PLAN FOR A CABINET. 



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The picture shows the cabinet complete, and the plan 

 following it is drawn so that every measurement in it 

 is one-sixteenth of 

 the corresponding 

 measurement in the 

 finished cabinet. 

 No nails are used. 

 Wood of light color 

 looks well ; chest- 

 nut is easily work- 

 ed. The ends of 

 the top and bottom 

 are mortised into 

 the sides. Close 

 to the side boards, 

 holes are bored 



through the projecting parts of the tenons ; and 

 wedges are inserted and hammered tight. 



The frames of the doors are doweled at the corners, 

 each joint being made by boring a hole through one 

 piece into the next, and inserting a dowel coated with 

 glue. The short dotted lines in the plan help to ex- 

 plain this. The glass should not be set with putty, 

 but with narrow strips, beading, or rattan, fastened 

 with brads or needle-points. Butt-hinges may be 

 used, with ornamental hinge-plates set outside as 

 shown. Hook one door to the shelf, and it will hold 

 the other door shut. 



The shelves may be made with raised edges, like 

 trays the front rims are not shown in the picture on 

 the following page. These edges will keep the con- 

 tents from rolling off when the trays are taken out. 

 The shelves slope forward to show the specimens to 

 better advantage ; and they rest on dowels let into 

 auger-holes in the side boards. To prevent them from 

 slipping, pegs are set in them underneath, resting 



