KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



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crossed and do the wrong thing; 

 therefore, I feel safer without 

 them. 



.For a reference book, the First 

 Aid Text Book, published by the 

 American Red Cross, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, is about as good as can 

 be obtained. 



A HOME-MADE FOLDING 

 NET 



BY L. W. MARTIN 

 A good deal of my angling 

 equipment is home-made or home- 

 improved. So when I saw in a 

 sporting goods catalogue a land- 

 ing net with a short folding 

 handle which looked desir- 

 able to me. I set 

 about to build one 

 with fairly 

 good results. 



planed down to the desired weight 

 and width with a spokeshave 

 solved the mystery of the hoop. 

 For the throat piece another 

 block of the ^-inch maple was 

 used (C) with a narrow strip of 

 the same screwed on either side 

 (c'-c') to form a bed or socket for 

 the end of the handle to rest in. 

 The handle was attached to the 

 throat block by a small hinge, 

 which allowed it to swing from 

 the center of the hoop to the bed 

 where it fit quite snugly. 



Locking the handle in the open 

 position was the next difficulty. 



A piece of 2^-inch hard maple, 

 planed on both sides and shaped 

 as in the diagram (A) made an 

 excellent handle. For the sake of 

 lightness and looks, I even cut a 

 couple of mortises out of it (b-b). 

 A piece of flour-barrel hoop, 



This was finally met by forming 

 an L-shaped trigger of spring 

 brass, which was fastened to the 

 under side of the handle with a 

 couple of small screws. A small 

 hole in the trigger fitted over a 

 stud (D) in the rear of the throat 



