Part 6 (2/2)

7 Pocket Pin-Cushi+on

_Proble (See page 63)

_Material_--Basswood: two pieces, 331/4 inches One piece of heavy felt 331/4 inches Glue Water-color paints

Stain

Find the center of each square of wood by drawing the diagonals With the compass at the radius of one and one-half inches, describe a circle on each piece of wood (on one side only) Remove spaces A, B, C, and D with the knife, and you have a circular block Reinal design and apply it to your wood With the knife groove the outline of this design There should be a space three-eighths of an inch wide between the edge of the wood and the outer edge of the design When the design is grooved in, color it Red, green and yellow are the best colors Their identity is not lost in staining Lastly, stain and polish the face of the blocks Cut the felt the size of the blocks, cover the back of each block with glue, place the felt between the two, and keep the whole in press for several hours The iven sin for both backs of the cushi+on

[Illustration: THERMOMETER BACK--(For description see page 61)]

[Illustration: PIN CUshi+ON]

[Illustration: DESIGNS FOR PIN CUshi+ON]

8 Picture Fraum, walnut or oak One piece, 861/4 inches, for frame; one piece, 5-1/441/4 inches, for back; one piece, 4-1/231/4 inches, for supports; two pieces, 3-1/43/81/4 inches, and one piece, 5-1/43/81/4 inches for cleats Glue Half-inch brads

Should basswood be used it um, walnut, or oak rain and finish

[Illustration: PICTURE FRAME]

On the 861/4-inch board mark off with a pencil a center space 2-3/43-3/4 inches in size With a gimlet bore holes at points A, B, C, and D Connect these holes with a pencil line as a guide for cutting

Along the line roove which h By working around the square in this way, the center will soon be opened Trim the wood as smoothly as possible with a knife; then use sandpaper to level and finish off Bevel the edge of the opening if you wish

Cut in half the 4-1/231/4-inch piece of wood, and ure 2 With a pencil draw the shape of these supports on the wood; in whittling work very carefully, as they are small and will easily split As far as possible, hold the pieces so that the knife will shave with the grain of the wood In crosscut work froht cut, keep notches at opposite ends, so that if the knife should slip and the wood split no serious dae will be done

Place the cleats on the back half an inch fro in between the two shorter ones Glue thelue the back (1) before nailing it Next glue and nail on the two supports against the back and on a level with the lower edge (Figure 4) On the fourth side, where there is no cleat, is the opening through which the picture is slipped When the frame is satisfactorily sandpapered, oil and polish it

9 japanese Box

_Proble lid and bottom extend beyond sides

_Stock_--Basswood: two pieces, each 8-1/23-1/21/4 inches, for lid and bottom; two pieces, each 821/4 inches, for sides; two pieces, each 2-1/221/4 inches, for ends; two pieces, each 2-1/21/41/4 inches, for cleats Glue

Half-inch brads Stain Wax

[Illustration: japANESE BOX]

On the 8-1/23-1/21/4-inch pieces of wood, cut a bevel a quarter of an inch wide

Place the two ends between the two sides; glue and nail Set this rectangular frame on the under side of the bottoe, and trace the shape with a pencil Remove the frame; the pencil line indicates where the nails are to be driven to secure the frame to the base Now set the frame on the upper side of the botto as on the under side, and lue, place it on the base and press the two until the glue is dry Drive the brads through frouiding line

Having beveled and sandpapered the lid, trace a design on it, and outline this design by grooving

[Illustration]

Nail the 2-1/21/41/4-inch cleats to the under side of the lid, five-eighths or an inch from each end and half an inch from each side