BILLY BOYS WORKSHOP

Taranaki Daily News, 13 December 1930, Page 8 (Supplement)

BILLY BOYS WORKSHOP

7a USEFUL 'CORNER CUPBOARD,

To make a useful 'corner. like the ope sketched, you will need wood three-eighths of an inch thick for ' the sides, top, bottom, and middle shelf, and ply wood'for the.'back. ■ Gut the top, bottom and shelf parts first. They are all the same size, as shown at A. Mark out the shape of one .piepe with the aid. of a set-square. After- : this part has been carefully planed to size, use it as; a pattern for the other,/two pieces. ■ - s , - For the sides, you require .two pieces 'of wood,; fifteen inches- long and three-and-one-eighth inches, wide. Triiq the edges square with'your, plane, and mark out- the shape of the cyrved pajt at the bottom of one piece. Cut, out with a pad-saw, and, after smoothing ' with .glass-paper,, lay the finished on the other piece, mark out the curved part, and then cut the second side to shape. On the inside of each piece, mark out the. positions of the bottom of the cpp'. board'and the middle, shelf, as shown, by the dotted, lines Bfls. The top piece C comes-flush with- the sides. Before ■ -nailing, the top and bottom parts to the sides, slightly- bevel the frqnt edge of each side piece to a depth of one-eighth, of an inch, as shown at E. When these parts are fixed together, nail the middle shelf in place. „ t For the back of the cupboard you need two pieces' of three-ply. wood, twelve and three-quarter inches long, one piece being eight inches wide- and the other three-sixteenths of a’’ inch wider to allow for overlapping the l»ack corner; Glue and najl these pieces in place. . ‘ ' Now plane up- two pieces of threeeighths wood, each seven and a quarter inches long and one inch wide. Bevel

•mitimuiiiMtiimmtHiiimMitiiiHMHlhwmftnHmmMmiHW the ends of these, so that they fit nicely across the door opening 'at the top and bottom, as shown at F.F and glue and nail them in place. The door is a single piece of threeeighths wood, ten and a half inches long by seven and a half inches wide, the

long edges planed at an angle to fit the bevel of the side pieces. Glue and nail the ornamental moulding strip to the door apd form the projecting part at the top- of the cupboard (called the corpice) from three strips of one-inch by three-eighths wood, bevelled at the joints and nailed in position. Round off the front edges of this cornice, and underneath fix three pieces of ornamental. wood moulding. Round the front and sides, on a level with the bottom shelf, glue and nail on a plain moulding. Attach the door with two brass hinges op- the right-hand side, and fit a small handle, as shown in the first diagram. < Tile cupboard is now ready to receive a' coating of varnish stain, preferably satin-walnut. When this is quite dry, apply a second coat, to give a good finish. •The Hut Carpenter.