The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . ush when polishing paste is used, the 1)().\ is i)i()-vided with an arrangement by which a rag can be rul^bedover the shoe without much effort (see illustration). Procure a box about the size of a soap or cracker-box, and fasten a board in it for a foot-rest, as shown at Ain the drawing. On eachside of this place a pieceof a broom-handle a littleshorter than the insidewidth of the box, and pivotthem at the ends with wirenails driven through thesides of the box, as shownin the illustration. Gimletholes should be made i
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . ush when polishing paste is used, the 1)().\ is i)i()-vided with an arrangement by which a rag can be rul^bedover the shoe without much effort (see illustration). Procure a box about the size of a soap or cracker-box, and fasten a board in it for a foot-rest, as shown at Ain the drawing. On eachside of this place a pieceof a broom-handle a littleshorter than the insidewidth of the box, and pivotthem at the ends with wirenails driven through thesides of the box, as shownin the illustration. Gimletholes should be made inthe sides of the box so thenails will fit loosely in a strip of canton-flannel twenty-four incheslong by six inches wide,and, after sewing two brass rings to each end, pass thecloth under the rollers and over the foot-rest, as shownin the illustration. The lower part of the box will hold your boxes ofblacking and the brushes. To have access to this, aboard should be removed from the side of the box andhinged as at B and C in the illustration. Place a button-. FiG. 61. — A Blackino;-case. 70 PROFITABLE PASTIMES catch just above it to keep it shut. Fasten together theboards forming the box-cover with battens, and hingethem to the end of the box. The outside of the casewill be improved greatly if covered with denim. After applying the paste to the shoe, the foot shouldbe slipped under the cloth which passes over the foot-rest. Two fingers of each hand should then be placedin the rings and the cloth pulled back and forth overthe rollers until the shoe is polished. A Towel-rack, such as is shown in Fig. 62, is madein four pieces, — a board about eighteen inches long for the back, two arms sixinches long, and a pieceof broom-handle eigh-teen inches long. Aftercutting out the armsthe shape shown inFig. 63, bore a holelarge enough for a broom-handle to fit in in each. Bevelthe edges of the eighteen-inch board, and then nail it tothe arms, driving the nails through thi
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