Handy man's workshop and laboratory . p firm against the last board in the same row, the other endextending beyond the corner strips. The gage is slipped overthis end of the board, and held firmly against the inside face ofthe corner strip, while a pencil line is quickly drawn across theboard as it is held against the gage. The saw cut is made alittle inside the pencil mark.—3 A LADDER EXTENSION LEG A painter or any other mechanic is sometimes called upon tapaint or repair work which is very unhandy to reach. Perhapsa ladder is to be supported in some manner upon a slanting roofof a shed, or o
Handy man's workshop and laboratory . p firm against the last board in the same row, the other endextending beyond the corner strips. The gage is slipped overthis end of the board, and held firmly against the inside face ofthe corner strip, while a pencil line is quickly drawn across theboard as it is held against the gage. The saw cut is made alittle inside the pencil mark.—3 A LADDER EXTENSION LEG A painter or any other mechanic is sometimes called upon tapaint or repair work which is very unhandy to reach. Perhapsa ladder is to be supported in some manner upon a slanting roofof a shed, or otherbuilding. Such a casehappened very re-cently, when the fol-lowing scheme wasadopted by a me-chanic with success: A ladder, A, wassupported from thepeak of the shed roofby means of a plate,B, bent in the shapeof a hook. Twopainters hooks woulddo just as well. Theplate, B, was about 8or 10 inches wideand 3 feet 6 incheslong before beingbent. The grip onthe roof peak shouldnot be less than 6 or8 inches. The ond or sec-working lad-. Fig. 100—How to support a ladder on a roof HANDY MANS WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY der, C, was supported on the first ladder, A, by an extensionleg, D, made of 4 by 3 timber of tough quality. The foot ofthis leg, D, was shaped as shown in detail to fit against therounds of the ladder on the roof. A plate, E, furnished with anumber of holes for a couple of U bolts, F, was screwed downto the leg, D. The holes were staggered, and spaced 2l/2 inchesapart on each side, allowing adjustment of l% inches each way,to accommodate different pitch of roofs. The distance apart ofeach group of holes in the plate, E, should equal the distanceapart of rounds of the ladder, usually 1 foot, so that the roundsof the ladder will bear on the U bolts, which should be drawn uptight when the proper adjustment has been made. If the extension leg were made of steel, of smaller dimensionthan the timber one, furnished with a sharp point, G, to stick inthe shingles of the roof,
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