BILLY BOY’S WORKSHOP

Taranaki Daily News, 7 June 1930, Page 24 (Supplement)

BILLY BOY’S WORKSHOP

MAKING A BOOT-BRUSH BOX. ■ ———- , Here is a-strong. Ucvefnl box in which boot-brushes, tins of polish, and polish-iim-cloths can be kept. Ordinary whitewood, three eighths of an inch thick is used for al! parts except the bottom, which is made of three-ply wood. For the sides of the box, cut two pieces of wood to the sizes given at A. After planing both sides, mark out the slanting top edges, and saw away the parts not required. Finish these edges, down to the marked line, with your email plane. The two end pieces 8.8. are eight inches long by three ami a quarter inches wide. _ ■_ The centre partition C, which is eight inches long by four inches wide, has a slot cut in the top to allow the handle to be gripped. To make the slot, drill two holes with a -three-quarter inch bit, •cut the wood away with a. pad-saw, and round off the edges with glasspaper. Apiece of plywood, twelve and a quarter inches by nine inches, is needed for

the bottom, and this is fixed in place after the sides' and ends are screwed together. Use countersunk screws, three-quarters of an inch long, and, before marking- the positions of the screw holes see that the plywood projects one-eighth of an; inch beyond sides and ends. The centre partition can be fixed by screws through the sides and bottom of the box, after which the handle can be screwed in place. This is simply a piece of wood three-eighths of an inch thick, eight and three-quarters inches long, and one and a • half inches wide. The four long edged should be rounded off with glasspaper, especially at the centre part which forms the handle. Finally, round off the projecting edges of the plywood, give the. box a coating of varnish-stain inside the outside, allow it to dry thoroughly, and it is ready for use. The Hut Carpenter.