The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Fig. 174. — The Washing-box. with water, and set it in one end of the sink where theplates can be set in it after being taken from the fixingbath. When you are through developing, place the boxand plates in the wash-basin or the bath-tub; removethe cork from the box and allow the water to run inat the top and out through the hole near the the negatives have been thoroughly washed, thetray can be removed from the washing-box and used as i A BOYS DARK-ROOM i6i A Drying-rack. Another scheme for a drying-rack
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Fig. 174. — The Washing-box. with water, and set it in one end of the sink where theplates can be set in it after being taken from the fixingbath. When you are through developing, place the boxand plates in the wash-basin or the bath-tub; removethe cork from the box and allow the water to run inat the top and out through the hole near the the negatives have been thoroughly washed, thetray can be removed from the washing-box and used as i A BOYS DARK-ROOM i6i A Drying-rack. Another scheme for a drying-rack easily made isshown in Fi^. 175. For the construction, two piecesof wood twelve inches long by four inches wide will beneeded (A and B in Fig. 175), also two blocks (Cand V)four inches square. Mitre one edge of A and B, andcut a right-angled birds-mouth in C and D to receiveA and B, With the pieces prepared, fasten them. Fig. 175. — A Negative-rack. together as in the illustration. Then procure some cor-rugated straw-board, such as is used for packing glass-ware, etc., cut two pieces four by twelve inches, andtack them to A and B in such a way that the corruga-tions on one strip coincide with those on the a simple rack this cannot be chemicals, supplies, and apparatus, makeA Cabinet similar to the one described for tools in t62 profitable pastimes Chapter I, or the curio-cabinet in Chapter V. Thismakes it possible to keep everything in order and inplaces where they can easily be reached. Such a cabi-net is shown on the wall in Fig. 169. The best scheme for a dark-room Ruby-light is shown in Fig. 169. This is practicable,however, only when you build the dark-room itself andcan cut a window in the partition. It makes it possibleto have your source of light outside of the room, anddoes away with the heat caused by having a lamp within,where you are working. First, cut a ten-by-t
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