lo Aug., 1910.] 



Building Hints for Settlers. 



529 



accompanying illustration shows a set of tools capable of doing pipe work 

 up to 2 inches. 



General Plumbing Tools.- 

 plumbing and odd job work, 

 work can be done with a few 

 several of those illustrated (p. 

 The actual number of special 

 that are not generally known 

 their use. 



-Next come the tools required for general 

 It is surprising what a large amount of 

 plumber's tools. It will be noticed that 

 528) are required for carpentering as well, 

 plumber's tools is about a dozen. Those 

 are numbered and brief mention made of 



3. TOOL CUPBOARD. 



Care of Tools. — Xow we come to an important item, the care of tools. 

 To save time and annoyance each must have a place. A good method is 

 to have representations of them painted on the wall where they hang, and 

 have them arranged as shown in the illustrations on pages 527 and 528. 

 A glance now and again will enable a constant check on them to be kept. 

 We all know how easv it is to leave a tool behind after doing a job ; how 

 a tool may be lent to a neighbour and forgotten until wanted in a hurry, 

 and then when sent for, the neighbour has likewise forgotten it. He cannot 

 find it, in fact he says he does not remember borrowing it; and so you 

 manage with the next best thing you have, to the detriment of your work. 

 Do not wait until this takes place. Keep your eye occasionally on the 

 tool board and directly one is missed trace when and where it was last 

 used. 



A still better plan is to make a cupboard out of |-in. T. & G. flooring, 

 as shown in Fig. 3. Here, the water pipe tools can be arranged inside 

 .similarlv to method illustrated on page 527. whilst the tools for general 

 work can be hung on the doors. A cupboard of this description will keep 

 the tools clean and under better control, as you can see the tool vou require 

 at a glance and obtain it quickly without turning over a host of others 

 to get at it. 



If it is not convenient to have a cupboard, fix a board of some sort, 

 as large as possible, on the wall ; and any little time or trouble taken in 

 arranging the tools will be amply repaid. 



