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are seasoned, while the 2 in. strips will come in for making 

 frames. Plane the 12x1 ft. board on one side, reducing the 

 thickness to seven-eighths of an inch, and run a trying plane 

 along one edge till the edge is perfectly straight. Mark the 

 depth (10 in.) from the straightedge, and rip off the strip; 

 now cut from your 1 2 ft. board four pieces 1 6 in. long, for end 

 pieces, and four 19| in. long, for sides ; then set your gauge to 

 mark three-eighths, and take each of your end pieces, lay them 

 on the bench, planed side up, and run your gauge along the 

 rough edges, marking for the rabbet D shown in Fig. 39. 



Fig. 39.— END OF HIVE (INSIDE VIEW)' 



Next hold the pieces on their edges, and mark with the same 

 gauge in from the planed side. This will show the piece to be 

 taken out to form the rabbet d. The pieces should now be 



END OF HIVE (OUTSIDE VIEW), 



turned the planed edges up, and the same gauge run along the 

 edges from the planed side of the board to mark for the rabbet 

 B, shown in Fig. 39. Now lay the ends flat (rough side up), 



