The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . em to the house so that the ridge is fifteen inchesabove the third floor. Then nail a board nineteen incheslong by ten inches wide in the peak of the roof {D inFig. 104), and a narrow strip three inches from each side wall {K and L in Fig. 100).These cut off the triangularshape of the ball-room and giveit a better appearance. The Chimney is made the sameas those for the other house, withthe exception of the cap, whichis built up of strips of cigar-boxesto represent corbelled brick (seeFig. 103). These strips shouldbe
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . em to the house so that the ridge is fifteen inchesabove the third floor. Then nail a board nineteen incheslong by ten inches wide in the peak of the roof {D inFig. 104), and a narrow strip three inches from each side wall {K and L in Fig. 100).These cut off the triangularshape of the ball-room and giveit a better appearance. The Chimney is made the sameas those for the other house, withthe exception of the cap, whichis built up of strips of cigar-boxesto represent corbelled brick (seeFig. 103). These strips shouldbe three-sixteenths of an inchwide, and fastened in place bymeans of small brads. An Elevator is something whichis found in but few was built in this house, think-ing it might please the youngmistress, and proved such a suc-cess that the scheme has beenworked out carefully in , 105, 106, 107, and 108, that you may include it inthe house you build. The cutting of the elevator-shaft has already beendescribed. For material, procure two small pulleys, such. Fig. 103. Fig. 105.
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