The drawer sides are now assembled to the front and back with glue and brads and the bottom is slid into place and bradded. With the drawer as a templet the locations of the two runners can be marked for gluing and bradding into place. A wooden or brass knob is screwed into the drawer front and the bookcase is ready for finishing. Many old Colonial pieces used black paint to cover endgrain edges. For sanded plywood edges a darker stain can be used or a close grain simulated over a light undercoat. Since the sides are 15 in. apart, the bookshelf can be hung on nails or screws driven into the studs of a wall, which are customarily spaced on 16 in. centers. Holes for this purpose can be drilled diagonally in the upper portion of the sides, or, for greater strength, flat metal eyelets purchased or cut from sheet metal and screwed into the back of the top ends. If it is not desired to drive nails into the walls, the bookshelves can be suspended from wires from picture hangers hooked over the picture molding. Sewing Cabinet. Of continuing popularity with the fair sex are various forms of Priscilla sewing cabinets (see Figure 2.14). The compact little receptacle described below can be cut from plywood and assembled with a few simple tools. Lumber List Thickness, Width, Length, Pieces in inches in inches in inches Description 2 и 12 18 Ends 2 H 7 12 Sides 1 и 5И 12 Bottom 2 и 5 12 Lids i и 2 12 Rail i и 4 12 Handle i и 2 12 Bottom stretcher i я 5 11% Tray bottom 2 % Tray sides 4 % г% 4У2 Tray ends and partitions 2 и ¦Л 10 Tray supports, cleats First the design in A of Figure 2.14 is transferred to one of the end pieces, after which its is cut out of both ends, clamped or bradded together. The handle and bottom stretcher (detail B) are then cut out, and all edges sanded thoroughly. Although so light an article can be buttjointed, glued, and screwed, longer service will be insured if dadoes are cut in the end pieces to receive the stretcher. Fig. 2.15. Magazine rack. 62 . bottom, sides, rail, and handle, all of which must be squared and cut to exactly equal lengths to insure true corners. After a "dry" fitting, the upper edges of the cleats are sanded smooth before they are screwed in place on the sides to support the tray, just under the eaves. Glue is now applied to the stretcher, bottom, sides, rail and handle, which are then inserted in their dadoes in the sides in the order named, and screwed tightly in place. Roundheaded screws may be used and left exposed, or flatheaded ones can be countersunk and plugged. After the glue has dried the lids are fitted and scored for 24 m brass hinges. Recesses are cut and the hinges screwed to the lid edges. Before the lids are attached to the rail, spool holders are sunk into their inner sides. An effective type can be improvised from cotter pins whose heads have been hammered flat and sharpened. Driven into the under sides of the lids, their leaves can be spread apart to retain the spools when upside down.