Show new ideas for handy BOYS by A NEEL Y lr authan of for boy me boy et 6 4 73 rn m m C F 7 U U U D D D 3 A ROCKER AND A dark CHAIR figure 1 shows a unique rocking chair tor for a boys room made from a small box and boards from the wood pile if you can find a pair of rockers from a broken chair use them for your rocker it if not it la Is not difficult to make a pair because you can got a pattern from one of the rockers in the house all that Is necessary to get this pattern Is to lay a chair on its side upon a board and then mark out around the rocker on the board lay out the two rockers accurately because they must be absolutely the same and saw them out of the board carefully after sawing them smooth up the surfaces with a plane diane and sandpaper the box found forma the chair seat and should be about 18 inches by 16 inches by 12 inches in size it if the box you have for the purpose Is a few inches wider or longer than these measurements it will cot not matter as it all only make that much larger chair but 12 inches Is just the right height and your box should not be higher than this to make a comforE comfortable able rocker replace any split or knotty boards with pieces removed from another va the desk chair box and lall on the cover boards to form the top of the seat figure 2 shows how two braces A should be le nailed to the bottom of the box and fig 3 shows bow their ends should be cut to fit over the rockers by looking at any rocking chair you will see that the rear ends of the rockers are set several inches closer together than the front andr provide for this in preparing strips aana be careful to set the rockers the same distance lc ir from each side so the chair will rock evenly screw the rockers to strips A as shown the back of the rocker should be constructed la in one piece as shown in fig 4 and nd be nailed to tho the box as in fig 2 cut strips B ai 2 inches wil le by 2 feet 9 inches long strips C 1 inches wide by 21 inches long and trips strips D 1 inches wide by 24 inches long lone after making the back and screwing or nailing the lower ends of strips B to the back of the box cut the two strips E fig 2 1 inches wide by 20 inches long strips F F 1 inches wide by 10 inches 10 long ng and ad trips strips G 1 inches wide by 16 inches long fasten these strips to the bos box ucb and to each other as shown in fig 1 and 2 then cut the right arm 11 piga FIGs 2 and 5 18 19 inches long by 3 inches wide at the narrow end and 8 inches wide at the wide end and cut the left arm of the same length by 3 inches wide after nailing the arms in place brace the right arm with the small triangular block I 1 fig 2 when you have completed the rocker smooth up all rough edges with sandpaper then drive all nail boles holes below the surface of the wood and putty up the holes and all cracks and joints unless the boards of the box seat are disfigured with trademarks which cannot be removed the best beat way to finish the rocker is to with a a wood stain go to any paint store and select the color of stain you want from the dealers color card A small can of stain can be bad had for 16 15 or ac cents two coats of oil paint will be best it if there are any blemishes in the wood nood to cover give the measurements of the chair seat to your mother or sister and ask her to make you a cushion for it it thus equipped your homemade home made rocker will be as comfortable as any chair in the bouse house it is generally easy to find a broken chair and you ought to be able to get a discarded piano stool in your storeroom from some neighbor or at a secondhand store as they are being replaced nowadays by the more mod ern piano bench having procured these two articles it is possible to make a splendid revolving deck derk chair like the one shown in fig 6 and the work can be quickly done too remove the chair ks its then set the sent seat and back upon the stool fig 7 land and screw it to the top drive the screw heads beads below the surface 0 of f the wood and fill in over the heads beads with putty refinish the chair to ria match the stool as nearly as possible and your revolving desk chair will be completed copyright br A neely hall |