The Modern Cabinetmaker
Table lists
Main text
Table 1: Sample cutting list
Table 2: Wood screw sizes and drilling chart
Table 3: Thicknesses of shavings
Table 4: Tenets of saw maintenance
Table 5: Using hand saws
Table 6: Methods of tool storage compared
Table 7: Attributes of various wood-boring bits
Table 8: Sample cutting list
Table 9: Tools for applying different kinds of glue
Table 10(a): Converting implicitly toleranced values
Table 10(b): Converting implicitly toleranced values
Table 10(c): Converting explicitly toleranced values.

Supplements
Adhesives
Table 1: Standards for some common adhesives
Table 2. European oak reglue test results.
Table 3: Characteristics of RP adhesives

British and European Standards for adhesives
Table 1: Test regimes for structural adhesives
Table 2: Durability classes for non-structural adhesives

Design for a cabinetmaker's workbench
Table 1. Heights of workbench tops for users of different standing heights.
Table 2. Cutting list with metric sizes.
Table 3. Cutting list with Imperial sizes.

Metalworking techniques
Table 1: Spindle speeds for drilling mild steel
Table 2: Cutting speeds for other metals

Essentials on abrasives
Table 1: Moh's scale.
Table 2: Backing paper code letters
Table 3. Standard code letters for backing cloths used by Norton Abrasives Ltd.
Table 4: Key to the Norton CAP code
Table 5. Selection of sanding papers
Table 6: Summary of grinding wheel specification symbols
Table 7: Grinding wheel specifications for grinding a variety of materials using a general purpose bench grinder

Essentials on metals
Table 1: Tool steel summary
Table 2: Explanation of some metallurgical terms

Essentials on plastics
Table 1: Properties of plastics materials

Essentials on timber
Table 1: Obligatory hierarchy of ranks.
Table 2: Strength of solid timbers.
Table 3: Basic cellular components of hardwoods and softwoods.
Table 4: Approximate constituents of timber by weight.
Table 5: Average timber movement factors.
Table 6: Correlation between relative humidity and moisture content in timber.
Table 7: Summary of man-made board characteristics.
Table 8: Strengths of a selection of man-made board materials.
Table 9: Steam bending wooden components

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