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Handwork in Wood

CHAPTER VIII
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288, illustrates the panel construction.

The upright, outside pieces are called the "stiles," the horizontal pieces the "rails." There are also the "top-rail," the "bottom-rail," the "lock-rail" (where the door-knob and lock are inserted), and sometimes the "frieze-rail" between the lock rail and the top rail.

The "muntin" is the upright between the two stiles.
[Illustration: Fig.288.Door, Illustrating Panel Construction: S.
Stile; T.R.Top Rail; L.R.Lock Rail; B.R.Bottom Rail; M.Muntin; P.Panel; A.Double Mortise-and-Tenon; F.Fillet; A.B.

C.Forms of Panels.] The joint commonly used is the haunched or relished mortise-and-tenon, Fig.

267, No.


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