A man must have used a shaving stand in order to appreciate its many conveniences. By tilting the mirror or shifting the stand around a trifle one can always get a good light and at the same time have everything right at hand. The top receptacle is a convenient place to keep the razors, mug, strop and shaving paper, and the lower one a good. place for slippers or shoe brushes.

To start the construction, the four vertical pieces should be got out and mortised to receive the side and back boards of the lower and upper receptacles. These boards should be of three-fourths-inch (the grain running horizontally), and should have a half-inch tongue on each end to engage the corresponding mortises in the vertical pieces. The slats are three-eighths by one inch and the entire ten should be worked up together so that they will be exactly the same length. Before proceeding further it is a good plan to build up each of the two complete sides of the stand - that is, take a long and a short vertical piece, one side of each receptacle and five slats, and glue them together under pressure of clamps. The backs and bottoms of the receptacles can then be got out and the two entire sides connected together, after which the top can be fastened on with glue and screws from the inside.

The doors may be made of good, clear, three-fourths-inch lumber, with the grain running horizontally, and having a pair of cleats on the back, to keep the door from warping. A more elaborate door, and possibly a better one, could be made by paneling or else by attaching a crosspiece on either end by means of glue with tongue and groove joint. If beveled plate glass cannot be readily obtained either from stock or from some mirror already made, plain mirror glass may be bought at the hardware store, and will serve very well. The details of the frame require no explanation, as they are cut on the miter, glued together and carefully sandpapered.

How To Make A Dining Chair #2

Although originally intended for the dining room, this chair may well be used in connection with the desk illustrated a few pages back.