Handy man's workshop and laboratory . , out of one and the same piece of wood, without joining orthe use of pins, seems almost impossible. Nevertheless, a novice, so far as the use of wood-working tools is concerned,will be able to make one byfollowing the instructions herelaid down. The size of the stand willdepend upon the use to whichit is intended to be put. Iffor a music stand or a largebook rest, eighteen incheswide by three feet long willbe a nice size. If intended forthe table, for smaller sizebooks, the length would bet-ter be only eighteen inches,the same as the width. The board shou
Handy man's workshop and laboratory . , out of one and the same piece of wood, without joining orthe use of pins, seems almost impossible. Nevertheless, a novice, so far as the use of wood-working tools is concerned,will be able to make one byfollowing the instructions herelaid down. The size of the stand willdepend upon the use to whichit is intended to be put. Iffor a music stand or a largebook rest, eighteen incheswide by three feet long willbe a nice size. If intended forthe table, for smaller sizebooks, the length would bet-ter be only eighteen inches,the same as the width. The board should be oneand one-eighth inches thick,free from knots, cracks, andother defects. Either walnut,oak, or mahogany will would be well for a novice, in fact it would save time inany case, to have the saw cuts shown in Fig. 255 done at a millor carpenters shop. As seen by the dotted lines and in the endelevation, these cuts do not extend the full length of the board,but to within two inches of each other, at the center of the Fig 254—A music stand made, withoutjoining, of two intermeshing pieces HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY 3X5 The board being cut, the/next step is to mark five equally-spaced divisions, as shown in Fig. 257. The four short verticallines are to be cut straight through the board, but the horizontallines, joining them at the top and bottom, must only be cut halfway through, or to the saw cut. The parts shown shaded arecut with a flat chisel, at an angle of forty-five degrees from thecenter, down to the vertical cut of the horizontal lines, as clearlyshown in the side elevation. The board is now turned over and
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