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Show I New Ideas for Handy Boys I I I By A. NEELY HALL J g I I AntW ct "IhndlcriU for llindr Dor," "The Boy Crtltimin." tie. 1 1 r u ii W'' EZZ7 A 1GZ3) 1 2 3 ( 4 j A ROCKER AND A DESK-CHAIR. Flguro 1 shows a unlqiio rocking chair for a boy'B room, mado from a small box and boards from tho wood pile. If you can find a pair of rock-era rock-era from a broken chair, uso them for your rocker; If not, it 1b not dlfllcult to make a pair becauso you can get n pattern from ono of tho rockers in tho house. All that is necessary to get this pattern la to lay a chair on its sldo upon a board, and then mark out around tho rockor on tho board. Lay out tho two rockers accurately, because they must bo absolutely the same, and saw them out of tho board carefully. After sawing them, smooth up tho surfaces with a piano and Eamlpnper. Tho box forms tho chnlr seat, nnd should bo about IS inches by 1G inches by 12 inches in srzo. If tho box you havo for tho purpose is a few inches wider, or longer thnn theso mensuro-ments, mensuro-ments, it will not matter, as It will prtffty-?iiakc that much larger chair, but 12 inches Is just tho riant height and you)f box should not bo higher than this to mnko a comfortablo rocker. Replace any split or knotty bonrdB with? picccB romovod from another box, and nail on the cover boards to form tho top of tho seat. Figure 2 sIiowb how two braces A should bo nailed to tho bottom of tho box, nnd Fig. 3 shows how their ends should bo cut to fit over tho rockers. By The Desk Chair. looking at any rocking chair you will see that tho rear ends of tho rockers aro set several Inches closer together than tho front ends; provido for this in preparing strips A, and bo careful to set the rockers tho same distanco In from each side, bo tho chair will rock evenly. Screw tho rockers' to strips A as shown. Tho back of tho rockor should bo constructed In ono piece, as shown in Fig. 4, nnd bo nailed to tho box, as in Fig. 2. Cut strips B 2 Inches wide by 2 feet 9 inches long, strips C 1 Inches wldo by 21 inches long, and strips D 1 Inches wldo by 24 Inches long. Aftor making tho back and screwing or nailing tho lower ends of strips B to the back of tho box. cut mo iwo BvnpB a (FlB 2) v. inches wide by 20 inchea long, strips F 1 Inches wide ty i0 ncueB long, and sttlpB G 1 inches wide by 1G Inches long. Fasten (heso strips to tho box and to each other ub shown In Figs. 1 an(l - ""tocut th0 r'Bht arm " (Figs. 2 and 6) i8 ,nchofl ,ong by 3 inches w do at the narrow ond nnd 8 inches wldo at the wldo endi and cut the left arm of ,0 8amo leIlgth by 3 Inches wide. Afts-nmng tho nrmB in p uco. brace thlht arm with tho small triangular b'JF j (FI 2). When you haTe&fplotod tho rock-or, rock-or, smooth up all jiBh edg08 with sandpaper, then ifQ aU nall bolc8 below the surfeit tho wood nnd putty up the hofe, and nll cracka and I lolnta Uplcsatio boards of tho box seat aro disfigured with trademarks which cannot bo removed, tho best way to finish tho rockor is with a wood stain. Ndo to any paint storo, and select tho color of stain you want from tho dealer's color caid. A small can of stain can bo had for 15 or 20 cents. Two coats of oil paint will bo best, If thoro aro any blemishes In tho wood to covor. Glvo tho measurements of tho chair scat to your mother or Bister, and ask her to mako you a cushion for it Thus equipped, your home-made rocker rock-er will bo as comfortablo as any chair In tho house. It is generally enBy to find a broken chair, and you ought to bo nblo to get a discarded piano stool In your store-toom, store-toom, from somo neighbor, or at n second-hand toro, as thoy aro being replaced nowadays by tho moro modern mod-ern piano-bench. Having procured theso two articles, it is possible to make a splendid revolving desk chnlr like tho ono shown In Fig. G, nnd tho work can bo quickly done, too. Remove tho chnlr legs, then set tho scat and back upon tho stool (Fig. 7) nnd screw it to tho top; drlvo tho Bcrew-honds below tho surfneo of tho wood, nnd fill in over tho hoadB with putty, neflnish tho chair to match tho stool as nenrly as possible, and your revolving desk chair will bo completed. com-pleted. (Copyright, by A. Neely Hall.) |