A SIMPLE WARDROBE

Te Ao Hou, September 1961, Page 48

In homes with larger families, there is a lot of work for the handyman. Wardrobes, bunks and many other things need to be made and many make them in their evenings and weekends. Te Ao Hou has therefore asked Mr K. Harrison, a teacher of woodwork in a Maori District High School, to describe some carpentry jobs that will interest Maori family men. As he also conducts evening classes for adults, he should know the problems the amateur meets with. We should be glad if readers would give us suggestions for future articles in this series. A SIMPLE WARDROBE by K. HARRISON This wardrobe can be made at a night class, if you live near enough to a High School, or it can be made at home, if you have the necessary tools. These tools would be: Hand-saw, plane, rule, square, chisel, hammer, punch, screw-driver, bradawl. There are no fancy joints, and everything can be nailed or screwed. The dimensions, as given on the plan, are: Height 6ft plus 2 ¾in. for the base, width 3ft over all, depth about 20in. or whatever width a machine dressed 12in. board plus a dressed 9in. board will make. The width can be increased up to 4ft of desired, so that an 8ft ×4ft ×⅛in. sheet of hardboard will cover the back. Materials required (all timber dressed 4 sides): Sides: 2 pieces of 12in. ×1in. ×6ft 2 ¾in. long. 2 pieces of 9in. ×1in. ×6ft 2 ¾in. long. Floor, Top, and top shelf: 3 pieces 12in. ×1in. ×2ft 10 ⅜in. 3 pieces 9in. ×1in. ×2ft 10 ⅜in. Bottom shelf: 1 piece 12in. ×1in. ×2ft 10 ⅜in. Facing pieces on each side of door: 2 pieces 6in. ×1in. ×6ft. Frame under floor: 1 piece 3in. ×2in. ×2ft. 10 ⅜in. 3 pieces 19 ¼in. Door: 1 piece core-board 6ft ×2ft ×⅞in. Coat-hanger rail: 1 piece ⅞in. dowelling, or piece of ½in. pipe, 2ft 10 ¼in. Slotted supports for rail: 2 pieces 4in. ×1in. ×6in. with slot to fit rail. Back: 1 sheet hardboard, 8ft ×4ft ×⅛in. Hinges: 3 ornamental hinges, or three 3-in butt hinges. Catch: One ½in. ball catch. D. moulding to cover join in side boards: 2 pieces 6ft 2 ¾in. long. 2 dozen corrugated fasteners, to join boards together. Nails: 1lb. 2in. brads. ½lb. 1 ¼in. brads.