This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
A dog kennel is illustrated by Fig. 1. The entrance hole should he about 13 in. wide by 17in. high, theother leading dimensions being shown. Appropriate material will be 3/4-in. matchboards for the sides and top, and 1-in. grooved and tongued floorboards for the bottom. The boarding of the sides and ends and the flooring should be nailed to fillets A (Fig. 3), 1 1/4 in. square, ail round underneath the bottom. The most suitable way of connecting the sides, ends, and top is by fixing fillets as illustrated at B (Fig. 2). The top may be formed of matchboarding or plain boards, and to make it more weathei'-tight should be covered with felt, tarred and sanded.

 
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