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Popular Science Monthly 



A Filing Clamp for Use in the 

 Jaws of a Vise 



THIS device is used in an ordinary 

 bench vise and used mostly by 

 tool makers or gage makers. It is not 

 well known to ordinary shop men, but is 



1 1 1 1"* 



An angle clamp to hold in a vise for grip- 

 ping parts requiring the filing of arrises 



very practical on gages and other work 

 requiring filing of arrises as it does away 

 with filing up or down. Its use is un- 

 limited. The upper jaw is adjustable to 

 different thicknesses of stock. If made 

 of cast iron and polished it makes a 

 very neat tool, — Fred Fruhner. 



How to Remove Stains from Various 

 Kinds of Cloth 



BLOOD stains when fresh and still wet, 

 can be removed by dropping hydro- 

 gen peroxide on -them. If old stains, 

 cold water and soap are most effective. 



Blueing: If clothes are streaked or 

 spotted with blueing, boil them in 

 dilute acid, using about a teaspoon of 

 muriatic acid to two gallons of water. 



Chocolate stains should be removed 

 from clothing before it is washed, as hot 

 water and soap set the stains. If 

 washed while fresh with cold water and 

 soap, no stain will remain. If it is an 

 old stain, boiling in Javelle Water will 

 remove the stain but may be injurious 

 to the fabric. 



Cocoa stains should be treated the 

 same as chocolate stains.' 



Coffee stains should be treated the 

 same as chocolate stains. 



Dyes: Clothes are sometimes splash- 

 ed with dyes in dyeing at home. These 

 splashes can be readily removed by 

 soaking them in ammonia water. 



Fruit stains of all kinds, peach, grape, 

 cranberry, etc., can be removed when 

 they are fresh, by pouring boiling water 



over them. If the stain is old, the only 

 way to remove it is by boiling it in Ja- 

 velle Water, but this is apt to be injuri- 

 ous to the fabric, and will remove the 

 color in any colored goods. 



Grass stains, when fresh can be 

 removed by soaking in alcohol. If the 

 stains are old, rub with molasses and 

 allow to stand several hours before 

 washing out. 



Grease spots can be removed with 

 gasoline or with ether. But careful 

 manipulation is necessary. Gasoline 

 and ether must be kept away from any 

 flame. Pour enough gasoline or ether 

 on a tablespoonful of starch to make a 

 paste, place the paste on the under side 

 of the spot and allow to remain several 

 minutes. Brush off the starch when it 

 is dry. Ether evaporates more rapidly 

 than gasoline and leaves no unpleasant 

 odor. • 



Ink Spots: Ordinary ink (not indel- 

 ible) can be removed by using this 

 homemade ink eradicator: 



Solution I. Put 5 teaspoons of acetic 

 acid (which can be purchased at the 

 drug store) into a glass measuring cup, 

 add water enough to make half a cup 

 of liquid. Put in a bottle, cork it well; 

 and label "Solution i.'' 



Solution 2. Put one tablespoon of 

 fresh chloride of lime into a granite pan 

 with half a cup of water, boil until a 

 pink color appears, then strain through 

 a fine cloth. Add X cup cold water, 

 place in a bottle, cork well, and label 

 "Solution 2." 



In using this eradicator, apply solution 

 I, let it stand a moment, soak up with 

 a blotter, then apply solution 2, let 

 stand a moment, then blot up. If the 

 spot is not gone, repeat. This solution 

 is injurious to silk, and will take the 

 color out of delicate fabrics. 



Iodine spots can be removed by 

 swabbing with alcohol on a piece of 

 absorbent cotton, or better, by placing 

 on the spots a paste made of starch and 

 cold water. This will form a blue 

 spot, which can easily be washed out 

 with cold water. 



Iron Rust can be most easily removed 

 by soaking the spot for a short time in 

 dilute muriatic acid (one part acid to 

 one part water). Be sure to wash the 

 acid out thoroughly or it will rot the 

 fabric. Rinse in ammonia after using 

 acid on any fabric. 



