The three gable boards, cut from ship-lap, can be more easily made after the cottage is assembled. After they are fitted, each board must be fastened with screws which will find a hold in the rafters. These boards are marked D. Be sure that all lag-screw holes for the corner and floor moorings are bored before starting to assemble the parts.
The screens are made with the half-lap construction at the corners reinforced with angle plates. This construction is shown in the detail sketch. The screens, or storm wings, should be covered with a good grade of oilcloth or canvas. They are hung with an ordinary 3-in. wing hinge.
The adjusting device for these storm wings consists of a piece of 1-in. gas pipe, 4 ft. long, threaded on one end to receive a collar. Two flanges are used, one on each side of the board, above the wings and located centrally. A wood plug is driven into the outer end of the pipe, and a small pulley, suitable for a ³⁄₈-in. rope, hung on it. Place a screw eye centrally into the lower edge of the wing and tie the end of a ³⁄₈-in. rope to it. Run the other end of the rope through the pulley and a hole in the wall. Place screw eyes, to which the rope may be tied, at proper places on the inside of the wall boards. An ordinary screen door is hung in the door opening.
Each Section is So Constructed That It can be Easily Handled and Set Up with the Others to Form a Cottage, Only Screws being Used to Fasten the Joints for Quick Assembling
A house built in this manner was placed in the courthouse lawn as a permanent fixture. Among other things brought out in the construction was the fact that a cottage may be built by a boy at a cost less than $50. Thus a stricken parent, brother, or sister may be provided, by the hands of a young mechanic, with the first means that may bring him or her back to health.
To Remove Putty from the Hands
Putty purchased from a dealer is usually in a soft and oily state, and the amateur glazier soon finds his hands, as well as the tools, plentifully smeared after the job is finished. Removing this from the hands with the putty knife or a stick is very tedious, but if a bunch of fine excelsior is used, the putty will be removed quickly and thoroughly.
Focusing Screen for Enlarging Cameras
It is often very difficult when focusing an enlarging camera to determine just when the perfect focus is reached, especially when the negative is dim and without contrasting lights and shades. This difficulty may be overcome and a perfect focus quickly determined by the use of a focusing screen prepared as follows: Take a clear film or plate, one that has been fixed without being exposed, and when dry, rule lines on it with India ink to form small squares. To make the ink adhere to the film, dust the latter with talcum powder.