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HOME TRAINING IN CABINET WORK: PRAC-
TICAL TALKS ON STRUCTURAL WOOD WORK-
ING: SIXTH OF THE SERIES
   -N this series of articles on practical cabinet making we have
        been guided entirely by the desire to give direct help to those
        who wished to work at home. Our little preliminary talks
        have had this purpose in view. The article on woods and
        their treatment in the July number of THE CRAFTSMAN
        should be particularly useful in this connection and those in-
terested in home cabinet work would do well thoroughly to master the
subject of which it treats.
   Letters come every day expressive of appreciation for this series.
One friend writes from a lumber camp in Washington. His home
was originally in Ohio and his father is one of the officials of Oberlin
College. This young man has gone west, and expects soon to start a
lumber camp of his own. Instead of leaving his men to the devices
and desires of their own hearts, he intends to try to interest them in the
building of a recreation room for themselves. This series of articles
can be made very helpful to the men. If once their interest be
aroused, they will enter with zest into the project, not only of building
the room, but of rendering it beautiful and useful by making, with
their own hands, the tables, bookcases, chairs, magazine stands, paper
racks, etc., that will be needed for its equipment.
   Another correspondent in Pennsylvania is so interested that he
asks us for the "names of books on cabinet making that we think will
be of most help to one totally ignorant." We are compelled to
acknowledge our own ignorance of the existence of any book that ade-
quately deals with the subject, but we intend to give the matter further
investigation and will tell our readers more about it later on.
   A Texas correspondent tells us that he has a fairly good set of
tools and a workhouse, and adds, "having quite a talent for cabinet
work I have been able to execute a number of pieces for our home. I
hope this series will create enough comment to justify your making it
a permanent feature of the magazine."
   Now, that is a question we want our readers to. answer. Do they
want it to continue? If so, what articles do they want to make? We
want to hear fully and promptly on this subject and shall value hints,
suggestions and criticisms of every kind.
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