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A Portable and Adjustable Holder for 

 Storing Round Stock 



IN shops or storerooms where rods, pipes 

 and the like are kept, some kind of a 

 rack or holder should be provided to keep 

 them from rolling about under foot. 



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The uprights are adjustable to accommodate a large or small 

 quantity of stock and can be moved from place to place 



Stationary racks serve the purpose well, 

 but they cannot be changed when a dif- 

 ferent location for the material is wanted. 

 The holder shown has been used with 

 success, and it was not expensive to make. 

 The wood used was picked up about the 

 shop and one of the men doing carpenter 

 work put it together. One rack is required 

 for each end of the stock. 



Each standard is i8 in. long and 2 in. 

 square, with two pieces, each lo in. long, 

 2 in. wide and i in. thick, fastened at right 

 angles to the lower end as shown. The 

 horizontal pieces are spaced for holes i in. 

 apart, which are bored with a bit 7/16-in. 

 in diameter. A ^-in. bolt about 6 in. 

 long is used to hold the parts together. 



If only a small number of rods are to be 

 kept, the uprights may be pushed together, 

 closing the space between them. When the 

 stock is placed in the holders the weight 

 keeps them firmly in position. 



Finishing Aluminum Surfaces on a 

 Buzz-Planer 



ALUMINUM is a metal that can be 

 worked with rapid cutting machines, 

 the only drawback being in holding the 

 pieces so that they will stand the strain 

 and resist the cutting stress without dis- 

 tortion. The practical limit thus far at- 

 tained for cutting speed is 150 ft., and a 

 manufacturer of aeroplane 

 engines has used a buzz- 

 planer for surfacing the alum- 

 inum oil pans that go under 

 the engine crank-case. The 

 walls of these cases were only 

 }/s in. thick and were hard to 

 hold in an ordinary fixture, 

 so the buzz-planer was tried 

 out with excellent results. 

 While more cuts had to be 

 taken, the speed with which 

 each one was done made it 

 possible to complete the sur- 

 facing in less time than in the 

 ordinary way. 



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 FOR-iX 6*^17 HOLES 

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To Repair Nail -Hole Punctures in Rubber 

 Tires Economically 

 T is not necessary to paste a large 

 patch on a small nail-hole puncture. 

 Just as good results can be obtained in a 

 much more economical way. Pick out the 

 hole until there is a very clean perforation, 

 then roughen with sandpaper. Apply the 

 cement, allowing it to dry 25 or 30 minutes, 

 and fill the hole with a small plug of tube- 

 stock rolled up to fill the opening. Cure 

 5 minutes on the flat plate. The pressure 

 will form the rubber plug into a sort of a 

 rivet on the inside and the repair will 

 hold just as well as a bulky patch. 



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Turning Small Screws in Difficult Places 

 with a Wood Screwdriver 



TAKE a piece of peg wood, or the end 

 of a wood penholder, or match, or 

 similar strip of wood. Shape the end into 

 a screwdriver-bit so that it will snugly fit 

 the screw slot. Such an improvised screw- 

 driver will hold the screw firmly at any 

 angle and will drive it almost home, when 

 the process can be completed and the screw 

 set up with a metal driver. 



A Snowshoe Fastener Better 

 Than Strings 



^HE ordinary method of tying 

 snowshoes may be improved upon 

 by making a fastener like the one illus- 

 trated. The toe-clip 

 A is of light harness 

 leather, with straps 

 B for attaching it to 

 the web of the snow- 

 shoe. The buckles 

 C are for the straps 

 B and the strap D 

 engages the buckle 

 E. This toe-clip can 

 be adjusted even with cold fingers, in 

 a minute's time. — J. L. Bayley. 



Leather fastener 

 for snowshoes 



