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Otago Witness, Issue 3854, 24 January 1928, Page 10

THE HANDY MAN’S CORNER. HOW TO MAKE AN ARBOUR. (Special for the Otago Witness.) The details of the design and construe- Now prepare several pieces for the at each end part of the roof The middle ion of a rustic arbour must of necessity rafters, cutting them all to uniform one of these is shown at F Figure 3 and be modified to meet specific conditions, length (in this case 2ft Sin long), bevel the bevelled end of the ridge Dole at F out an arrangement that is attractive, each end, an<T nail them in pairs at equal when cut in this way they ctn be sez-urek “rtsSa 1., Ft rs d,Bt “ c '’ a, ” s th - "°" t b “ k at. f hi - i?”' $ arbour measures Sit in length Ml to the riige Io the onte'r’eirnm rf upper ends of the toprad and 3ft deep. .- the ro Next add a few from The whole thing is made of ordinary the underside of the long Loles at thZ pe’e ed” °'S. <IO <' ,r °”b “J '» th V“ s r ie «”‘ peeiea. ine corners are made with good, ==M==== it and fix three or four uprights at the backstout, straight poles well embedded in ? as shown in Figure 1 Pg k the ground, while the lower part is pre- jy“ J*.• Th i ferably well tarred as a preservative Sfflk Fjj |l|llK|| : 111 |!! 11 (! (iWilltlßFF A*’ ti e / 03 y er part of the arbour is then against decay. When the four corner IMS J' I li|l I ■’ ‘ j JjL, n, jj” I . an “’ ba if round pieces are posts have been erected their upper ends BE; K I'l H I Hom t] Qbl zn- d i° " ie P° s^e af each end at about are sawn off so that they are all level; i 7,. 11 ab » ve n ,! le S roun <l, as shown in they may not all be the same height out g/;... FIG. I 'igure 4. J hese are nailed as before to of the ground, but their tops ought to . fduf K ats c j T? “ le posts. Similar pieces are b e uniform, as if they were intended to Cut i , ted n . ear tbe ? roUn d and the support a perfectly flat, rigid platform. B ®P ac ® between is filled in with rough IP this precaution is hot observed, the .~r- ***'"f boards, while the upper edges are finished roof will look crooked. • " a round capping and a facing The next step is slightly- to hollow the bm> r Fir X P’ece as shown in part section in Figure 5. upper ends of the posts, by sawing, cut- -. M n NG ' 3 seat is made up with several long ting with an old chisel and mallet, or by • ,G -2 K">a U gin ut Poles nailed side by lide and sunnm-fed vigorous use of a rough rasp. This is lw I b y,cross pieces, short legs and braces all done to make a seating for the long poles II.TO I na iled together. Som P lighter noles which stretch from end to end at the |O? II F(G 4 Hl are then nailed round the sides and ho P ifront and back as shown at C and Din ah ° Ve the P to improve the noU r 0 k , lh^n^ ut a flat , on ; heSe long I ' ifiT'l appearance and take a support for the poles, about 6in "from each end, and to ffi'l Till 'l U I lUll.lin.j flowers. r come just above the top of the posts I ‘ 111 J FIG.S The whole shonl.i • . . . aD m. nai tbe poles ln their places. good outdoor <iuali/ 1)6 gl J en a ,, coa t The next pieces to prepare are the end commencing at 18in from each end Cut and haZd" 118 ?' , When tllis cross members (B, Figure 2), which have another pilee of pole Sr the ridge and be several dts th? b’ Ch may tt 1 mtd iStfm" ° r S° tC ? as Sh ? wn and fa ? Un * between tha upper ends B o f able forTefomT xtremelv are fitted 111 those on the l°«g poles. rafters, and then add the jack rafters rigid and durable. d eXtremel y