Show I 1 FOR BOYS AND GIRLS S lk A NEELY HALL and dy DOROTHY PERKINS VV V VV VV leht by neoly neely I 1 A tome HOME WORKBENCH 4 11 be e worth our while to save tel and dimes for the material mat to build the workbench ork bench I 1 a am 1 because with ith such a R benah YAW ion nake make many things that would it otherwise ra 2 shows bow how the frame framework ork isted the legs A are two to two wo feet long the top plates 8 are two by fours the I 1 length of III 11 be determined by the width ide e to make the bench the end rails la C arc one by fours of me length as pieces D B the as a rails 11 are one by fours th i of which will be determined length nath you decide to make the I 1 land ad the diagonal braces D are re one by fours awing sawing legs A and top plates le proper lengths spike the VI tha the top of the legs and nail mud falli ca ato to the sides four inches abeta the i bottom fig 3 then cut traces D and nail one on e of the legs aa as la in fie rig 3 ct t the end frames v alth ith the d 1 i E fig 2 and ad thea then with it nal onal braces 11 each top should have at least inch plank la in it along the 4 E C jick lck of this plank one inch ay be used to save on the natverlal nater at erfal lal A strip of wood of r thickness should be nailed D B to miss the boards to the the plank the aide side edges top shield come even ee on B the he top lins been fastened to ewort nail an apron 0 fig front of the bench cut this OU an eight inch board of the the bench mid and trim off or each lie 0 diagonal as shown tench ench vise vivo requires an iron row aw fig 6 5 this will cost at a hardware store cut the pig rig 6 out of a piece of two 0 inches long boro bore a bole hole D ARIA the center of one ace six etow elow eto w the top for the bench betich stick through bore bevel off the own and notch the ive I ve t cora sirle 1 I 1 a piece i thic three inches wide and andl e lone a hole bole through prot 0 and hand and bench leg at exactly the stance belov the bunch top op i hole in the jaw rae bur nl top to then enlarge enla go this hi bole hole 1 inside of the leg as much as sary for the iron threaded g 4 to ft 4 t jr and faatz let in the hole screw HOME MADE POTTERY first you must get the clay model ing clay can be purchased wherever artists materials are told you m lat have a small board to work upon a R pie tin on which to build a knife a abort short stick flat oat on one end and pointed on the other and a ruler begin the little jar in fig rig 1 with its base put a handful of clay on the board pat it out with your band hand until 14 inch thick and smooth off aft the eur our face fig 2 then take a coffee cup invert it upon the base and with your knife trim away aay the clay outside of the rim fig 3 to build up the walls put a handful of clay on the work ork board and smooth it out into a D t 1 f 11 long strip 14 inch thick then with knife and riler rider trim oft off one edge of the piece and cut a number of 0 strips inch wide fg fig 4 taking one stand it on top of 0 the base and aad rub its edge into the base rig 5 continue building the walla walls by placing ore strip upon another joining each to the one beneath and smoothing over the joints as you go until the walls are aa as high as you want vant them to be fill uneven with bits of clay and smooth out rough places with your fingel moistened with water when you have learned bow how to build with clay you will be able to construct any of tho th articles shown in figs 6 to 17 to make the candlestick fig 6 prepare a round base inch thick in na 0 figs 7 and 8 then put pu t a lump of clay la in the center work it into the base place another lump jump on top and work it into the lower portion fig 9 and continue in this vav until the candlestick Is as high aa as you want it then farce a candle into the moist clay twisting it around until it baa has made a deep enough socket for itself fig 10 A cardboard Item pleW with one edge trimmed to the proper shape makes it easy to get the walls sym metrical and projection projections equal fig flig 11 cheo heu you must leave a piece dished cover it a wet cloth to keep the clay from hardening pottery that 0 au buy Is glazed and then fired bard in a kiln but we cannot canant use this process and it Is unnecessary the clay will dry bard hard enough and the 0 ff only thing we must look after Is wa w the pieces places abbt are to hold water this in van be done ith bathtub enamel the enamel may be mixed ith for mt faces and by experimenting JOT you will be able to get seme soma very pretty colo color effects try ornamenting your by drawing designs it r u 1 I 1 stick euck |