Grooves are cut in the front and sides for the pi wood bottoms. After the drawers are fitted into their openings the drawer guides are markt ]62 . and pairs of guides fastened to the sides of the drawers to ride on the guides in the cabinet to help distribute the weight. For handles, i% in. X i in. pieces up to n in. long can be rounded at the ends on one side and its corners. A groove is routed out underneath, and on top, as well, if desired, and the flat surface is fastened to the drawer and door fronts by screws from inside. To make the shelf or shelves in the lower cabinet adjustable, two 2 in. X У\ in. strips are attached to each side of the cupboard space as shown in the lower cabinet, with %in. mortises spaced about 1 in. apart. The strips on the right side can be attached to the divider () and the edge of the upright (F), with the shelf notched to fit. Such a cabinet can of course be constructed tall enough to fit flush with the ceiling, if desired. The modern trend, however, is to use separate cabinets, the upper one being attached to the wall studs with a bulkhead of wallboard built on top of and flush with the upper cabinet to take up the space to the ceiling, which is too high to reach without a stepladder. In the case of separate cabinets, a lighter, plywood panel construction of square stuck frames can be used in the lower cabinet. Various widths can be built to form continuous counters and extend around corners. Where several base cabinets are used in this manner, various refinements can be built in to meet the requirements of the individual housewife. These include a shallow, sliding half drawer on cleats in one of the upper drawers, to accommodate silver; tall, narrow cupboards or drawers for trays; shallow racks along doors for spices; mixing boards that slide out; metallined flour bins with sifters; racks permitting dishes to be set on edges; potcover compartments in drawers, or racks on door backs; tubular lights under upper cabinet bottoms, and as many other conveniences as the ingenuity of the builder can produce. For cementing a linoleum cover to the counter of the lower cabinet, chromium or plastic flushtype trim is procurable that has been fabricated for just this purpose. Screwed to the top edges of the counter, their thickness is compensated for by a layer of felt cemented between the pieces of trim before the linoleum is cemented in place, as shown in detail B. HeavyDuty Kitchen Table. For the small home where the kitchen table offers the only workbench surface available to the home craftsman, a ruggedly constructed table (Figure 2.77) offers a solution to the work problems of the masculine side of the family. Its obvious sturdiness may bring some gleam of approval to the critical scrutiny of the doubtful housewife, who may be appeased for lack of drawer space by the fact that the table is easy to take apart and store away, since only the top is screwed.