BOXES AND BOX SHOOKS 257 



NAILED CONSTRUCTION 



Ends. 



Not less than | in. thick,^ one or two pieces. Two-piece ends cleated or fastened 

 with two corrugated fasteners. 



Sides, Tops, and Bottoms. 



Not less than ys in- thick, ^ 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, hackberry, birch, rock elm, 

 white ash, the thickness will be not less than j in.,' 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,' 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. 



Not less than | in. thick, ]^-in. sides, top, and bottom.' 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. 1 cans; 

 2^ No. 2 cans; 

 And other cans of approximately the same content. 



NAILED CONSTRUCTION 



Ends. 



Not less than 5-in. thick,' one or two pieces Two-piece ends cleated or fastened 

 with two corrugated fasteners. 



Sides, Tops, and Bottoms. 



Not less than ys in. thick,' 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 j in.,' 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,' 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. 



