Fig. 43.—Dividing a Board Equally.
In the same way longer boards may be divided up by using two-and three-inch divisions on the rule instead of one-inch, and smaller pieces by using half-and quarter-inch divisions.
[CHAPTER III]
THE BOY ABOUT THE HOUSE
There are generally repairs of some kind to be made about the house—such as mending screens, renewing window-ropes, repairing wooden walks, patching fences, etc.—which a boy can do, besides many ingenious articles for the house which he can make in his workshop. Ideas for labor-saving devices which cannot be bought upon the market present themselves now and then, and if there is a boy in the neighborhood to carry them out, the housekeeper will be only too glad to pay him for doing the work.
For general jobbing you will require a carpenter's carrying-box ([Fig. 17], Chap. I) in which to carry your tools, and a nail-box ([Fig. 18]) for nails, screws, hinges, and such hardware as you will need upon the job. With these you will have a complete outfit.