BILLY BOYS’ WORKSHOP

Taranaki Daily News, 27 May 1933, Page 9 (Supplement)

BILLY BOYS’ WORKSHOP

SHELVES FOR LITTLE BOOKS. A set of neat book-shelves like those shown in the diagram can be made from clean packing-case wood. If you keep to the sizes given, the shelves will take two dozen small volumes measuring six inches by four. You will require two pieces of wood, sixteen inches long by five inches wide and three-eighths of an inch thick, for the sides. If the wood is rough, plane both sides till they are nice and smooth,

and then carefully mark out each- side piece to the sizess given in diagram' A. Saw 1 each piece. to the correct length, and cut the curved' top edges to shape with a key-hole saw and finish with a chisel. Now mark the positions of the two shelves, 8.8. on the inside face of each side piece. ’ For the shelves, which should be threeI eighths of an inch thick, saw two pieces of wood to the . sizes given at C.. The four shelf supports, D, can be cut from a strip of wood three-quarters of an inch wide. The back members E and I are one-quarter of an inch wide. Two parts E will be required, and one a little wider for F, which is the middle one. > ■. , , , To fix 'the parts of your bookshelves together you will require three dozen brass screws seven-eighths of an inch long. Screw the supports D in place ’first with three screws in each, then fix the three parts with two screws. in each end. No-w slip the middle shelf in position and fix it by- two long screws in each end driven in through the bookshelf sides. Fix the bottom shelf in the same way. If you wish to hang the bookshelves .on a wall, obtain two small brass fittings like that shown at G, and screw one on to each side piece just below the ..top back member. If the shelves are to stand on a table against a wall you will not require these fittings. To finish the bookshelves, give. them a coating pf - varnish stain, and allow them to dry thoroughly. , The. Hut Carpenter.