September, 1910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



345 



The Handicraftsman 



Conducted by 



A. Russell Bond 



Cabinet Making as a Handicraft 



By Ira S. Griffith 



HE rapid introduction of manual training tails for such a bench and all the necessary attachments. 



into the schools of the country is having For $10.50 a neatly finished, thoroughly constructed 



its effect upon the home. More boys and cabinet-maker's bench with two vises — side and tail — can be 



men than ever are engaged in handicraft purchased. Such a bench will be 24x78 inches, hard maple 



work at home. School instruction in shop and an ornament to any shop. If one is in a position to 



work has aided in developing that desire, purchase irrespective of higher cost, he will find combina- 



active or latent, which is present in every tion cabinets and work benches that are especially made for 



person — the desire to "do" things. handicrafters, complete in every appointment, made to fold 



Of all the crafts commonly engaged in on the part of away the tools as compactly as a Pullman car. 

 boys and men, woodworking is one of the most satisfactory. Only the highest grades of tools should be purchased. A 

 Its equipment is comparatively inexpensive, the principles cheap tool that will not "hold an edge" is a poor invest- 

 mvolved are easily learned, the exercise that it gives is in- ment any way it may be considered. If necessary to make 

 vigorating and the a sacrifice in pur- 

 material results are -— v ^'^ "^ IBHH^HHBB^ -«. - ■ 1 chasing tools, let it 

 valuable and last- *»^'-»i"is«i^^^Sj**l^fc,^ ^^^"l^HHIB. be in n u m b e r s 

 ing. fcfci^ir^^ ^I^^SB _« rather than in qual- 



are not suited for "list" and are sub- 



the keeping of A typical amateur's workshop ject to d i s c o u n t 



either lumber or when bought in 

 ^tools. If at all possible, secure a room on the first floor with quantity. No. 5 Bailey iron plane complete, $1.83; six- 

 plenty of light, inch Stanley iron-handled trysquare, 24c; ten-inch swing 

 Next to be considered is the work bench. In this as in Barber brace, ratchet and ball bearing, Si. 62; thirteen- 

 the selection of tools there is great latitude, depending upon ounce Maydole, plain-faced claw hammer, 

 the amount of money one is willing to invest therein. A sat- 

 isfactory bench — one that will answer every requirement — 

 can be built at small expense. Such a bench may be built to 

 the wall or independently. Pieces of 2x4 inches should be 

 used for legs, 1x8 inches for cross pieces with a 2-inch 

 plank for the front edge of the top. Fixtures for 

 the vise will cost about sixty cents. A visit to the 

 shop of your carpenter will give you . the necessary de- 



;c; Stanley 



round, hickory, mortised mallet, 3x^ inches. 13c: 

 six-inch tower Champion screwdriver, 3^c; boxwood 

 marking gage, 28c.; six-inch P. S. and W. dividers, 32c.; 

 Lily-white Washita oil-stone, fine, 6x2% inches, 4sc; oil 

 can, 1 8c; twenty-inch Bishop crosscut saw, ?i.40; twenty- 

 two-inch Bishop rip saw, $1.40; three-fourths-inch Buck 

 Bros, beveled edge, leather-tipped handle, socket firmer 

 chisel, 68c; three-eighth-inch chisel as above, 57c; cabinet 



