Figs. 195-199.—Details of Cabin Door.
You will find the old-fashioned
Wooden Latch and latch-string a very good and serviceable fastening for a cabin door, the details for the making of which are shown in Figs. [194], [196, 197, 198, and 199]. It consists of three pieces of wood,—a strip two feet long and two inches wide for the latch, with the ends rounded and a hole bored through it at E and another at F, as shown in [Fig. 196]; a guard cut similar to [Fig. 197], with a slot in it about three and one-half inches long and one inch deep; and a catch similar to [Fig. 198], with its upper edge rounded so the latch will easily slide into the slot. With the pieces thus prepared you will find it an easy matter to fasten them in the places shown in [Fig. 194]. The catch is set into the jamb of the door as shown in [Fig. 198], the latch is screwed to the door at E, and the guard is fastened over the latch in the position shown in [Fig. 194].
The Latch-string is fastened to the latch at F, and run through a hole bored in the door above the top batten. To the outside end of the latch-string attach a weight of some kind to keep it from pulling through the hole (see [Fig. 199]). To lock the door from the inside, you will find a wooden button screwed to the door at G ([Fig. 194]) very good, as it prevents the latch from being lifted, when turned against it as shown in the illustration. As in the case of the windows, a seven-eighths-inch stop should be nailed to the door head and jambs outside of the door, for the door to swing against, and to keep out the rain and wind (see [Fig. 193]).
You will have need of but few pieces of furniture within the cabin, and those can be made very simple, out of material at hand.
A Mantel-shelf out of a board five feet long should be fastened above the fire-place by means of three triangular brackets, and it is a good idea to make your
Provision Cupboard to sit upon this, as shown in the drawing of the cabin interior ([Fig. 192]). Use a couple of the boxes in which you bring your camping outfit for this. Set them side by side, as in the illustration, place a shelf or two within them, and, after battening the cover boards together, attach them to the ends of the boxes with hinges cut out of leather.