gs. 2
and 3 is about as good as any, though to guard against fire it would
be as well to have a course of brickwork beneath the oven, while if
this is not possible on account of want of height, a sheet or so of
zinc or iron will help to mitigate the danger. It is also advisable,
if the apartment is a low-pitched one, to have a sheet of iron or zinc
suspended by four corner chains from the ceiling in order to protect
this from firing through the heat from the enamelling oven. Of course,
it will be understood that every portion of the stove must be put
together with rivets, no soldered work being permissible.

[Illustration: FIG. 2.--Door of Oven when Shut.]

To those who wish to construct their own stove, it will be found that
the framework can be shaped out of 1-inch angle iron, the panels or
walls being constructed of sheet-iron of about 18 gauge, the whole
being riveted together. The front will be occupied in its entire space
by a door, which will require to be hung on strong iron hinges, and
the framework of this door should be constructed of 1 inch by 1/4 inch
iron--a rather stouter material will really be no disadvantage--to
which the sheet-iron plates must be riveted. In the centre of the door
must be cut a slit, say 1-1/2 inches by 9 inches, which will require
to be covered with mica or talc behind which must be placed the
thermometer, so as it can be seen during the process of stoving,
without the necessity of opening the door, which, of course, more or
less cools the oven. And, by the way, this thermometer must register
higher than the highest temperature the oven is capable of reaching.
Above is shown a sketch of the stove, interior and exterior, which
will give an idea of what a japanner's stove is like.

[Illustration: FIG. 3--Showing Stove when Open, and Back of Door.]

Inside the stove it will be necessary to fix rows of iron rods, some
four inches from the top, from which to suspend the work, or
angle-iron ledges can be used on which the rods or bars can be fixed,
these arrangements being varied according to the particular
description of work, individual fancy, or other circumstances. Large S
hooks are about the handiest to use. A necessary adjunct of the stove
is a pan, which can be made by any handy man or tinworker, which
should be made to fit the bottom of the stove above the gas jets, it
being arranged that it rests on two side ledges, or along some rods.
One a couple of inches in depth will be f