BILLY BOY’S WORKSHOP

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1931, Page 20 (Supplement)

BILLY BOY’S WORKSHOP

A BATHROOM MIRROR FITMENT. This useful mirror fitment, for hanging on the wall of a bathroom is provided with a brush-and-comb box and * a towel rail. Ordinary deal, three eighths of an inch thick, Jean be used for it.. For the sides, take two pieces of wood, eight and a-half inches long and five inches wide, and plane them on both, sides. Mark out the bottom half of one piece in one-inch squares, as shown in Diagram A, and then outline the curved shape. Cut to the curved line with a padsaw,' and smooth the edge of the wood with glasspaper. Now lay this part on the other piece of wood, mark the curved shape, cut it out, and finish it in the same way. On the inside face of each part, neat the bottom, make a hole with a five-eighths inch centrebit, half way through the wood, in the position shown in the diagram. Cut the back part B 11 inches long and eight inches wide and plane it on both sides. Fix the sides to the back with fine wire nails, after fitting the nitii iiiitiiiitu mitt iiiimiiiiittiiiiiiiif 1111111111111111111 iiiiiiihiis

towel rail into the holes. The rail is a piece of five-eighths inch dowel rod, cut to a length of eight and threeeighths inches. Cut the front part of the box three inches deep and eight inches long, and nail it’ in position flush with the front edges of the side pieces. The bottom of the box, which is eight inches long, and four and a quarter inches wide, must now be nailed in place as indicated by the dotted lines in Diagram A. Cut out the parts C and D to the sizes given in the diagrams, ind plane them on both sides. Cut a slot three eighths of an inch deep at the back of part C and on the front edge make two shallow slots EE to take the hinges. Screw the hinges in the slots and then screw on the lid D. Nail the part C to the back B, and also to the sides. The mirror should be the same width a.s the back, and about ten inches long. One this size, usually in a white frame, can be purchased for a few pence. Fix it in place by two screws driven through the backboard into each side of the frame. After fixing a little bra. eye-plate on each side, give the fitment a coat of white or pale blue enamel. The Hut Carpenter.