This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
The drawings herewith show a simple and effective arrangement for holding a lath to a table top. A cleat A (Figs. 1 and 2) is fixed to the end of the lath B by a couple of screws, as indicated, the cleat and lath being held to the table top by inserting a wedge VV, as shown. Fig. 3 is a view of the cleat; this and the wedge should be made of hardwood.

Lath attached to Table Top.
 
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