Popular Science Monthly 



299 



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A stool with a board 

 to hold the milk-pail 



A Simple Home- 

 Made Milking- 

 Stool 

 MIE illustration 

 shows a very 

 easily-made milk- 

 ing-stool, which re- 

 quires merely a few 

 boards and some 

 sticks. The sticks are used for the legs. 

 Half way from the seat of the stool to the 

 floor, a hoard is nailed, ruiming parallel 

 to the floor. This supports the board 

 which holds the milk-pail. The pail 

 board is held in place by two braces on 

 the bottom of the legs. A board is then 

 needed under the legs for holding the 

 bottom of the braces. This is a satisfac- 

 tory and practical article for the farm 

 boy to make. 



Make Your Own Lazy-Betty 



A LAZY-BETTY is a revolving affair 

 placed in the center of the dining 

 table to facilitate service when no maid 

 is employed. The ones which are pur- 

 chased are usually circular. Here is 

 how one was made: 



The top was an octagon 20 ins. across 

 the diagonal. One of the unused extra 

 leaves of the dining table furnished the 

 material. The table was 54 ins. in 

 diameter, and the e.xtra leaf was thus 

 12 ins. wide by 54 ins. long, furnishing 

 ample material. The base was a similar 

 octagon, 10 ins. on the diagonal. A 

 simple cast brass socket with steel stud 

 furnished the connecting link. 



The octagon is a figure of eight equal 

 sides. By laying out a circle 20 ins. in 

 diameter, drawing two diameters at 

 right angles, and bisecting these angles 

 again, the points are found. A similar 

 procedure with a lo-in. circle lays out 

 the base. The edges were carefully 

 jointed with a fine-set plane. Then saw 

 cuts were made as follows: 1-2-3-4-5, 

 to produce the two pieces for the top. 

 The cuts for the base arc obvious. The 

 top was fitted, and when contact was 

 secured, it was glued and clamped. 



Two stout cleats were nailed on an 

 old table top about 24 ins. apart. Two 

 sets of wedges were made, the matched 

 joint was coated with glue, a piece of 

 paper was laid on the table so the glue 



would not stick, and the top was wedged 

 uj:, as shown. A heavy weight was 

 placed on it to prevent l)uckling and the 

 job was set aside for 48 hours. 



In the meantime the base was cut out 

 and furnished, a small hole, 1/16 in., 

 drilled on its center, and the castings for 

 the turntable were taken in hand. 



The steel pin fitting the tapers was 

 turned true and fitted to the upper 

 casting and pinned. The lower casting 



Constructional details of the self-server. 

 The board holding the dishes is mounted 

 on a revolving pin in the center of the table 



was ground with powdered emery on to 

 the steel pin until it turned as smooth 

 as glass, and the two castings almost 

 touched. Three holes for flat head 

 brass screws were drilled in each casting 

 and countersunk. A manila paper 

 washer dipped in oil and coated with a 

 graphitic compound was placed to pre- 

 vent the taper pin from seizing in the 

 lower bearing, and the castings were 

 screwed to the top and bottom octagons, 

 carefully centered. This was accom- 

 plished by means of the small hole 

 previously drilled in the center of both 

 top and bottom, the screw holes being 

 laid out exactly with dividers both on 

 the wood and the castings. The newly- 

 cut edges were then dyed and waxed to 

 agree with the finish of the table and 

 the job was complete. 



