The Boy Craftsman

97. This house was built by the author for a little relative some ten

cigar-boxes for window-casings, door-jambs, finished flo

t of the details and the mode of construction may be followed in building it. If boxes are used, the dimensions will have to be

gs. 98, 99, and 100, give the sizes of the

), mitre one edge of E and F to allow for the bedroom door opening, shown upon the plan, and mitre

cond floor, make an opening three by five

six by eight inches in the place indicated upon the plan. This will allow for the elevator shaft and stairway. No stairway

wenty-four inches high, and the other two walls thirty

kitchen and bath-room is hin

to a strip of wood an inch and one-half wide naile

ches, so four-by-five camera pl

of Doll-house and Pa

ing the upper edge of each, nail them to the house so that the ridge is fifteen inches above the third floor. Then nail a board nineteen inches long by ten inches wide in the peak of t

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ch is built up of strips of cigar-boxes to represent corbelled brick (see Fig. 103). These st

ng it might please the young mistress, and proved such a success that the scheme has been worked o

eys, such as are shown in Fig. 106, four feet of brass chain, six feet of No. 12 wire, half a doze

deep, and seven inches high (see Fig. 107). Place two of the double-pointed tacks or screw-eyes in each side of th

ig. 104). The upper holes should be bored through the ball-room ceiling, while the lower ones need be bored but part way through the first floor. Care must be taken to have these holes in the correct position, so the elevator will run up and down upon the wires without str

.-Details of

car strikes. At this point bore a hole through the ceiling and two inches back of it bore another hole, through

oof, centring the front pulley over the top of the car as nearly as possible, and drive

g it to set on the top of the car to make the latter heavier (Fig. 107), and run the chain up through the first hole in

he end of the pipe until the weight of the two is the same. Make the chain of sufficient length so the weight will rest upon the first floor when the car is at

ese, nail A, B, and C in their proper positions in the gable of the roof, and trim the edges of D, if they need be, to fit between. To prevent the movable section from pushing in t

The Front

and all hinged p

to shut up and lock the ho

13.-Details

, 113. This stairway is made in two parts, with a platform between. Cut a block of wood the shape and size s

similar to Fig. 113. After cutting out these pieces, fasten the tops of the lower stringers in the notches A and B in the platform, and nail the platform in its proper position in the corner of t

ept that the depth of the risers is increased to five-eighths of an

and around the elevator enclosures, using the

e the same as described in Chapter V, inclu

make th

-Exterior

this or the preceding chapter. Its construction is very simple. The dimensions are twenty-four inches wide, twelve

-Interior

drawings, a box ten by twelve by twen

proportions it will be a simple matter to make s

hteen inches, and is fastened to the top of the box s

ee-by-five-inch window in the centre of D, and fasten the glass in place with strips cut as described in Chapter V. Strips should be nailed to the roof just ins

.-Front

the patterns an

fastened to the floor of the stable four inches apart, or

-Stall Pa

ed between the stalls, as shown in Figs. 115 and 117, and are f

n the rear wall. These are the ventilating

-Ladder t

hows the con

glued to them half an inch apart, as shown in the drawing. Cut away a section of the hay-loft floor two inches square

y small pulley attached near the end, shoul

st (see

rst st

tens placed upon the inside, and hinge it to the bottom of the stable. Nail two cleats to the under side of the f

to run the horses into the stable. For this reason i

ush. First paint a green panel in the centre of the front, and then mark off a couple of pan

wood half an

sides of the stable, and around the

nter work has

outside the same colors as used for the doll