Study Desk (Fig. 10-5) employs a cull door which is cut to 24" x 48" and open edges closed with wood to match the solid edges. Or a 3/4" thick piece of plywood may be used, doubled to 11/2" thickness by screwing 3/4" x 4" strips underneath around all four edges of the table top.

Left end panel (Fig. 10-5) is made by screwing two pieces of 1/16" x 1" x 1" angle cut 28" long to a 3/4" plywood panel 18" x 22". To keep ends of legs from digging into the floor, cut and bend 1" tips as shown in Fig. 4-49, or attach rubber bumpers (Fig. 4-48). Turn table top upside down. Secure end panel to the table top with two 8" shelf brackets screwed to inside of panel and to underside of table top. Position end panel 1" inside front and back edges of table top and 11/4" in from table end.

Fig. 10-5.

For a plain table, make a second end panel, attach legs, and secure to table top at other end with another pair of shelf brackets.

For the double-shelf design (Fig. 10-5) make two end panels using 94" plywood sections measuring 12" x 22". Cut four pieces of 1" angle 29" long. Cut and bend at top and screw to underside of table top per Fig. 4-47. Cut and bend to close lower ends per Fig. 4-48 or 4-49. Before attaching legs to table top, screw panels to legs so panels will be 6" below table top.

Cut two pieces of plywood 20" x 22", and screw one above and the other below the two plywood sections just completed, to form the two shelves. Lateral support is provided by a 94" plywood panel 131/2" x 20" screwed just inside the back edges of the four panels, closing the back end of the box. This panel is mounted inside the other panels in the box by screwing through these panels into the edge of the back panel.

Gun Rack (Fig. 10-6) is an attractive item for any sportsman's den. Make the A-frames of 94" tube 4" across the top, with legs 10" apart at the bottom and with the back leg vertical. See Fig. 3-27 and instructions on tube bending. Only the front leg slants. Make the box from 94" plywood to a width outside of 24", 10" high, 14" deep at bottom. Slant front to match the A-frames. Install sliding doors per Fig. 4-82 and accompanying instructions.

Put rubber crutch tips on bottom of legs, and bolt A-frames to ends of box as shown at "C." Add stretcher bar of 94" tube across back of legs 4" from top of A-frames. Install dowel rod in ends, and screw to back legs at "A" per Fig. 4-64.

Pins in front legs are also 94" tube, each 4" long with wood dowel inserts for attaching to A-frames at right angles at "B," same as at "A." Locate top pin 2" from top of A-frame. Other pins are 5" apart center to center.

Typewriter Worktable (Fig. 10-7) has two panels on either end of 1/2" plywood 12" x 18" bolted into frames of 1/16" x 1" x 1" angle. Each frame is a single piece of angle, with corners notched and bent as in Fig. 4-37. Each pair of legs is made from a single 6' length of 3/4" tube bent into an inverted U 30" on the side and 12" across the top. See Fig. 3-27 and accompanying instructions on tube bending.

Center panel of 1/2" plywood is 17" x 18". Typewriter cover is plain sheet fitted with 1/2" plywood back and perforated Masonite front panels. Bracing uses two 6' lengths of 3/8" rod, one for each end panel of the table. Each brace extends 1" under center panel, bends up 3" to end panel, runs along underneath end panel for 4", then extends 20" down to leg across 16" to other leg and back up.

Prepare Parts Above, And Assemble As Follows

Join top panels with 41" length of 1/4" x 1" bar bolted outside against the back ends of the two frames for the top panels. Fit panels, and bolt into frames. Now bolt each pair of legs to top panel, positioning legs 3" inside the edge of panels and centered front to back. Next end-rivet a 40" length of 3/8" rod as a stretcher between the back legs 4" above the floor, per Fig. 4-21. Bolt each set of braces in place under the end panels. Attach center panel to brace ends by using small straps of 1/8" x 94" bar bent over the rod and screwed into underside of center panel. Complete structural framework by attaching braces to legs at "A," using pins made from aluminum nails. Add casters at "B," if you wish, by driving in dowel rods and fitting casters into dowels.

L-P Record Holder or Bookshelf (Fig. 10-8) is 30" long or cut to fit your space. Make from 94" plywood and 1/8" x 3/4" x 94" angle. The novel feature here is the front leg, made by notching and bending 24" length of 94" angle. First notch and bend the back corner, per Fig. 4—39.

Now make a 45° saw cut in 3" from the other end, per Fig. 10-9, and bend down as shown. Saw or file off top of this bent leg to come parallel with bottom of shelf and so bottom is parallel to table top. Secure to shelf bottom by flat-head screws countersunk into underside of shelf.

Make book stops at each end with three lengths of picture wire or aluminum clothesline wire. Insert top wire 1" down, and space others 1" apart. Install wires 2" in from each end by drilling panels and tacking wire on opposite side.