Fig. 29. Bat for tip cat
They had so much fun with the cat and bat that woodwork was forgotten for two afternoons. The third day it rained, so the boys were glad to get at work again in the shop.
Ralph suggested that, as they were doing so much drawing, it might be well to make a pencil sharpener.
The drawing they produced is shown in [Fig. 30]. This was easily worked out in 1⁄8-inch wood with a piece of sand-paper glued in the oblong space.
Fig. 30. Pencil sharpener
The sand-paper suggested match scratchers, and as they are useful articles, several designs were worked up for Christmas gifts. Three of these are shown in [Fig. 31], but after a good deal of discussion it was decided that for scratching matches a longer space for sand-paper was necessary, and three other designs ([Fig. 32]) were the result of several hours' work.