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is made to bolt on top of the bench. It will answer for 

 blacksmith work on the farm, but is not as good as the 

 old-fashioned leg vise. A machinist's vise is very use- 

 ful in the garage, but it would hardly be necessary to 

 have two heavy vises. The pipe vise belongs on a 

 separate bench, which may be a plank bracketed 

 against the side of the room. 



Drill-Press. The most satisfactory drill-press for 

 use on a farm is the upright drill that bolts to a post. 

 There is usually a self feed which may be regulated 

 according to the work. The heavy flywheel keeps the 

 motion steady, and because there is no bench in the 

 way, wagon tires may be suspended from the drill 

 block, so they will hang free and true for drilling. 

 Often long pieces of straight iron are drilled with 

 holes spaced certain distances apart. It is easier to 

 pass them along when they lie flat side down on the 

 drill block. To use a drill properly and safely, the 

 chuck must run true. It is easy to break a drill when 

 it wabbles. 



Most drills are made on the twist pattern, and it is 

 something of a trick to grind a twist drill, but anyone 

 can do it if he tackles the job with a determination to 

 do it right. In grinding a twist drill, use a new drill 

 for pattern. Grind the angles the same as the new 

 drill, and be 'careful to have the point in the center. A 

 little practice will make perfect. 



Mechanics will say that no one except an expert 

 should attempt to grind a twist drill, but farmers who 

 are mechanically inclined are the best experts within 

 reach. It is up to a farmer to grind his own drills or 

 use them dull. 



In drilling wrought iron either water or oil is re- 

 quired to cool the drill, but cast iron and brass 'are 



