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Otago Witness, Issue 3803, 1 February 1927, Page 10

THE HANDY MAN’S CORNER. MAKING A FOLDING SCREEN. (Special.—For the Witness.) The usual method of making a folding the grooves. When they are all correct, Two pairs will be required, a pair being screen is to assemble a skeleton frame, assemble them by glueing the edges of th e used for each joint. and cover both sides with canvas or plywood and slipping them into the Screen hinges are arranged so that the other material. But this is an expensive grooves of your frames. Make up three parts of the screen can be folded method, and the result is not always one side and one end first. Then make in any direction. Screw the outer flange satisfying. The screen looks more effective the joint at the corner secure with a A, in Fig. 4, to one side frame, and the if it is made in dull polished wood of a fine brad with the head well punched outer flange C to the middle frame. The warm brown colour. The handy man can , part B j n the middle of the hinge then attain, with the aid of plywood, a smooth —J F — allows the screen to be folded flat in ready prepared w’ood made in three layers, fl 11 either direction. The width of the hinges and obtainable at a very small cost. . It H yj should be slightly more than the width of is sold in large sheets, and both sides H . . I . . the frame: in this case lin hinges will do, being nicely prepared, it is quite feasible II I i i riG.I as f} le W00( ] will finish up about ’Jin to make a framework, neither side of fl II I • thick after planing. A good finish for the which requires to be covered with canvas 0 I'l bottom of the screen can be supplied by or cretonne. A design for a useful three- fl I small circular feet, obtainable from any fold screen made with plywood is given | -j ironmongers. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in Fig. 1, the dimensions of the side the decoration consists of a simple motif panels being shown in Fig 2. The centre in flat colours arranged in a geometrical panel is of the same width, and is | = interlacing pattern. Each rectangle is in made in a. similar way to the side pieces, a different colour, and separated by black but should be 6ft high. This in- I or gold lines. The dots and dependent equality in height aids the decorative . . lines on the side panels should b e of the scheme of the panels. The constructional 5' 3" I I) same colour as the division lines of the work is very simple, and merely consists | Fig 3 Hr — upper panels. The centre panel may be of making three frames, one measuring 6ft I ' ' decorated by a large circular framework high by 2ft wide, the others sft 3in high I [| in colour, preferably in gold, relieved and 2ft wide. with touches of green and red, the inner These can be made from ordinary wood V A portion being in the same style as the lin wide and Jin thick. About 50ft will ... .4 side P ane^s - These colours are applied be needed, and it should be planed gp" l after the panels have been stained a rich smooth on all four faces. A groove is then z broivn, and may easily be carried out with ploughed in one edge, as shown in Fig. 3, FIG.2 FIG. - a few tubes of ordinary oil colours. After about gin deep, and wide enough for the below the surface. Add the other side the colours are dry, add the separating plywood to slip into. The plywood panels and end piece, and make the corner lines, and put on the gilding, which can are next cut to size, the frame pieces joints as before. Treat all three panels be. of the usual gold paint. lhe nnal being mitred at all corners as if making in the same manner, and hinge them finish is imparted by lightly varnishing a picture frame. Remember to cut the together with proper screen hinges, such with a clear varnish, obtainable in small sheets so that they will fit neatly into as those shown in Fig. 4. i bottles from an artists colourman. CUT THIS OUT: Subject of Next Week’s Article A FITTED HANGING CUPBOARD.”