HOW TO MAKE TEACHERS DESK FURNITURE

TEACHERS DESK

Requirements:

Closets

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

Pigeonholes.

2 Cocoa Boxes (5 in. deep, 8 1/2 in. wide, 11 in. long).

Closet Shelves.

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

Partitions.

2 Pieces 1/2 in. thick, 6 in. wide, and length equal to the inside depth of the box. 

Corner Trim.

8 Pieces 1/2 in. thick, 1 1/2 in. wide, and length equal to the outside length of the box. 8 Pieces 1/2 in. thick, 2 in. wide, and length equal to the outside length of the box.

 Top.

1 Piece 5/8 in. thick, 1 1/2 in. wider than the outside depth of the box, and 42 in. long.

 Brace.

1 Piece 1/2 in. thick, 6 in. wide, and 36 in. long.

 Pigeonhole Shelves.

4 Pieces 8/8 in. thick, the width equal to the inside depth of the box, and length equal to the inside length of the box. 2 Pieces 8/8 in. thick, 4 in. wide, and length equal to the inside depth of the box.

  Long Shelf.

1 Piece 1/2 in. thick, the width equal to the out-side depth of the box with the cover removed, and about 22 in. long.

 Door Cleats.

4 Pieces 1/2 in. thick, 2 in. wide, 5 in. shorter than the outside width of the box. 

Doors.

The doors will be made from covers removed from the boxes.

  Hardware.

 2  pull-knobs.  4  3 in. tee hinges and screws.

Construction: 

Make the corner trim (same construction as described for legs) the same length as the outside length of the box. Remove the covers. Turn one of the larger boxes open side up, and fit the lower shelf in place (snug fit), placing it in the center of the length of the box, and secure it by driving 1 1/4 inch brads through the sides of the box directly into the edges of the shelf. Space the brads about 3 inches apart. Fit the upper shelf. Remove it and fasten to it the partition, with the brads driven through the shelf into the edge of the partition, placing the partition at the center of the shelf. Place the shelf and partition, and secure the shelf in the same manner as the lower shelf, having the partition close up to the end of the box. Set the partition vertically true and secure it with brads driven through the end of the box into its edge. Nail on the corner trim, placing one on the corner of each closet box. Make the door to fit between the corner trim. Make it 1/4 inch shorter than the out. side length of the box. Put the cleats on; the upper one just low enough to clear the upper shelf, and the lower one the same distance up from the bottom end. Lay the door on, having the top end even with the end of the box. Place the hinges about 15 inches apart and equal distance from the ends. Screw the knob on the door midway the height and 2 inches from the edge.

A small screw-button may be placed on the leg Opposite the knob to hold the door closed. Duplicate this with the other large box. Stand both closets on end, space apart, and put the top on, having the rear edge even with the face of the corner trim. Have the ends and front project equally, then nail securely to each closet. Cut away the back half of the lower end of the rear inside corner trim for a height of 6 inches from the bottom end of the closets, to receive the brace. Put the brace on and nail it in place. It will extend across the rear of the closets at the bottom, fitting into the recess made in the two in- side corner trims, and its ends will butt against the out- side corner strips, its rear face being even with the rear face of the corner trim. Place the small boxes which are to form the pigeonholes, and fasten them by nails driven from the inside of the box into the top of the desk, having their ends and rear faces even with the edges of the desk top. Fit and secure the shelves and.partitions with small brads in the same manner as those for the closets. Put a small cleat 3/8 inch thick and 3/4 inch deep on the inner ends of each box, and cut the shelf to length and fasten with brads driven through near its ends into the cleats.