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tube so as to expand it slightly. 

 It need not be heated so much as 

 to destroy the temper. A very 

 moderate heat will expand it con- 

 siderably. Warm one end of the 

 prepared wire. Cover it with a 

 bit of solder and while the latter 

 is still soft push the wire down in- 

 to the tube for half its length. 

 Repeat with the other side of the 

 break. A drop of solder run 

 around where the two ends of the 

 break come together will make 

 all smooth and complete the re- 

 pair. 



A BARBECUE FORK 



BY A. H. FROOM 



Out here in California we bar- 

 becue a good deal of meat. I am 

 enclosing herewith diagrams of a 

 fork and jack that I have found 

 very handy for this purpose. 



I get an ordinary four-tined 

 pitchfork and have the blacksmith 

 straighten out the tines. For the 

 handle I have fitted on a plain 



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FORK 



JACK 



piece of gas pipe about sixty 

 inches long, so that I can stand 

 well back from the fire. I usually 

 put a ferrule joint in the middle 

 of the handle and also simply slip 



it on to the fork socket. This 

 makes it take down easily for car- 

 rying. I have these joints beaten 

 square so that the fork will not 

 twist when the handle is turned. 



The jack is made very simply, as 

 shown in the diagram. If one 

 uses about 3^-inch rod for the 

 jack it may be slipped into one of 

 the handle joints for carrying. By 

 resting the handle of the fork in 

 the hook of the jack one can turn 

 the meat at his leisure, thus hold- 

 ing the juice in the meat instead 

 of losing it in the fire. 



A SAFETY-FIRST BELT 



BY ARTHUR JOHNSTON 

 Here is a Kink that I thought 

 out several years ago. Now I 

 cannot do without it. Get a piece 

 of heavy duck or canvas (about 

 twelve or fifteen ounce weight) 

 nine inches in width and ten inches 

 longer than your waist measure. 

 Fold and sew into a tube using 

 heavy linen thread. Machine 

 stitching is preferable. Leave five 

 inches . at either end unstitched 

 and slit the opposite edge at the 

 fold so that you have two five- 

 inch flaps at each end. 



