WOODWORK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 267, 10 November 1934, Page 5 (Supplement)

WOODWORK.

1. Boat.—Material: Strip from box a piece of flat pine or piece of matchwood, preferably a narrow piece and already of correct width, about 3in. but to a length of llin. Both these measurements are only suggestive. Jt can be of any size desired. T«jie thickness of the wood will be from gin to lin, according to the wood available.

Draw with pencil on wood as shown in the drawing. Cut off triangular pieces with knife. Cut mast from paling or dry, straight tyvig from

bush or tree, and place in hole made with bradawl, gimlet or bit. Tack bowsprit on—made in same way as mast. Make mainsail and jib from scraps of cloth. Paint boat any suitabla colour before putting on sails. This is only a flat boat, unshaped, on the bottom.

WORK FOR SENIOR PUPILS. ARTICLE IV.

2. Kite Frame.—Cut a piece lGin. or more from paling or straight, dry twig, shape to I'm by 3in bare. Shape a second piece similarly, Ilia and upwards Jong. Make a halving joint (that is, cut out small piece in. each the width of the wood, to let other piece fit in, about a third thickness deep), at llin on the long

piece, and half-way on the shorter piece. Make a .small V-shaped cut in the end of each arm to hold string. Fit together, and bind with, string, keeping the arms of the framework at right angles. Place string round the framework in Vshaped grooves, allowing about 6ft of string to hang from pointed end for tail. Make tail from pieces , of paper. Paste paper over the frame, and decorate in art room or at homa, 3. Whip Top. —Take the wooden! centre of linoleum or fabric roll, or; a piece of the round limb of a tree of suitable size, ljin by lfin diameter. Cut off to 2in, 2fin or 2iia

long, according to the diameter oS the piece. Drive nail with head removed in "centre of one end. Cufc with knife, rasp and file to shape shown. Make notches with file used lightly, or with knife. The nail can be readily cut by filing on two sides and breaking.