Popular Science Monthly 



137 



An Adjustable High and Low Stool 

 for the Typesetter 



A J OB printer who preferred to be 

 seated while setting up type and 

 yet did not relish the inconvenience of 

 jumping off and on a high stool to reach 



Two heights for the seat are obtained 

 by merely giving the top a slight turn 



the lower drawers, solved the problem 

 with the adjustable stool illustrated. 



To make it, four stool tops are fast- 

 ened together with four floor-pipe 

 flanges, one cross, and four pieces of 

 pipe, all yi in. in diameter. Both pairs 

 of pipes are cut and threaded to the same 

 length, two for the high stool and two 

 for the low, the two former being of such 

 length as to make the stool about 24 ins. 

 high and the other pair making one 14 ins. 



The flanges are screwed to the under- 

 side of the stool tops in the center and 

 the pipe screwed into them. The cross is 

 interposed in the center. When chang- 

 ing from one position to the other it is 

 only necessary to give the stool one- 

 quarter turn and a different height is 

 obtained. 



An Easy Way to Remove Old 

 Varnish or Paint 



TO properly refinish a piece of old 

 furniture the surface of the wood 

 must be cleaned so that it will present a 

 new and clean appearance. The old 

 varnish must be removed and the wood 

 sanded down and made like a new piece 

 of timber. The most difficult part of the 

 work is to remove the old varnish. 



Many patented varnish removers are 

 on the market, but where there is just 

 a little work to be done it does not pay 

 to purchase a full can of the liquid. 

 Varnish may be removed by coating the 

 surface with a very hot solution of 

 strong glue, applied thin, and allowing 

 the job to stand over night. The next 

 day the varnish will be found hanging 

 in flakes, and just a little rubbing with 

 fine sandpaper will make the surface 

 clean, leaving nothing but the wood 

 showing. It is then ready to be prepared 

 for the new coat of varnish. 



Sliding Exhibit Tray for a 

 Show- Case Top 



A JEWELER having a number of 

 long show-cases of the all-glass 

 variety, wished to keep the tops as 

 free from scratches as possible and yet 

 give plenty of free space for showing the 

 goods within the case. He accomplished 

 his purpose by using the sliding tray 

 shown in the illustration. The tray was 

 mounted on a board extending from the 

 front edge of the case to the back. The 

 entire affair was made of light material 

 about ^ in. thick, and was constructed 

 of solid mahogany to match the wall 

 fixtures. At the ends of the board and 

 on the underside were fastened two 

 cleats to extend slightly down over the 

 glass top edge. Just back of these 

 pieces and on the underside were glued 

 strips of felt so that the weight of the 

 entire tray and board rested only on the 

 edges of the show-case top. 



Within the tray was pasted a square 

 of green baize cloth to give it added 

 neatness. The tray may be made round, 

 square or rectangular, as desired. When 



The sliding tray provides a place to show 

 jewelry without laying it on the glass 



in position on the case top it can be slid 

 along to any place where it is to be used 

 in showing the goods, or it can be lifted 

 entirely from the case and set aside. 



