Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . Fig. top, the edges must be bevelled (see Bevelling). Kennel.—There are many kinds of dog-houses, and thestyle and size must, of course, depend upon the dog and thesituation. A good kennel (Fig. 187) for a small dog can be made verymuch as you would make a box (see Box-makings page 219). Iffor a very small dog the ends, sides, floor, and sides of the roofcan each be made of one piece, but ordinarily theseparts will each be made oftwo or more boards are suit-able. First get out the bot-tom, then the sides andends. If you
Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . Fig. top, the edges must be bevelled (see Bevelling). Kennel.—There are many kinds of dog-houses, and thestyle and size must, of course, depend upon the dog and thesituation. A good kennel (Fig. 187) for a small dog can be made verymuch as you would make a box (see Box-makings page 219). Iffor a very small dog the ends, sides, floor, and sides of the roofcan each be made of one piece, but ordinarily theseparts will each be made oftwo or more boards are suit-able. First get out the bot-tom, then the sides andends. If you use boardswith square edges you mustof course use pieces of dif-ferent widths, so that thecracks between them will notmeet at the corners, or putposts at the corners. I his is the best way to do with matched boards, if the house is at alllarge. Nail these parts together. It will be easiest to cut the slant. 134 Wood-Working for Beginners at the top of each end—the gable—so that the sides of the roofwill meet in a right angle. This looks well and saves the need ofbevelling the edges of the roof-boards. An opening for the door-way should be cut in one of the ends before the roof is nailed you do not use matched boards, a strip should be nailed on theinside at each side of the doorway, to keep the boards roof-boards for one side should be as much longer than thosefor the other as the thickness of the stock. The same appliesto the width of the saddle-boards which cover the extreme the roof is not made of matched boards, battens should benailed over the cracks as shown in Part III. For a large dog a kennel should be built more like a real house and not somuch like a box. Astructure with a frame(Fig. i88) can be builtof any size suitable fora kennel, and will bemore durable than thepreceding form. For the frame, smalljoists, or strips of planko[ any size from i ^
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