 inches swell or
girth, so that the back has only one row of buttons in the upper
sweep.
[Illustration: Fig. 51.]
The arm-pieces, Fig. 51, are made in a peculiar way, and the _modus
operandi_ is rather difficult of explanation. In the place of the
usual arm-piece block, a piece of plank, 2¾ inches wide by ½ inch
thick, is fitted in with the usual sweep to it. Now fit four pieces
of single fly buckram, to form as it were a funnel, the shape of
the arm-piece desired; then sew seaming lace to the two edges of
the funnel, which will show inside of the body; to the lower edge
sew a piece of cloth in smooth, so that it will cover the bottom of
the funnel or cylinder. To the same lace edge, blind sew in a piece
of cloth, for the purpose of forming a wrinkled roll on the inner
face of the funnel, wrinkled 1 inch in fulness for every 3 inches
in length, and as full the other way as desired, for it ought to be
full enough to come out with the bottom side quarter. Next, blind sew
the outer edge of this roll to the other or top seaming lace, and
stuff lightly with hair, thus forming one roll on the inner face, and
having the lower face covered with the smooth cloth.
Now blind sew another piece of cloth to the top lace, as in the other
case, to form another wrinkled roll on top of the funnel or cylinder,
but the outer edge of this roll is to be finished by nailing to
the outside of the piece of plank just mentioned. All this sewing
is of course to be done on the bench, one side of the funnel to be
left open for this purpose. Next, nail in the bottom side quarter
made up in squares, and then nail the side of the funnel, which is
fitted against the arm-board, to the board and over the quarter, thus
finishing the lower part. Then nail the fourth on top side to the
top edge of arm-board; next, stuff from the front the funnel, pretty
solid, and finish the top roll, which up to now has been left open,
into the outside of the arm-board, thus completing the arm-piece,
which shows two wrinkled rolls divided by two rows of seaming lace.
[Illustration: Fig. 52.]
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