New Ideas for American Boys; The Jack of All Trades — John Shaqi
New Ideas for American Boys; The Jack of All TradesBeard, Daniel Carter
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New Ideas for American Boys; The Jack of All Trades
Beard, Daniel Carter
Amusements; Sports
in Fig. 69, and you will see that the outside two-by-four rests partly
upon the top of the end beam, and the side-plate rests directly upon
it. You will also observe that the inside two-by-four rests directly
upon the sill, which would make the former four inches longer than
the outside piece, if it extended to the side-plate; but you will
also notice that there is a notch in the end-plate for the outside
corner-piece to fit in, and that the end of the end-plate fits on top
the inside piece of the corner-posts, taking off two inches, which
makes the inside piece just six feet long. This is a very simple
arrangement, as may be seen by examining the diagram. Besides the
corner-posts, each of which, as we have seen, is made of two pieces of
two-by-four, there are four studs for the front side, each six feet
two inches long, and one stud for the rear wall, six feet two inches
long. The short studs shown in the diagram (Fig. 69), on the rear side,
are unnecessary, and are only shown so that they may be put in as
convenient attachments for shelves and tool-racks.
The First Stud
on the front is placed two feet from the corner-post, and the second
one about six feet six inches from the first, to allow a space for a
six-foot window over the carpenter’s bench; the next two studs form the
door-jambs, and must be far enough from the corner to allow the door to
open and swing back out of the way. If you
Make Your Door
two and one-half feet wide--a good size--you may set your last stud two
feet from the corner-post, and leave a space of two feet six inches
for the doorway. Now mark off on the floor the places where the studs
will come, and cut out the flooring at these points to allow the ends
of the studs to enter and rest on the sill. Next make four ribs--one
long one to go beneath
The Window,
one short one to fit between the corner-post and the door-stud (not
shown in diagram), another to fit between the door-stud and the
window-stud, and another to fit between the window-stud and the first
corner-post (the nearest corner in the diagram Fig. 69). Next make your
Side-Plate
exactly fifteen feet long. Fit the frame together on the floor, and
nail the pieces together, toe-nailing the ribs in place. A lot of boys
may now raise the whole side-frame, and the ends of the studs can be
slipped into their respective slots, the end-posts made plumb, and
temporarily held in place by a board, one end of which is nailed to
the top end of the post and the other to the end-beam. Such a diagonal
board at each end will hold the side in place until the opposite side
is raised and similarly supported.
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