Fig. 360.—Brace for centre of steps ready to be cut.
Make a Brace
for the centre where the two sections join, of a two and one-half by three-inch piece of cardboard ruled in half-inch squares and cut like the heavy line on [Fig. 360]. The steps on this must be cut still deeper, each one-half inch, according to the heavy lines in [Fig. 360], and the extensions bent over at dotted lines as in [Fig. 361]. Fit and glue the straight edge of the left-hand front section of steps on this brace; have the brace flush with the edge of the steps. The brace should not reach to the tops as the tread of that step lies upon the foundation of the temple. When the brace is on, lap the edge of the right-hand section over the left-hand section half an inch; glue the two together, and the front flight of steps will be finished.
Make the back flight in like manner.
The Side Steps
have no square corner extensions like [Fig. 359]; the corners are cut according to the heavy line in [Fig. 358]. Each of the side flights of steps must have its central brace, the same as the front ([Fig. 361]), and the two sections of each side must be joined together as you joined the front flight.
| Fig. 361.—The finished brace. | Fig. 362.—Brace for corner of steps ready to be cut. |
