With these facts as a basis, the form can be sketched out.
[Fig. 168] shows, perhaps, the simplest style, on the mission order. The design of the front becomes a matter of proportion, and the dimensions given are only suggestions which the young designer can modify to meet his own ideas, keeping in mind that on horizontal members, if there is any difference in size, the upper ones should be the smaller.
Simple as this design appears, if put together by mortise and tenon, with provision made for the panelled front and sides, it will call for fine work. As there is no great question of strength involved, the following method will do for making this case. It will be called heretical by expert woodworkers, but is practicable and easy from the boy's point of view.
Square up a piece of 1⁄4-inch stock 4 inches wide and 13 inches long. Saw out two pieces for the panels 21⁄2 inches long.
Clamp the front piece to a strip of scrap wood as a backing, and bore a hole for the clock face with an expansive bit. Fasten the front to the end pieces by 3⁄4-inch brads, as shown in a. In the same manner nail the top and bottom pieces to the front and ends, making a box of 1⁄4-inch wood, with the back open.
The legs, made 3⁄4 inch square with a 1⁄4-inch rabbet cut out as shown at a, may now be glued on and fastened with two 1-inch brads driven in from the ends. The horizontal rails are cut and fitted to the front and ends and glued in position.
Fig. 168. Mission style clock case
If brads are used, they must be set, and the holes filled with putty, coloured to correspond with the wood used. If the legs of the clock are too short to rest on the bottom, add a shelf, or glue on a block of pine thick enough to bring the clock to the proper level.