Handy man's workshop and laboratory . Fig. 87—An emergency pipe valve rod through the hole. Put on another washer on the projectingend, and screw a nut on it. This will answer very well in anemergency, and will be found very durable.—92 A BOILER MAKERS TOOL BAG When the boiler maker gets a rush order for repairing aboiler he gets busy. Quickly converting his overalls into a toolbag, he drops in half a dozen chisels, expander, hammer, etc.,and then he is ready for action. In making the bag he placesthe overalls full length on the floor, folds one leg up and lays it HANDY MANS WORKSHOP AND LABOR
Handy man's workshop and laboratory . Fig. 87—An emergency pipe valve rod through the hole. Put on another washer on the projectingend, and screw a nut on it. This will answer very well in anemergency, and will be found very durable.—92 A BOILER MAKERS TOOL BAG When the boiler maker gets a rush order for repairing aboiler he gets busy. Quickly converting his overalls into a toolbag, he drops in half a dozen chisels, expander, hammer, etc.,and then he is ready for action. In making the bag he placesthe overalls full length on the floor, folds one leg up and lays it HANDY MANS WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY 77 on the seat of the overalls, then rolls the two very tightly together,criss-crosses the suspenders and ties them on the part which ap-pears in illustration. He then puts his hand inside the leg leftfull length and grasps the roll and turns the whole thing insideout. This completes the bag, which is ready to receive the Fig. 88—How to convert a pair of overalls into a tool bag These, of course, come against the outside of the overalls, leav-ing the side that comes next to the garments as clean as ever.—6 A STRONG HOME-MADE TURNBUCKLE Requiring some small turnbuckles which would stand a sud-den strain, the writer hunted through the hardware stores of NewYork without success. None small enough could be obtainedhaving the left and right hand bolts cast in one piece to the ringsat their ends. A buckle with bolts made of wire threaded at oneend and bent into a ring at the other opened the moment a loadwas applied. Those with a swivel at one end were not better,for in every case the riveted neck of the swivel pulled out. Finally the buckles were made at home. As small left-hand 78 HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY taps and dies were only to be obtained, and not promptly, fromthe factory, the following method was pursued: A dozen turn-buckles were required, and so two feet of ^-inch Shelby steeltubing
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