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will only need its edges planing, this work being small if the saw 

 cut has been carefully made. 



The hinges may now be fixed by chiselling a small recess in 

 the edge of the box, to the depth of half the hinge, and fixing the 

 hinge with a projection sufficient to bring the pin holding the 

 hinge together in a straight line with the edge of the box. Fix 

 both hinges on the box first, then mark their position on the lid, 

 cut out the place for them and fix to the lid. 



The hook is easily fixed on the front. 



A box such as that described, of teak, should not be varnished 



IB 



FIG. 21. 



FIG. 22. Part section across A B 

 showing countersunk screw holes. 



or polished, but rubbed with a little linseed oil, or even left 

 " white." * The box will be found to hold fifty slides conveniently ; 

 boxes with grooves are not used much nowadays, though 

 frequently partitions are placed at suitable positions down the 

 box. This could have been arranged in this case by taking 

 two saw cuts, J" deep and J" L apart, opposite each other on the 

 insides of the sides before putting together, the wood between the 

 saw cuts being removed. A strip of cigar box fitted into this groove 

 serves as an excellent partition. 



V. THE "FINISHING" OF WOODWORK. 



Woodwork fresh from the plane is not in a suitable condition 

 for varnishing or polishing. The plane marks are removed by 

 successively finer grades of glass-paper, wrapped round a squared 

 block of cork, and rubbed with the grain in much the same way as 

 a saw would be used, i.e. firmly forwards and lightly backwards. 



When the surface is quite smooth, it may be stained and 

 varnished, or polished, as desired. 



1 Untouched after glass-papering. 



