BOXES AND BOX SHOCKS 257 



NAILED CONSTRUCTION 



Ends. 



Xot less than f in. thick, 1 one or two pieces. Two-piece ends cleated or fastened 

 with two corrugated fasteners. 



Sides, Tops, and Bottoms. 



Xot less than 3^ in. thick, 1 not more than two pieces to each side, or three pieces 

 to each top or bottom, no piece less than 2 hi. in width. 



Except. 



On the following woods: Hard maple, beech, oak, hackberry, birch, rock elm, 

 white ash, the thickness will be not less than j in., 1 not more than two pieces to each 

 side, or three pieces to each top or bottom and no piece less than 2 in. in width. 



Veneer. 



Red gum not less than j-in thick, 1 one-piece sides and tops, one and two-piece 

 bottoms, no piece less than 2 in. in width. 



Nailing. 



Seven nails to each nailing edge, 4d. standard cement-coated box nails. 



LOCK-CORNER CONSTRUCTION 



Ends. 



Xot less than \ in. thick, i^-in. sides, top, and bottom. 1 All piecing tongued, 

 grooved, and glued, top and bottom nailed with not less than 14 4d. standard 

 cement-coated box nails in each top and each bottom. 



Boxes to Carry: 



24 No. i cans; 



48 No. i cans; 



2^ No. 2 cans; 



And other cans of approximately the same content. 



NAILED CONSTRUCTION 



Ends. 



Xot less than ^-in. thick, 1 one or two pieces Two-piece ends cleated or fastened 

 with two corrugated fasteners. 



Sides, Tops, and Bottoms. 



Xot less than ^ in. thick, 1 not more than two pieces to each side, or three pieces 

 to each top or bottom, no piece less than 2 in. in width. 



Except 



On the following woods: Hard maple, beech, oak, white ash, birch, rock elm, 

 hackberry, the thickness will be not less than \ in., 1 not more than 2 pieces to each 

 side or three pieces to each top or bottom, and no piece less than 2 in. in width. 



Veneer. 



Red gum not less than j in. thick, 1 one-piece sides and tops, one- and two-piece 

 bottoms, no piece less than 2 in. in width. 



1 The thicknesses specified herein are to allow for an occasional unavoidable variation in manu- 

 facture, but that variation shall not exceed one sixty-fourth of an inch below the thicknesses specified. 



