Show Page Eight TOE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE JUNIOR TIiq Boy Craftsman’s Corner-- What a Gift This SUNDAY MORNING DECEMBER 6 193® — — There’s Still Time to Make Is!— and D— A light sticky is sprung around points of rocker curves to insure smooth lin& It! £—Back slats are boiled and then clamped in vise te get proper permanent curve j Child's Rocker Made From Many Odds and Ends Every little child who wants Daddy to make this rocker for Christmas say “I” Well men now that the din has subsided we'll get to work! Chief among the features of this sturdy little chair is its low cost Almost any kind of hardwood is suitable for the frame and in a pinch even white pine can be used if that is all you have on hand By HAROLD Inches byJ Vi Inches! On one lay out the rocker curve as detailed springing a light jtick around the points to aid in marking a smooth curve See picture (D) Following this the two pieces are nailed or screwed together an both are bandsawed at the same time If this is done by hand a keyhole or coping saw will do the work The sawed rockers lire then left fastened together while they are filed and sanded smoothly then bored to receive the legs The two slats that form the chair back must be bent to shape before assembly This is easy to do The pieces are first boiled in T BODKIN smooth and cut to fit in plce Handicraft Plan No 40 gives complete instructions for weav-’- ’ ing a rope seat on the chair See picture (A) This plan should be ordered with Plan No 50 so that ou "will not be delayedlvhen you -begin construction One extra note should be given here i e because the seat is wider across the front than at the sides you will double the number of turns of rope across the longest rungs to compensate for the difference Reference to Plan No 40 will make this point clear to you Finishing the Chair All parts are glued together with casein waterproof glue To make doubly sure that the Joints will hold you can also "blind nail” through them after the glue has dried Fill the nail holes with common putty and sand smoothly Picture (C) shows completed chair The rocker should be painted stained or enameled before the above the various lathe-turnare This does parts make a better looking Job but If you have no lathe yoti can use square stock for the main parts beveling or rounding off the corners with a wood rasp and sand- water for about 20 minutes-Meanwhpaper The chair rungs are stock! :hot the simple Jig illusbirch dowels obtainable trated in picture (E) is made at hardware stores and lumber ready Then quickly take the wood from the water and before yards for a few cents each Little It can lose its heat clamp both need be said about the actual sim-p- le so pieces in the vise About 24 hours is for this design turning are required for the wood to dry be can that turning sizes out after which it is sanded taken directly from Handicraft Plan No 50 which is fully Handicraft Plans Show Complete Details of Workbench and Cabinet com-r When the frame parts are bored are at specipleted holes Handicraft Plan No 50 and No 40 completely detail the confied locations to take the ends struction of a child’s rocker of the pieces during assembly Enclose 10 cents (in coins) for Plan No 50 or 20 cents (in coins) and the mortises are also cut to if you require both Plan No 50 and Plan No 40 to receive the ends of the two Youth Activities Home Service Bureau Handicraft Dept Salt Lake curved slats at the back of the City Utah chair Unless otherwise specified r the doweled ends of the arms Name -- Inch legs etc are turned to i Street and Number diameter This done the parts are set aside for the time being City and State Making the Rockers (Please print name and address clearly to avoid error) — — stock : for r the rockers should : be two pieces 20 Inches by 3 Copyright 1938 by Cooaollclrtod New posture Ine As shown ed ile Ji-in- Tribune-Telegra- - !!!! m t seat is woven so that paint will not smear on the seat If maple has been used for the frame commercial maple stain makes an attractive finish- - The same is true with oak Stained finishes are then varnished over If you have used soft woods apply thinned-dow- n paste filler sand when ury and then enamel or pglnt the frame Christmas Is Here! busy around our house Keeping their secrets- quiet as a Everyone’s mouse Children are writing to Santa Claus dear Hoping he’ll bring them lots of cheer The same bright colors we use every Are bringing the Christmas spirit near While: throughout this happy Christmas time' The air is filled with a magic rhyme: Christmas is here! is here! Christmas ’ KNIGHT IRENE ALLEN 12 - Escalante d Mt Nebo I looked on high Mt Nebo Snow-Cappe- ‘ wearing a white fur cap Her silver and gold vegetation Was covered and gone for a nap The Lord had sent a blanket of : A -- snow To cover her golden brown head Which needed some protection While sleeping snug In her bed ' — GRACE SEAMONS Age 13 Mona ' There are over lizards 1000 species of -- |