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THE CUBA REVIEW 



HELPFUL HINTS AND DEVICES (popular mechanics) 



PULLING POST DEVICE 



The device shown in the sketch (see 

 Figue 1) is very simple for pulhng old 

 posts, but it works as well on any post. 

 A plank, 2 in. thick, 6 in. wide and 3 ft. 

 long, is set slanting against the post, and 

 a chain is fastened around the post just 

 above the ground and run up over the 

 end of the board. A horse hitched to the 

 end of the chain can pull out any ordinary 

 post. 



Do not throw away a leaky hot-water 

 bottle or bag. Heat clean white sand in 

 the oven and pour it into the bottle. Sand 

 will remain hot longer than water. 



Figure No. 1 



A method used by a correspondent of 

 American Blacks'vAth to keep hammers 

 from coming loose on handles is first to 

 wedge the hammer on the handle as 

 tightly as possible, then drill two 1-16 in. 

 holes in the end of the wood and drive 

 two large wood screws into the holes. The 

 screws never come out and the hammer 

 head does not come loose. (See Figure 2.) 



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Figure No. 2 



TILTING A BARREL 



When the contents of a barrel reaches 

 a low ebb, the barrel needs tilting each 

 time as more liquid is withdrawn. This 

 disturbs the sediment, and the liquid comes 

 out muddy. To prevent this, anyone with 

 a few tools can make a tilting apparatus 

 as shown in the sketch (see Figure 3). 

 A chain is hooked to the back of the 



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Figure No. 3 



barrel and runs over a pulley, bearing a 

 weight at its other end. The pulley is 

 suspended from the ceiling by two staples. 

 As the liquid in the barrel becomes less, 

 the weight raises tlie 1 arrel, the liquid 

 thus coming out clear to the last. 



AN EASY WAY TO REMOVE CORKS 



When catsups, summer beer or grape 

 wine is bottled, it is most convenient to seal 

 each bottle as shown (see Figure 4). Before 

 inserting the cork into the neck of the 

 bottle, lace a large flat pearl button on a 

 piece of wire about 10 in. long, then place 

 the cork into the loop and drive it into 

 the neck of the bottle. 



Have the two ends of the wire firmly 

 twisted together at the top. Dip the 

 whole cork, wire and all, into sealing wax 

 or melted paraffin. When ready to open 

 the bottle, knock off the wax, place a lead 

 pencil under the wire, pull gently and the 

 cork is easily withdrawn. The button pre- 

 vents the wire from cutting into the cork. 



To bend tubing or pipe, heat the piece 

 where the bend is to be made to a good 

 red heat, then put it in a vise or other 

 convenient place and bend while a stream 

 of water is turned on the inside of the 

 bend. Pipe can be bent in almost any 

 angle in this manner without kinking or 

 breaking. 



Figure No. 4 



