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FIG. 95. HARNESS CLAMP 



(Fig. 95) can be easily made to hold it while mending. It is 



best to use screws to fasten the 



boards to the block, as there will 



be less danger of splitting. It will 



be easy to arrange this clamp so 



that the pressure will be sufficient 



to hold the leather. 



Fig. 96 shows a cupboard or set 



of shelves, which will be found 

 very convenient 

 in the kitchen or 

 summer kitchen. 

 Th ey can be 

 made cheaply, 

 and may be of 

 any required 



size. A door can be- fitted to the cupboard, 

 or a curtain hung in front. If the latter, it 

 should be made with rings to slide on a wire, 

 so that it can be easily opened or closed. 



In Fig. 97 we have a cheap and convenient 

 saw-buck for sawing up long poles which 

 can not be balanced on an ordinary saw- 

 buck. Wood or old rails are often brought 

 to the wood-yard in lengths varying from 



FIG. 96. SET OF SHELVES. i p 11 



five to twelve feet, and such an arrange- 

 ment as is shown in the engraving is both cheap and conven- 

 ient in sawing these long pieces. 



How a water-tight box or 

 trough can be made is shown 

 in Fig. 98. It will be found 

 convenient for scalding hogs 

 or to use as a trough to mix 

 chop-feed for horses, as the 

 sloping ends will be convenient when it is used for either pur- 

 pose. It can also be used as a watering-trough. The sides 

 should be of good, two-inch plank, and the ends fitted into gains, 



FIG. 97. SAW-BUCK KOR LONG WOOD. 



