BILLY BOY’S WORKSHOP

Taranaki Daily News, 18 October 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)

BILLY BOY’S WORKSHOP

MAKING A GARDEN BASKET. Here is an easily made basket which will be found useful for all sorts of jobs .in the garden. As it may have to with-* stand rough handling, it will be as wqll to make it of wood at least threeeighths of an inch thick. , For 'the sides , you will require two pieces of wood, each fifteen inches long by .three and a half inches wide. Saw off the ends at an angle, so that each side is finished to the sizes given in Diagram A-. Saw the end pieces to the dimensions given at B, and nail the parts'together so that the ends come ■between the sides, as shown in the top diagram. Now saw a piece of wood, eleven and a quarter inches long by six and three quarter inches wide, for the bottom of the basket. To make this part fit •firmly between the sides and ends, plane the edges all round to a slight angle, as shown in Diagram C. When thig part fits nicely in. position, nail it to the ‘sides and ends.

After cutting the handle supports tb the sizes given in Diagram D, scribe a semi-circle at the top of each piece, and, with your chisel, pare off the wood not Required, and finish with glasspaper. For the handle, saw a piece about ten and a quarter inches long*from an ordinary broom handle. With a brace and bit, make a hole, the same diameter as the handle, half way through each support, as shown at E. When making these holes see that the bit is at an angle to the' wood, in order to allow for the outwardly sloping sides of the basket. ' . . s When the handle is’ in position, screw the supports, to the 'basket, and then fix each end of the handle with a stout screw. Give the finished basket a coating of creosote, leaving the handle unstained, and it is ready for use. The Hut Carpenter.

THIS WEEK’S , BIRTHDAYS MANY HAPPY RETURNS. Molly Wisnewski will be 14 to-day. Florence Kovaleski will be 14 to-day. , Edna Birchall will be 11 to-day. Ronnie Winstanley will be 8 to-day. Pattie O’Reilly will be 14 to-morrow. Ngaio Sextus will be 14 to-inorrow. Loma Stead will be 14 on Mpnday. Daryl Sulzberger will be 6 on Monday. Olive Watson will be 10 on Monday. John Barrett will be 10 on Monday. Alfred Chapman will be 11 on Wednesday. Pat Fake will be 13 on Wednesday. Ray Dodunski will be 7 on Wednesday. Nelson Mail will be 12 on Thursday. Beth Cook will be 12 on Thursday. Molly Jones will be 10 on Thursday. Robert Best . will be 14 on Friday. Elaine Hell'ier will be 9 on Friday.