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A MODEL WORKSHOP AND SOME USEFUL ARTICLES. 



at the end and fastened in a large spool, like those 

 used for chalk-lines, or something of similar shape, 

 is needed. Give the rope one turn around this, 

 run it through the hole in the other end of the 

 stick and draw it as tight as possi- 

 ble, wrapping it two or three times 

 around to aid in holding it. Then 

 take a piece of iron or block with 

 some sort of a rounded point, with 

 which to press against the end of 

 the spool, so that it can turn read- 

 ily, and you have a very satisfac- 

 tory drill which will make a hole 

 much quicker than you might im- 

 agine. Each time the stick is 

 moved back and forth the length 

 of the rope, it gives a good many 

 turns of the file, which, of course, 

 cuts just as well one way as the 

 other. It is but a step to the 

 grindstone to grind down the file as 

 often as it gets too dull. 



Of course, no enterprising man wants to run to 

 a mechanic every time his saw needs filing, so he will 

 want a saw clamp, and it may be cheaper to make 

 one like that shown in Fig. 4 than to buy. One 

 upright scantling is securely fastened to the floor 

 and girt in front a window. The other is mortised 

 to allow it to play on the cross piece. A wedge- 

 shaped piece of board works in a slot in this cross- 

 piece to fasten the clamp, which is simply two 

 narrow strips of board with the upper edges bev- 

 eled, and held together at one end by a screw. One 

 board is shown dropped down in the cut. 



At D sets a tool chest, E shave-horse, F grind- 



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Fig. 3. Drill for Boring Metals. 



stone; is a turning-lathe, run by foot and connected 

 with a large balance wheel on the upper floor : H 

 work-bench, /hewing block. 



The building affords an excellent place to keep 

 small tools of all kinds for both outside and inside 



work, aside from its value as a place for work. 

 The sides are well filled with nails, hooks and pegs 

 which serve as places for all sorts of garden and 

 farm tools, as well as those for shop work. The 

 room under the benches and overhead is used as a 

 place in which to keep a little lumber, and such 

 odds and ends as are left from time to time. It 

 costs nothing to let these lie there and they fre- 

 quently furnish just the piece that is wanted. 



As an instance, the owner mentioned using a 

 piece the past winter, which he felt certain had 

 been there over 25 years, and at last the place 

 came for which 

 it was exactly the 

 right thing! 

 Some might 

 question the pol- 

 icy of saving a 

 thing of that 

 kind for use 25 

 years hence, but 

 there should al- 

 ways be some 

 stock of material 

 on hand, and no 

 doubt most of it 

 finds its use 

 much sooner 

 than this. In this particular case, the shop was 

 built before the dwelling, and rendered excellent 

 service as a place in which to work out finishing 

 material for the house, for it was in the days when 

 wood-working machinery was not so plenty as now, 

 and most of the work had to be done by hand. 

 Fig. 5 shows a grater which possesses some ad- 

 vantage over the com- 

 mon board leveler for 

 certain kinds of work. 

 It can be made from 

 an old stone- bo at 

 which has become so 

 worn that it cannot 

 be expected to last 

 much longer, using 

 strong spikes of some 

 kind, standing back- 

 ward, for the teeth. 

 Those in the one illus- 

 trated are old teeth 

 from a threshing machine cylinder. Any stones or 

 rubbish which need to be removed from the field 

 may be thrown on the boat and drawn along until 

 it is convenient to unload them. The weight of 

 these, together with that of the boat, will hold the 



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