Popular Science Monthly 



127 



Round Belt Guide on a Washing 

 Machine Wheel 



THE circumference of the washing ma- 

 chine flywheel shown in the illustration 

 is divided into 



eight equal parts 

 and at each di- 

 vision a pair of 

 3/16-in. holes 

 are drilled. Pieces 

 of stiff wire bent 

 U-shaped and 

 about4 in. long are 

 slipped through 

 these holes from 

 the inside of the 

 wheel rim and 

 their ends bent 

 outward as shown . 

 These wires serve 

 as guides to keep 

 the belt on the 

 center of the wheel. — Geo. C. Rousch. 



The U-shaped belt guide 

 made of pieces of wire 



A Vine Covered Tepee in the Garden 

 for the Little Folks 



AVERY attractive tepee can be built of 

 2 by 4-in. timbers, as shown in the 

 illustration. First lay out a plot of ground 

 and box it in with the timbers, filling up the 

 part within with dirt to the upper edges 

 of the timbers. Near each corner of the 

 frame stand one of the timbers, allowing 

 the upper end to slope toward the center 



of the square where all four meet. Then 

 tie or spike them together. 



Morning-glory vines are planted around 

 three sides of the base and are trained up 



The vine-covered tepee admits the cool 

 breeze and keeps out the hot sunshine 



to trail over wire mesh fastened to the 

 timbers. The fourth side is left open to 

 provide an entrance-way. Lawn chairs 

 and a table may be placed inside. The 

 breeze from any direction can enter such 

 a tepee and the hot rays of the sun will be 

 kept out. — Edward F. Bigelow. 



A plot is boxed in and timbers set up in 

 tepee form and covered with wire mesh 



A Shaft-Polisher Made Like a 

 Lemon Squeezer 



PISTON rods, mandrels and similar 

 shafts of considerable length turned in 

 a lathe are usually given a high finish. 

 Where no grinding fixtures are available 

 this finishing must be done with files and 

 emery cloth. A polisher for such work that 

 gives more pressure on the surface and does 

 better work with less fatigue may be made 

 on the principle of a wood lemon squeezer. 

 Two pieces 3^ i n - wide and 1/% in. thick are 

 joined at the back with a piece of old belt 

 leather for a hinge. Shallow grooves are 

 cut across the boards on the inside and 

 pieces of emery cloth tacked in them. The 

 leverage gives as much pressure as desired. 



