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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 9536281, member: 360&quot;]Wow What great detailed instructions! I love your enthusiasm.&nbsp; I have some questions:</p><ol> <li>the two wood leaves are thin pieces of wood?</li> <li><b>Yes. Just thin sheets of wood, cut to fit the spaces inside the box. The lower leaf is larger.</b></li> <li>the two wood leaves fit just inside the box edges?</li> </ol><p><b>Yes. They sit on the ridges you see inside the box. </b></p><ol> <li>The fabric/leather holds the two pieces together in the middle where they bend?</li> </ol><p><b>Yes. </b></p><ol> <li>The leaves are attached to the box with the glue? <br /> <br /> <b>The leaves are laid loose inside the box, resting on the rims inside the storage compartments. Glue is applied. Cotton backing and then leather, is glued on top of that, going across the central space between the two halves of the box. That thin space between the two halves of the box (maybe 2-3 inches) is the only thing that&#039;s holding the leaves to the box. </b></li> <li><br /> </li> <li>the two leaves lift up to expose the inside space of the box?</li> </ol><p><b>Yes. The leaves would have little leather tabs glued into them (sticking out under, or even through, the skiver). These are the lift-tabs to open the leaves to get into the storage compartments underneath. The lower leaf will have a little brass catch to slot into a gap in the box-rim, to hold it shut when you close the box. </b></p><ol> <li>Does the fabric go over the edges or up to the edges?<br /> <br /> <b>It depends on the box. Some, yes, right up to the edge. Others, no. They&#039;d have a border of wood (maybe 1 inch?) around the edges, and the leather skiver would be inset into the wood, below the level of the veneer. This is largely up to style. <br /> <br /> From what I can see in your box, there would&#039;ve been a 1-inch border of veneer running around the edge of the leaves, and the skiver would&#039;ve been fitted within this border. </b></li> </ol><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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