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One- Evening Projects Colonial Spoon Rack
BOT TOM SHE~F
HIS craftsman's "quickie" is a guaranteed TFirst wife delighter. cut the three required grooves or dadoes in a ÂĽ2 x 11% x 16-in. background piece of clear white pine. Then handsaw out the squared pattern profile. Although the three shelves vary in size and number of holes drilled they are all the same otherwise. Leave a %-in. straightedge on each end of each shelf, where the shelf will fit into the groove. Then mark out scallops and drill %-in. holes as indicated, each centered :Y2-in. from outside edge. Saw
Handy Grabbers HY keep climbing up on a stool to reach W those high shelves, when you can make a pair of strong, lightweight grabbers in just a few minutes? They also put a very useful stretch into the reach of bed-bound convalescent patients. Cut the grabbers out of %-in. plywood as illustrated here. Glue on extra tips for both strength and double grip-ability, as well as to prevent what the dentists call malocclusion, that is, the jaws not meeting right. Cement a thin strip of foam rubber to the jaws to prevent slippage. Join the two pieces together with bolt and washers as in Fig. 2, and finish as desired.-ANTHONY EDWARDS.
a lfs-in. channel from outer edge into drilled hole, rounding corners with either saw or file. Glue shelves into grooves. Then sand carefully and apply stain and two coats of varnish, lightly sanded between coats. Rub boiled linseed oil and pumice onto the final coat, wipe clean and let dry 48 hours. Then apply second coat of oil, always rubbing with the grain. Attach rack to wall with a %-in. lag screw and insert a dozen decorative silver spoons in the shelf holes.-N.E.