A Shaving Cupboard

Southland Times, Issue 23047, 14 November 1936, Page 22

A Shaving Cupboard

A shaving cupboard with a mirror and a drop shelf is not very difficult to make; it will be an excellent gift made in figured wood polished or any hard wood enamelled over. Fig. 1 shows such a cabinet completed.

The pieces for making it are:—Two sides Ift lOin x 4iin x Jin; two shelves HJin x 4Jin x Jin; top shelf, Ift x 4Jin x Jin; pediment Ift x 2in x Jin; cupboard door, Ilin x Sin x Jin plywood; back, Ift lOin x lOin x 3-16 in plywood; the bevelled mirror should

be Ilin x Ilin; for fixing it 4ft of Jin beading will be needed. And the door will be fitted with two flap hinges 2in x lin. Other requirements are a knob or handle, a ball catch and two short lengths of chain. To shape the sides work to the dimensions given in Fig. 2 (A). They are. trenched Jin deep to take the shelves (B), the trenches being

stopped (see B). The lower shelf is not quite 4jin wide to allow for the thickness of the plywood drop door. The top shelf is glued and fixed with panel nails, the pediment is dowelled as shown in Fig. 2 (C) and the back is nailed or

screwed to the back edges of the sides. The mirror may be held in place with a mitred bead. Make a quarter round Jin x Jin and fix it with fine panel nails (D). The drop door is hinged to the under side of the shelf with a pair of flap hinges. Note that the hinges must be let into the shelf the thickness of both flanges so that the door will open easily to form a shelf. To save strain two chains are fixed as shown in Fig. 1. The door will need a

small stop fixed to the middle shelf underneath (A). Plywood either Jin or Jin is suitable for this door. The method of hinging the drop shelf or door is shown at E.,

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