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Effect: Everything you need to know for building your own tables, stands, stage props of all kinds are included. Gene Gloye’s masterful drawings show you exactly how to make (or to have made locally) these exquisite stage props. 29 detailed schematic plans with all dimensions given. Additional details are given in clear, concise text. Color schemes and materials are suggested. Sources for materials are given. We’ve covered the field—it’s all here. Nothing is left out that would help you build the act or show of your dreams.
Contains: Construction Notes, Compact Nite Club Table, Deep Shelf Nite Club Table, Cut Out Night Club Table, Travel Table, Solid Panel Side Stand, Utility Roll On Table, Easy to Make Roll On, Card Motif Novelty Tables, Novelty Animal Tables, Utility Clown Prop Table, Drum Stands, Novelty Side Stands, Tier Table, Utility Turn Table, Harbin’s Packaway Table, Gravity Defying Side Tables, Utility Stand, Gambling Expose Case, Close Up Platform, Card Table Platform, Box Type Tables, Elevator Tables, Microphone Stand Props, and a chapter of add-ons for your table: “Black Art Wells, Covers, Etc.”
The majority of tables and props presented in this book are not difficult to construct. In most cases, all that is required in the way of tools is a good hand saw, a hand-drill, miter box, square, screw-driver, coping saw, small hammer, and sandpaper. If you have or can get a power drill, a band saw or saber saw, a small power sander, and power paint spray equipment, it will make some jobs easier. But do not be deceived into thinking that power tools necessarily make a better job. Craftsmen will tell you that learning to use hand tools correctly is often a prerequisite to making good use of power equipment.
Failing to have even the simple hand tools need not present an insurmountable problem as it is usually possible to get a lumber company or local cabinet shop to furnish you materials cut to specifications at very reasonable cost. This also provides an answer for the wood-be magic-maker who can’t saw a straight 9 line or drill a clean hole, altho if you are such an individual it might be well for you to go to the public library and get yourself a few of the many good books on wood-working as guides.
The plans furnished in this book are schematic. This approach to plans makes them easier to understand. Thus, while the drawings are fairly close to scale over-all, certain details are not proportionally accurate. The individual builder will do well to go over each detail and be sure he understands all parts and their relationships. Out of this, he may wish to elaborate certain parts with rough sketches of his own before construction actually begins.
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