Directions:
Take the 2 sides (1” × 5” × 33½”) and round each end in the shape of a half circle, boring a 1” hole in each end of side piece to hold handles (1” × 1” × 15”). Fit bottom on inside of box and nail it. Mortise 3½” from the top of the legs to fit cross pieces, 1” × 3½” × 12”. Make a ¼” mortise on the legs 9” from the bottom for the support of the bottom shelf. Measure 2½” from the top of the leg to put tenon for the front drawer support. Construct the opposite end of the table in the same way. The upper top of table, showing the lid and handle, should be fastened to top after the table is made. In making the frame for the drawer, 2½” deep × 13½” wide × 23½” long, nail the front and back to the sides. Then nail the bottom of the drawer to the inside of this frame with one partition nailed crosswise the center of the drawer. Place handles on the front of the drawer about 3” from each end. Screw on the 2 pieces placed 9” from bottom of the leg, with 2½” No. 10 screws. Cut the bottom shelf out 1½” at each corner, fit to the legs, and screw. This shelf must be stationary. Brackets, 1” × 8” × 8”, are screwed on at one end of the shelf to be used as supports to which the wheels are fastened. The drawer may be used for silverware and to keep the linen. The side used for silverware should be lined with felt or outing. The table should be well dressed by sandpapering, staining, and polishing it. Do not varnish it because this does not make so attractive a table as the mission stain.
SIDEBOARD
(Made of Dry Goods Boxes)
A unique article made of dry goods boxes, which may be used in the dining room as a sideboard or in the kitchen as a cupboard. Two dry goods boxes are joined together to make the lower section, one end on each box being removed to be used as shelves in the sideboard. The upper section with its three shelves is made from pieces of other boxes. On two of the shelves brass hooks are arranged at equal distances apart, on which the cups hang. A groove may be made under the lower shelf and on the top shelf, in which the small plates and saucers rest. The two drawers, made according to dimensions and out of pieces of boxes, can be lined with felt or outing flannel to hold the silverware. Attractive curtains may be made of some suitable material and hung in front of the upper section. This is especially an interesting problem for boys in a school to work out.
Materials:
- 3 large boxes for lower and upper sections of sideboard.
- 3 small boxes to be used for drawers.
- 2 pairs 1½” (butt) hinges to fasten doors.
- ½ lb. 6-penny nails to build sideboard.
- 2 metal knobs to be used on lower doors.
- 24 brass cup and saucer hooks.
- 2 hand bolts to be used on front of drawers.
- Sandpaper and stain.
Dimensions: Lower Section:
- Body: 2 boxes 13” deep × 12½” wide × 26” long.
- Shelves: 2 pieces 1” thick × 12” wide × 24” long.
- Cleats: 4 pieces ½” thick × ¾” wide × 12” long, to be used under the shelves.
- Doors: 4 pieces ¾” thick × 2” wide × 26” long, to be used for upright pieces.
- 4 pieces ¾” thick × 2” wide × 8” long, to be used as crosspieces.
- 2 pieces ½” thick × 9” wide × 23” long, to be used as panels.
- Legs: 4 pieces ½” thick × 2¾” wide × 36” long.
- 4 pieces ½” thick × 2½” wide × 36” long.
Upper Section: