April 1, 1920.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



411 



together, applying cement and vulcanizing to make the ring 

 water tight. Two or three sections of an old casing cut to 

 proper lengths, the cut ends being sewed together with waxed 

 thread to form rings of suitable diameter provide the basis of 

 excellent tree-guards. Protective strips of wood are then 

 placed vertically around the tree and lashed to the rings with 

 tarred rope. Short lengths of old casings are useful for tempor- 

 ary repairs to leaky eaves gutters, and clincher beads cut from 

 casings may be nailed to the bottoms of doors for weather 

 strips. A novel baby's walking chair can be made with two old 

 casings, one held above the other by a series of spokes from an 

 old wire wheel run through them vertically and provided with 

 several casters at the bottom. Probably a revolving wheel for 

 pet squirrels could be made in much the same manner. 

 IN ATHLETICS AND RECREATIONS. 

 The g>-mnasium, athletics and outdoor recreations have 

 brought forth a few ideas. In an improvised gymnasium two 

 old casings may be provided with dependent nets and used as 

 the baskets for basket ball. One such casing properly suspended 

 and rigged makes a strong and nearly noiseless punching bag 

 frame. 



Tire sections of uniform length laced together along the beads 

 and hung over the sides make effective motor boat buffers. They 

 are also good dock and float bumpers when similarly attached. 

 Small size whole casings encircling the wharf piles and supported 

 by wooden floats within them are effective at all tides. Clowns 

 and jugglers might even use old tires instead of the conventional 

 circus hoop. 



FARM USES. 

 On the farm quite as many schemes have been thought of. 

 Pieces of tire casing cut to proper shape and combining tread 

 rubber and fabric, it has been found, are effective for tapping 

 heavy farm shoes to prolong their wear. A length of tire casing 

 furnishes a convenient flexible means of conducting water oc- 

 casionally from the pump 

 to a trough nearby, yet 

 does not prevent filling 

 pails at the pump direct. 

 Half a tire casing hung 

 under a grindstone and 

 filled with water gives an 

 automatic stone wetter 

 that will not rust. With 

 four old casings and two 

 tackle blocks a sUng can 

 be rigged to lift sick ani- 

 mals to their feet or 

 Old tire casings laid over the 

 an excellent shock absorbing 

 of eggs or other fragile 



\V.\TKR Trough De- 

 an Oi.u Casing. 



support them while helpl 



floor of a truck body afford a 



layer on which to pile crates 



merchandise. A pile of 



them in diminishing sizes 

 and suitably fastened to- 

 gether has been suggested 

 as a near approach to the 

 much pictured conventional 

 beehive. With a larger en- 

 trance cut at the base a 

 small dog kennel could be 

 made in the same way. 

 REPAIR SHOP SCHEMES. 

 In a small repair shop 

 old tires have iheir uses quite apart from furnishing patch stock 

 for tubes and pulled fabric for stopping up blow-outs. A whole 

 tire suspended over the door with a circular canvas replacing the 

 wheel makes an excellent sign on which to paint the proprietor's 

 name. A segment cut from a giant truck tire and mounted on a 

 wooden stand provides a water trough in which to test patched 

 inner tubes. 



\n Inner Tube Makes an Im- 

 provised "Trot-line." 



IDEAS FOR THE GARAGE AND CAR. 



For the home garage and the car itself there are still other 

 uses to which old casings may be put. Cut into quarter sections 

 and fastened to the sides of a garage door they make excellent 

 bumpers. Old tires can be made to save new ones by using 

 sections of them spread flat to pad the automobile stand. Similar 

 sections of rim-cut tires with the non-skid tread little damaged 

 can be attached to the running board of the car and used as mats 

 for wiping the feet. 



Turning to more practical ideas, an old casing cut into sections 

 and with edges skived to form a very gradual beveled edge pro- 

 vides a useful collection of home-made blow-out patches. Rim- 

 cut tires with the beads 

 cut away have been 

 ■used as overshoes to 

 prolong the tread wear 

 of tires of smaller size, 

 while the fabric car- 

 casses of discarded 

 Emergenct Tire Boots Can Be ''"''■^ "'''' ^^^'^^ ^"'^ ^^ 

 Made from Sections of Old rubber removed have 



■pji^g furnished many reliners 



to reinforce weak tires 

 a size larger. The overshoes may be sewed to the tire or held in 

 place by occasional straps riveted to the edges and passing from 

 side to side about the felloe of the wheel. 



USES FOR DISCARDED INNER TUBES. 

 It should not be forgotten that more inner tubes are scrapped 

 than are tire casings. .'\s they are free from fabric, however, they 

 are reclaimed more easily and do not present the problem that is 

 found in the worn out casing. Suggestions as to their use are, 

 nevertheless, multitudinous. 



A Garden Sprinkler Evolved from an Old Inner Tube. 



The whole inner tube, when too much patched to risk in a tire, 

 yet still air tight, has several uses suggested and actual. Its 

 buoyancy on the water when inflated is the delight of the bathers 

 learning to swim, while fishing lines suspended from it are said 

 to excell a "trot-line," as the motion of the waves jiggles the hooks 

 and attracts fish to the bait. It is an effective life preserver, and 

 in a double sense, for bootleggers have used the spare tires on 

 their cars as containers for beverages having an alcoholic con- 

 tent greatly in excess of one-half of one per cent. With a length 

 of pump hose attached to the valve stem an iruier tube can be 

 filled with water under pressure, slung over the shoulder and used 

 to spray plants. To fill, slip the hose over a faucet and press 

 the valve. Inner tubes have been used as tow lines for disabled 

 automobiles, and they furnish swing ropes that give much amuse- 

 ment to children. 



Part of an inner tube, including the valve, makes a serviceable 



