The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Fig. 116. — Front Gable-end. movable as in the case of the doll-house. Make a three-by-five-inch window in the centre of D, and fasten the glass in place withstrips cut as de-scribed in ChapterV. Strips shouldbe nailed to theroof just inside ofthe movable sec-tion to prevent thelatter from settingin too far, and a spring catch fastened to C and D asshown, to hold the movable section in place. Figure 117 gives the patterns and measurements forThe Stall Partitions, four of which should be cut outand fastened to the floo
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . Fig. 116. — Front Gable-end. movable as in the case of the doll-house. Make a three-by-five-inch window in the centre of D, and fasten the glass in place withstrips cut as de-scribed in ChapterV. Strips shouldbe nailed to theroof just inside ofthe movable sec-tion to prevent thelatter from settingin too far, and a spring catch fastened to C and D asshown, to hold the movable section in place. Figure 117 gives the patterns and measurements forThe Stall Partitions, four of which should be cut outand fastened to the floor of the stable four inches apart, orso they will divide the inside width into five equal Fig. 117. — Stall Partitions. ANOTHER DOLL-HOUSE AND A STABLE 103 The Feed-troughs are made out of two strips of cigar-boxes fitted between the stalls, as shown in Figs. 115 and117, and are fastened in place by means of bradsand glue. Above thestalls cut Small Windows an inchand one-half square in therear wall. These are theventilating windows forthe stalls, and may be leftopen. Figure 118 shows theconstruction of A Ladder to the hay-loft. This is made outof two sticks twelveinches long, with stripsof cigar-boxes two incheslong glued to them halfan inch apart, as shownin the drawing. Cut awaya section of the hay-loftfloor two inches square
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