Handy man's workshop and laboratory . Fig. 25—Details of the drawing board Fig. 25 is drawn to scale, showing the front and side cupboard (see Fig. 26) is 6 inches deep outside measure-ment, and 3 feet in length. The shelves are a^/i inches apart,making the total height 16 inches. The small cupboard is gl/2inches square inside. It should be furnished with hinges and 22 HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY lock. A small block of wood, tacked in the corners, will preventthe door closing too far inside. The pigeonholes can be eitherplain or furnished with drawers, and the general design
Handy man's workshop and laboratory . Fig. 25—Details of the drawing board Fig. 25 is drawn to scale, showing the front and side cupboard (see Fig. 26) is 6 inches deep outside measure-ment, and 3 feet in length. The shelves are a^/i inches apart,making the total height 16 inches. The small cupboard is gl/2inches square inside. It should be furnished with hinges and 22 HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY lock. A small block of wood, tacked in the corners, will preventthe door closing too far inside. The pigeonholes can be eitherplain or furnished with drawers, and the general design alteredto suit individual tastes, but an arrangement of some kind inwhich to keep pens, ink, pencils, writing material, smaller andfiner grades, of tools, notes, sketches, books, and clippings fromthe press or magazines. Nothing can be more useful than a placeto keep all such things, for accumulate they will. The brackets upon which the cupboard rests, and to which the. Fig. 26—General view of the drawing board and cupboard battens are connected, and also the brackets at the foot of thebraces, can be made from 2 by 3 stuff cut 7^2 inches in length,and secured firmly to the wall of the shop. Make the battensand braces 1 inch by 2^, of hard wood, secured to the bracketswith large screws, the holes being a trifle large in the battens,and the screws not driven all the way home. The cross-brace isdovetailed into the supporting braces, as shown in Fig. 25. Thelength of the battens and braces is 2 feet 4 inches and 2 feet 1inch, out to out, beveled to an angle of 45 degrees at one end androunded at the other. Care must be taken to secure the fixed HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY 23 ends not more than i % inches from the near edge, of the wallbrackets, or the board will not close up properly when foldedagainst the wall, as shown at the left in Fig. 25. Three holes for adjusting the board at several angles arebored 2^ inches apart, the first one being 4
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