Identifier: handymansworksh00bond (find matches)
Title: Handy man's workshop and laboratory
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell), 1876-
Subjects: Handicraft Workshop recipes
Publisher: New York, Munn & co., inc.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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red smooth, the seams calked with two threads35 of candle wicking and the whole given three coats ofa good lead paint. The runners are next put on, and 3 with these be very careful. See that they are ab-solutely parallel and of the correct rocker and bevel. 7 The distance between centers of runners should be 2£ feet. They are of oak and shaped as shown in Fig.345. The runner commences 3 feet from the bowand runs aft 8T/2 feet. It is 2 inches deep amid-ships and reaches up at the ends. The middle 6feet of the runner should have a rocker which is thearc of a circle with ^4-inch curve in 6 feet. Re-ferring to Fig. F, the outer edge of the oak standsplumb and is 2 inches wide at planking, taperingto 1 inch at face. The runner plank is fastened onwith y± by 4-inch iron bolts set up on top of every»** frame. Carefully face up the runners by laying a straight edge across them both and fitting a bevelboard. The bevel of the runners is iVa inch in 6 X HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY 419
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4^0 HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY inches or about uy2 cleg. Put on the shoes, which are of y by i-inch steel and 7 feet long. Bend them at ends so there will be noundue strain upon the screws, which are 1% inch, No. 10 size.The screws should be countersunk until they are flush with therunners, and their slots lie fore and aft. The steel shoe should bevery smooth, with sharp, square edges. Now turn the boat right side up and start finishing up the deckand cockpit. An oak partner piece y2 by 5 inches is laid on centerline of deck. A 3-inch hole is bored for the mast /\)/2 feet fromthe bow. The bowsprit is next put in. This is of spruce, of thedimensions shown, and fastened with three bolts as indicated inthe plan. The deck is now laid. This is of ^-inch white pine or cedarlaid in about 4-inch strips fastened and treated same as the bot-tom. Next the cockpit coaming is sprung in. It is of oak scant y2inch thick, 4 inches wide, and stands 2 inches above deck. Fastento stringer with

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