HOW TO MAKE BOYS WORK TABLE FURNITURE

BOYS WORK TABLE

Similar to the Teacher’s Desk, without the upper compartments and having the closets open at the sides in- stead of in front; the waste box between, acting as a brace, makes a rear brace as in the Teacher’s Desk unnecessary.

NOTE.

The Kitchen Table is made the same as the Boy’s Work-Table, except that the closets are provided with additional shelves and have no doors, and two shelves in the recess supplant the waste box between the closets. 

Requirements: 

Closets.

2 Rubber-shoe Boxes (about 13 1/2 in. deep, 14 1/2 in. wide, 27 1/2 in. long). 

Waste Receptacle.

 1 Jam Box (about 11 1/8 in. deep, 7 5/8 in. wide, 18 in. long).

Bench Top.

1 Piece 1 in. thick, 6 in. wider than the outside width of the closet boxes, 6 in. longer than twice the outside depth of the closet boxes added to the outside length of the waste-recep- tacle box (2 boards wide).

Shelves.

4 Pieces 1/2 in. thick, the width equal to the inside depth of the box, and length equal to the inside width of the box.

Doors.

 Made from the covers removed from the boxes.

Door Cleats.

4 Strips 1/2 in. thick, 1 1/2 in. wide, 2 8/4 in. shorter than the outside width of the closet box.

Corner Trim.

8 Strips 8/8 in. thick, 1 8/8 in. wide, and length equal to the outside length of the closet box. 8 Strips 8/8 in. thick, 1 8/4 in. wide, and length equal to the outside length of the closet box. 

Hardware.

4  1 8/4 in. hinges (butts). 2 porcelain pull-knobs. 2 buttons.

Construction:

Make the corner trim the length of the outside length of the closet box. Remove the covers. Nail the corners trim on both closet boxes and stand them on end on the floor

22 1/2 inches apart, with their closed backs facing each other. Place the waste-wood receptacle on the floor between them, its open top facing up, and nail each end of it to one of the closets. The waste box should be in a central line with the closets. Clinch the nails and fit and nail the shelves in place, one shelf in the closet containing the long tools and three in the other closet, spaced apart as will be most convenient. Put the top on and nail it in place, allowing it to project 3 inches over the face of the doors and the same over the sides of the closets. Make and fit the doors, putting the cleats on the inside face at such heights as not to interfere with the shelves when the doors are closed. Hang the doors and screw on the pull-knobs and buttons.