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CABIN BUILDING 253*bit and ^-In. chisel to mortise slots for the threebroad splits that connect the back posts (roundsticks may be usedinstead of splits).A 60-cent hollowauger, commonlyused for makingtenons, is betterthan a spoke sizerto fit the ends of [rounds to their holes.Besides gluing theseends, you can fox- ^Jwedge them (Fig.84) in place byffc^^ 1^SI^Wi^pi-ynsMi'Fig. 83.—Split-bottom chairsplitting each end a little and inserting a thin wedgebefore driving home.To fill the chair seat, use oakor other splits (see ChapterXIII) in the manner shown inFig. 85. Cut the end of a splitnarrow enough to tie easilyaround the side bar at a. Thenrun it across and pass it underand back over the opposite bar,^. „^ „ , and so on, as the cut shows.Fig. 84.—Fox-wedge -1,7, ^ ^ ^u ;»^ ^ When you get to the end!of this split, tie another to it, keeping knots onunder side of chair w^here they will not show.When the seat is filled up with the strips going^one way, fasten the end, beginning at rear (b), andrun others crosswise, in and out, until the seat isfinished.Instead of the plain pattern shown in this example,it is better to weave a diagonal one similarto that in the back of the rocking chair (Fig. 86).To do this, run the strands as follows: