BILLY BOY’S WORKSHOP

Taranaki Daily News, 22 August 1931, Page 8 (Supplement)

BILLY BOY’S WORKSHOP

KITCHEN OR BATHROOM SHELVES A strong set of kitchen or bathroom shelves, like the one shown in the sketch, can be made from wood five- ' eighths of an inch thick. Two boards, two feet nine inches long and seven inches wide, will be required for the sides. After planing, mark the radius at the bottom front corner of each as shown at A. With a pad-saw, cut out the corners to the curved line and finish the edges with glasspaper. For supporting the shelves, cut six pieces of wood to the sizes given at B. These strips should be half an inch thick. Bore three screw holes in each as indicated, and countersink the holes on one side for the heads of the screws.

Fix your stripe to the sides as shown by the dotted lines in diagram C. Use your try-square when doing this, in order to get the strips square with the front and back edges of the sides. The three shelves and the top D are two feet six inches long and seven inches wide. Cut a recess E, half an inch deep, in each place midway along the back edge, to take the back strut F. The shelves are held in position by nails driven in through the sides as indicated in the first' diagram. The heads of the nails should be punched in and the holes filled up. Fix the top D in the same way. For the back strut F, cut a piece of three-inch by half-inch batten to a length of two feet three inches. After seeing that it fits nicely in the recesses E, screw it to the back of each shelf as shown at G. With your plane, remove any slight projection of the strut at the top and bottom ends.

To give a finish to the shelves, glue and nail pieces of one inch moulding along the front and sides at the top, a neat job of this, mitre the moulding as shown in the first diagram. To make where it joins at the front corners. The finished shelves, after receiving a good rubbing all over with glasspaper, can be enamelled, painted, or varnishstained. The Hut Carpenter.