Handy man's workshop and laboratory . ANING DOG When away from the shop, and wishing to plane a stick whichhas beveled ends, and having no means at hand of resting thebevel against anything without crushing the point, simply cut ashort piece, slightly thinner than the work, to approximately thesame bevel. Drive a nail at right angles to the bevel till it pro-trudes one-fourth or three-eighths, bend this parallel with theedges of the piece, and then bend the head of the nail down flushwith the stick. This last bend prevents the nail turning. Nailthis piece to a step, sill, or floor, rest the en
Handy man's workshop and laboratory . ANING DOG When away from the shop, and wishing to plane a stick whichhas beveled ends, and having no means at hand of resting thebevel against anything without crushing the point, simply cut ashort piece, slightly thinner than the work, to approximately thesame bevel. Drive a nail at right angles to the bevel till it pro-trudes one-fourth or three-eighths, bend this parallel with theedges of the piece, and then bend the head of the nail down flushwith the stick. This last bend prevents the nail turning. Nailthis piece to a step, sill, or floor, rest the end of the piece to beplaned against the nail point, which acts precisely like a bench dog,and the piece may be firmly held.—J2 CHAPTER KINKS THE CLOTHESPIN ON THE HANDY MANS WORKBENCH Even so commonplace an article as a clothespin can be putto use in the workshop of the resourceful amateur. The ac-companying illustrations show how. Fig. 69 illustrates a, clothes-pin compass. A large pin is passed through the head to form the. Fig. 70—Clothespin clainp Fig. 71—Tool rack made ofclothespins pinion. A pencil slightly flattened is inserted in slot of clothes-pin and is clamped in place by a setscrew. One side of theclothespin may also be graduated so as to enable one to set thecompass for any size of circle without the use of a rule. Clothespins make very good clamps to hold small work to- HANDY MANS WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY 65 gether for matching holes, etc. The ends are drawn together bythumbscrews, as shown in Fig. 70. By fitting a number of clothespins in a wooden block as inFig. 71 a convenient tool rack or file for order blanks, cards, etc.,is made.—14 A SIMPLE METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING A HANDLE The accompanying illustration shows a simple method ofconstructing a neat and strong handle for a box, or a handle is fashioned from two similar shade roller bracketswhich are fastened in place by means of screws at the pointswhere the handle is needed. A piece of
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