Hall Seat: Lumber required-12--ft: 2 in. x 12 in., 36 ft. 1 in. x 12 in. The ends are of the 2 in. x 12 in. material dowelled and glued.

The box under the seat has two tenons on each end of back and front, which may either come through flush with the outside of the ends or not quite all the way through if preferred.

These tenons should be about 2 in. wide, full thickness of board and are fastened with glue and wooden plugs straight in from the front and back. Note that the box front and back (a) is set in about an inch from the edge of the seat.

The seat itself is hinged to a .3 in, strip (b) side view at the back, and has a piece (c) across, each end about 2 in. wide same thickness as the seat and flush with it, instead of battens underneath, to keep it from splitting.

The bottom of the box (d) fits inside resting on a square strip at each end which is screwed to the ends of the seat.

The back is rabbetted into the sides and fastened with screws from the back as at (e).

This back is made of three boards, as at (f), and fastened with screws. Note that the edges of these boards are planed to an angle of 45, degrees, then the lower edge of each is just planed off so that when put together there is a little V at the joint.

This makes an easy and good looking joint, as no crack will be visible, while at the same time it does not require the care and time necessary, in the ordinary joined edges.

This seat will be found very convenient in the hall for rubbers, etc., if you have a galvanized pan made to fit in the bottom of the box.