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THE PRACTICAL BOY.
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screwed fast across the top of it, so that the fingers may be passed in behind the plate to pull the drawer out. A projecting drawer-pull must not be used, as it would interfere with boards when clamped in the vise. When planing strips or boards that are too long for the vise to hold securely, a wooden peg inserted in a hole at the opposite end of the apron from the vise will be found very convenient to support the end and relieve the strain on the vise. Two or three holes can be made for hoards of different widths.

A planing-stop with teeth can be purchased at a hardware-store and set in place near the vise-jaw, and the complete bench will then be ready for use.

II. A Tool-rack.

For the accommodation of chisels, small hammers, screw-driver, awls, compass-saw, pliers, and other handle tools, a tool-rack

will be a very convenient receptacle to fasten against the wall over the work-bench, Such a rack is shown below.


A Tool-rack.
This is thirty-six inches long and twelve inches high, with a ledge projecting two inches from the backboard, A leather strap is caught along the upper part of the board with nails to form loops, into which the tools are slipped.

A Tool-cabinet.

The ledge is made from two sticks; one of them, one inch and a half in width, is cut with a saw, and notches are cut with a chisel by removing the wood between the saw-cuts, as shown in Fig. 4. When all the notches are cut, the narrow strip, half an inch in width, is screwed fast to the notched stick, and with long screws the ledge is attached to the lower edge of the board.

III. A Tool-cabinet.

A very convenient tool-cabinet that will hang against the wall may be made with two doors of nearly equal size, so that there will be four instead of two surfaces against which to hang tools. The body of the chest is thirty inches high, twenty inches wide, and nine inches deep, outside measure, It is made of wood three quarters of an inch in thickness, fastened together with screws and glue, and varnished to improve its appearance, One side of the cabinet is but

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