. The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign . ng the compartment to be eighteen inches wide,it will give us thirty-six wires, according to our plan of spacing out. The third part of that istwelve, so that if we leave the middle twelve holes in the bottom unwired, it will require a doorjust six inches square to fit exactly. The use of our lengths of pierced cross-bars will now beapparent. We have nothing to do but to cut off two pieces, each containing twelve holes,allowing very nearly the whole half-inch before the first hole and behind the last—that is to say,we mus
. The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign . ng the compartment to be eighteen inches wide,it will give us thirty-six wires, according to our plan of spacing out. The third part of that istwelve, so that if we leave the middle twelve holes in the bottom unwired, it will require a doorjust six inches square to fit exactly. The use of our lengths of pierced cross-bars will now beapparent. We have nothing to do but to cut off two pieces, each containing twelve holes,allowing very nearly the whole half-inch before the first hole and behind the last—that is to say,we must not cut the length off directly through the first hole and through the twelfth, but beforeand behind them—we want twelve clear holes, and a small piece over at each end. Place thesetwo pieces face to face, and it will be seen the holes correspond exactly—one is the top of thedoor and the other the bottom. The side-pieces are of the same dimensions with respect tothickness (but, of course, are not cut from pierced lengths), and must be cut of the precise length. FIG. 7.—WOODEN DOOR. required. Place one of them fair under the second hole of the top piece, and a single brad driventhrough the hole will fix it in its place; do the same with the other, placing it under the eleventhor last hole but one ; turn it up and put the bottom piece on in the same way, and the door-frameis complete. Wire it, and it only then remains to hang it, which is done by unshipping thetwelfth long wire on the right-hand side of the cage, and, after placing the door so that thetwelfth hole of the door-frame is under the twelfth hole of the main middle cross-bar, replacingthe long wire, on which the door will swing as on a hinge. Notch off the inside of the top andbottom pieces of the door-frame at the other end, so that when it shuts it may catch against thetwelfth wire on the left-hand side, and the door when closed will fit flush with the front. Thewhole thing will take scarcely more time to d
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