BUILDING A POULTRY HOUSE 181 



TOOLS NEEDED FOR THE WORK 



The following tools are necessary. Two sawhorses, one 

 hammer, one crosscut saw, one ripsaw, one screw-driver, 

 one spirit level, one try-square, one steel square, and one 

 two-foot rule. The sawhorses can be made by the students. 



DIRECTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION 



The following details for building the house should be 

 taken up in the form of laboratory exercises, and are here 

 given as such. They are designed for the construction of 

 a portable house, six by eight feet, with a wooden floor. 



FIG. 97. FIG. 98. 



FIG. 97. Detail drawing giving dimensions for runners. 

 FIG. 98. Detail drawing giving dimensions of floor joist. 



LABORATORY EXERCISES 



EXERCISE No. 37. Constructing the Runners. Select for 

 the runners, two hemlock planks, each ten feet long, two 

 inches thick, and ten inches wide. Square both ends, so 

 that the board is exactly ten feet long. Notch the runners 

 so that they will take the floor joists, and also level the ends, 

 according to the detailed sketch. This beveling makes the 

 house slide easily when moved (Fig. 97). 



EXERCISE No. 38. Cutting the Floor Rafters. Select the 

 two by four pieces of hemlock ordered for the floor joists. 

 Cut each of them six feet long, and square the ends. To 

 secure uniformity cut one as pattern and make the others 

 just like it. Fit these floor joists into the slots in the upper 

 part of the runner, and nail securely with ten-penny nails 

 (Fig. 98). 



