Fig. 135. Wire nails and nail sets
Fig. 135a Wire nails and nail sets
The cabinet of drawers shown in [Fig. 136] was next designed to keep the assortment of screws and nails, which the boys knew would soon accumulate. As far as possible, they were kept in their original paper boxes, on which the sizes were plainly printed.
The twelve drawers were simply boxes without covers or partitions, and Ralph suggested that it was not necessary to make them all at once, but that they could often fill in spare time that way, and gradually complete the dozen.
Fig. 136. Cabinet for nails and screws
After making the nail box with partitions, this was a simple job, it being only important that they all be of the same size.