THE YOUNG SCIENTIST. 
97 
Three Amateur Workers— and What 
They Did-XI. 
BY FRED. T. HODGSON. 
WE find Mr. Carpenter and the boys in 
their snug shop hard at work prepar- 
ing the various pieces for the umbrella 
stand. It was decided to make it of ash- 
not because that wood was any better for 
the purpose than oak, walnut, or chest- 
nut, but because it happened to be the 
most convenient to obtain in their locality. 
Two posts, 2 feet 31 inches long by lixli 
inches, were prepared, and made straight, 
square, and true. Two pieces of stuff, 
1 of an inch thick, and 8 inches wide, and 
2 feet 31 inches long, were prepared, being 
cut out at the top, same as shown at Fig. 
41, with the scroll saw. It will be noticed 
that centre beads are run down at regu- 
lar distances where each ornament starts 
at the top of the back. A tongue is 
wrought on one edge of each of these 
pieces. These tongues are designed to fit 
in a corresponding groove in the posts, 
and are there glued solid and firm. The 
pieces are also glued together at the 
central joint. 
The little turned knobs at the top of the 
posts are two inches and a quarter long 
to the shoulders, and were obtained at the 
nearest turning shop for a few cents. A 
pin, about half an inch in diameter, was 
left on the lower end of each ornament, 
and a corresponding hole was bored in 
the top end of each post. In this hole the 
pin on the end of knob was inserted and 
glued. The rod running across the stand 
is turned out of stuff about one inch 
square, and is sixteen inches between the 
shoulders. Pins about I in diameter are 
turned on each end ; these are glued into 
holes made in the brackets. The little 
knobs on the outside also have pins turned 
on them. They also are glued into the 
brackets on the outside. The posts are 
chamfered on the front corners, that is, 
the sharp corners or arrises are taken off 
about a quarter of an inch each way. 
The top brackets are 9 5 inches at their 
greatest width, and they run down the 
posts exactly one foot ; they are made of 
seven-eighths stuff, and are fastened to 
the posts with screws and glue. The 
screws are two inches long, and are run 
through the posts from the back, the 
thread of the screws going into the back 
edges of the brackets. 
The lower brackets are made of stuff 
the same thickness as the upper ones, and 
are 7 inches wide at their greatest width, 
and run up the posts Si inches; screws 
and glue are used to fasten them to the 
posts and shelf, same as the upper 
brackets. 
The shelf is 81 inches wide, and 18^ 
inches long ; it is chamfered on the front 
and two ends on the top corners. It must 
be notched out where it fits round the 
posts, so as to let the back edge fit snug 
against the back-board. The back-board 
is fastened to the edge of shelf with 1^ 
inch screws, about five of them being em- 
ployed for that purpose. The under side 
of shelf is set up just two inches from the 
lower end of the posts, thus making the 
ends of the posts answ^er for two back 
feet, while the two front ones are formed 
out of stuff the same thickness as the 
brackets. The feet measure two inches 
from the shelf, to which they are fastened 
by screws and pins to the floor line or 
bottom. 
Fig. i'2. 
Fig. 42 shows the end of the post with 
the turned ornament, s, on the top. The 
dotted lines show the pin on the end of 
