$29.95
Glue and Stain Bench. $ 15.00
Lockers for individual work for 360 pupils. 360.00
Nail and Screw Cabinet. 35.00
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$410.00
Individual Tools. $640.74
General Tools. 189.83
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$830.57
Discount for schools, 10 per cent. 83.06
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$747.51
Cabinets, lockers, etc. 410.00
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$1,157.51
THE CARE OF THE WOODWORKING SHOP
_The general arrangement of the room._ The important factors are
the source or sources of light, and the lines of travel. The common
arrangement of benches where two sides of the room are lighted, is
shown in _a_, Fig. 238. By this arrangement, as each worker faces his
bench, he also faces one set of windows and has another set of windows
at his left. The advantage of this arrangement is that it is easy to
test one's work with the try-square by lifting it up to the light.
Another arrangement, shown in _b_, Fig. 238, has this advantage, that
there are no shadows on the work when it is lying on the bench and
the worker is holding his rule or try-square on it with his left hand.
When all the windows are on one side of the room the latter is the
more advantageous arrangement.
In determining the position of the benches, especially with reference
to their distance from each other, thought should be given to the
general lines of travel, from the individual benches to the general
tool-rack, to the finishing-table, to the lockers, etc. Even if all
the aisles cannot be wide enough both for passage and for work, one
wider one thru the center of the room may solve the difficulty. Where
rooms are crowded, space may be economized by placing the benches in
pairs, back t
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