The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Fig. Fig. 406. — A Cork Log-cabin. good projection over the ends of the building, and fastenthem to the bottom of the box as shown in the drawing,gluing a number of linen strips to the pieces to holdthem securely in place. Two pieces of cardboard shouldbe cut to fit the gable-ends, and glued in place with linen 370 INDOOR PASTIMES strips. Cut windows in each side of the box and a doorin each end. Having completed the httle cardboardcabin, split enough straight corks in half lengthwise tocover the walls.
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Fig. Fig. 406. — A Cork Log-cabin. good projection over the ends of the building, and fastenthem to the bottom of the box as shown in the drawing,gluing a number of linen strips to the pieces to holdthem securely in place. Two pieces of cardboard shouldbe cut to fit the gable-ends, and glued in place with linen 370 INDOOR PASTIMES strips. Cut windows in each side of the box and a doorin each end. Having completed the httle cardboardcabin, split enough straight corks in half lengthwise tocover the walls. Sharpen your knife well before com-mencing this work, so the corks will cut evenly andwithout breaking. Begin gluing these half corks alongthe bottom of the walls, fitting them end to end as shownin the drawing, and placing one row above another. Fitthem neatly around the windows and door openings, andif they do not space out as evenly as shown in the illus-tration, cut some shorter pieces to fill in. The corkswill quickly adhere to the cardboard if you press yourfinger against each for a
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