Part 7

The braces are attached to the top of the table with a sufficient number of 1-1/4" No. 8 flat-head screws to insure a strong job.

The legs are notched 3/8" deep, 7" up from the bottom, to receive the lower leg braces. See sketch B, Plate 58. These lower braces are 3/4" × 1-3/8" × 23", joined at their center with a middle lap joint, the same as the top braces, and are held in the notch in the legs with glue and 1-1/2" round-head screws.

All parts should be carefully sandpapered, first with No. 1 sandpaper and then finished with No. 0.

The final finish is optional. It may be stained and varnished or it may be finished in enamel.

If enamel is used there should first be a couple of coats of flat white applied, each coat being sanded when dry, with No. 0 sandpaper, and the final coat of enamel applied.

Some appropriate design, in a grayed color, may be put on with stencil if desired.

CHILD'S CHAIR.

Plate 59 gives directions for making the chairs to match the table in Plate 58.

The rear legs should first be cut out of 7/8" stock, 1-1/8" wide and 25" long. The two connecting rails are 1-1/8" × 9-5/8". The lower rail is notched into both front and rear legs, 6" from the lower ends, 3/8" deep.

The upper rail, on which the seat rests, is notched in 3/8" deep, and 4" above the lower rail. The pieces so far completed may now be sanded and assembled, using glue and 1-1/2" No. 10 round-head screws.

It is well to reinforce the joints by driving an eight-penny finish nail each side of the screws. These should be set below the surface, and the hole should be filled with hard beeswax before painting.

While this is drying, the front and rear rails can be made.

These rails, five in number, are all 7/8" × 1-1/8" × 8-1/4".

The wide back rail is made of 1/2" material, 4-1/2" wide by 8-1/4" long.

Holes should next be bored for the various screws, where indicated on the drawing.

A cross cleat, which runs between the upper side rails and helps support the seat, is made 7/8" × 3" × 8-1/4". This is attached, as shown in the sketch of the joinery of the legs and rails, and is screwed to the under side of the seat with 1-1/4" No. 8 flat-head screws.

The seat is made 7/8" × 10" × 11-1/2" and is notched at the corners to receive the rear legs. The top is rounded slightly on its rear edges.

Next assemble the two sides with glue and screws of proper size, as shown. All surfaces should be carefully sanded and the finish should be treated as described for the table.

INDEX

Adapting the Problem to the Boy's Ability, 15

Bean Bag Game, 72-4

Bench Hook, 22-4

Camel, 38

Child's Cart, 93-5; Chair, 130-1; Dump Wagon, 95-9; Snow Shovel, 46-7; Step Ladder, 59-63; Table, 128-30; Wash Bench, 57-9; Wheelbarrow (Type A), 99-103, (Type B), 102-5

Clown Running Wheel, 105-9

Cock Horse, 109-10

Colonial Doll's Chair, 66-7; Cradle, 87-9; Table, 64-6

Coping Saw Work, 26-7

Darts, 75-7

Dart Board Game, 74-6

Dippy Duck, 40-1

Doll's Bed, 89-91; Clothes Rack, 55-7; Cradle, 84-7; Ironing Board (Size A), 49-51, (Size B), 51-3, (Size C), 53-5; Sleigh, 125-8; Table with Drawer, 62-4

Dowel Sticks, 27

Duck, 30

Elephant, 33

Equipment, 13-4

Finish and Color, 15-7

Five Post Ring Toss, 68-72

Goat, 36

Goose, 31

History of Toy-Making, 11-3

Kiddie Kar, 113-15; Koaster, 116-19

Lamb, 35

Laying Out Work, 14

Merrimac, 44-5

Method of Bending Runners, 121-2; of Enlarging Figures, 39-40; of Jointing Wood, 18-20

Monitor, 42-3

Pelican, 29

Periscope, 47-8

Picture Puzzle Construction, 27-8

Rabbit, 34

Rhinoceros, 32

Ring-The-Hook Game, 68-9

Rocking Rooster, 111-13

Rooster, 37

Sand or Water Mill, 82-4

Simple Tool Sharpening, 24-6

Ski Skippers, 122-5

Ski Skooter, 119-22

Staining, 17-8

Support to be Held in Vise, 20-2; for Holding Coping Saw Work, 20; for Table Use, 22

Transferring a Design, 14-5

Two Types of Stilts, 91-3

Wind Mill, 77-80; (Type B) 80-2

Transcriber's Note.

The equals sign has been used to show 'bold' in this etext.

A few minor typographical errors were amended.

"heighth" changed to "height".

"Sonnenburg" changed to "Sonnenberg"

Title of Plate illustrations were taken from drawings with inconsistent punctuation and this was systematised.