. Outing. The Country Home 779. £3^ JL know that every camp and farmhouse hasa supply of tin cans, and the washers maybe made from these, as shown in Fig. 5. Knock the cans apart at their seams andcut the tin up into pieces like the rectangu-lar one shown under the hand in Fig. these pieces in the center so as tomake a square, place them on a piece ofsoft wood and punch holes in them bydriving a wire nail through them, and youwill have better washers than those youcan buy, although they may not be sohandsome. Any decent shingled roof should lastfifteen years without repairing it, and ma
. Outing. The Country Home 779. £3^ JL know that every camp and farmhouse hasa supply of tin cans, and the washers maybe made from these, as shown in Fig. 5. Knock the cans apart at their seams andcut the tin up into pieces like the rectangu-lar one shown under the hand in Fig. these pieces in the center so as tomake a square, place them on a piece ofsoft wood and punch holes in them bydriving a wire nail through them, and youwill have better washers than those youcan buy, although they may not be sohandsome. Any decent shingled roof should lastfifteen years without repairing it, and manyof them last nearly twice that time. Butthere comes a time when the roof beginsto leak and needs mending. When thistime comes cut out with your jackknife anumber of little wooden pegs or splints, each about six inches long anda little thicker than a pipestem; go up in the attic andwherever you see daylightthrough the roof push througha wooden peg to mark thespot. Then when you havefinished, take off your shoes,put on a pair
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