So I have simply given you a good deal of room to put them in, and by this time you ought to know how to secure them in their places.
VII.—HINGES AND LOCK.
TO make the tool cabinet complete there must be hinges and a lock. These you can get at a hardware store. Ask for hinges for three quarters inch wood, and about three inches long; you will need three hinges, and the screws to fit the holes. Brass hinges are best, and look neater and more tasteful than iron, though iron will do. If the screws don’t come with the hinges, then look out some that will fit, from your stock on hand.
The first thing for you to settle is which way you wish the cabinet to open; i. e. to the right as in the diagram, or to the left as might be if the only place for your cabinet happened to be a corner which would not admit of opening to the right. Suppose the door is to open to the right. Find the middle of the front edge of the right hand side of cabinet. Mark across the edge, then measure one and one half inches each way from that line and mark. This is the place for the middle hinge. Five inches from the lower corner on the same side, and five inches from the upper corner measure and mark; then measure three inches further from these last lines and mark; these are for upper and lower hinges. In these three spaces, so marked, cut out rectangles as deep as the thickness of one wing of the hinge.
Repeat these measurements, markings and cuttings on the left hand side of cover or door. Be careful in measuring so that the two halves of the cabinet will come together and exactly match.
Now to put on the hinges: Take one hinge, shut it together tight, so as to be sure you are folding it the right way; then open till the wings are at right angles. Lay left wing into space cut for it in right side of cabinet. Take care to have the wing fit neatly, letting the round edge of hinge project. Screw firmly into place. Put all the hinges in place on the cabinet before beginning on the cover.
Now lay the cabinet down flat on your workbench, or on the floor. Put the cover down beside it, with a bit of board or blocks underneath thick enough to bring the hinge places of the door on a level with those of the cabinet. Then fasten the right hand wings of hinges into the places prepared on the left side of door. Be careful, as before, to have the round part of hinge project so that it will work freely and have the wings flush with inside of cabinet and door.
When open, there will be a narrow space between the door and cabinet, but when closed they will fit tight.