Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 91
de of theloft from the exit and raise the door withoutscaring the pigeons away from it. If you prefer a sliding door, you must makeit slightly larger than the exit, say 13 by 24inches. If necessary you can nail two or threeboards together with cleats, as in Figure 5, to 620 HOW TO BUILD AND OPERATE… … in place when it is either open or closed (seeFigure 6) and wide enough to permit the doorto slide back and forth readily (see Figure 7).If you use half-inch boards for the door, makethe groove ^ of an inch wide; if %-inchboards, make the groove one inch wide. Letus suppose that you are making the…
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