Handy man's workshop and laboratory . reak joints with thefirepot sections D, the two sections of the ring may be set in placethrough the door openings, and the firepot sections set in theirrespective positions one after the other, beginning with the sectionD, which bridges the breach in This method has its advantages over the old way in giving anequally strong construction, and being far more economical, asit does not necessitate the removal of the heater.—3 LET THE CLOCK OPEN THE FURNACE DRAFTS Most furnaces are nowadays arranged so that the drafts canbe operated from the living rooms
Handy man's workshop and laboratory . reak joints with thefirepot sections D, the two sections of the ring may be set in placethrough the door openings, and the firepot sections set in theirrespective positions one after the other, beginning with the sectionD, which bridges the breach in This method has its advantages over the old way in giving anequally strong construction, and being far more economical, asit does not necessitate the removal of the heater.—3 LET THE CLOCK OPEN THE FURNACE DRAFTS Most furnaces are nowadays arranged so that the drafts canbe operated from the living rooms above, but still require the 346 HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY personal attention of some shivering member of the household,before dawn on cold winter mornings, if the house is to becomfortably warm by breakfast time. Undoubtedly much irrita-bility and fatigue, if not actual sickness, can be traced to thestrain of this early rising under the most unfavorable is a very simple matter, which anyone could undertake. Fig. 288—Drafts closed, alarm set successfully, to so arrange an alarm clock that it will control allthe drafts and dampers and open them at any desired time in themorning. If it is absolutely necessary to shake down the fire,remove ashes, and add fresh fuel, the problem is a much moredifficult one, far beyond the strength or capacity of the dutifulalarm clock. Most furnaces, however, can, with a little experience,be so left the night before that on opening the drafts in themorning they will burn up rapidly and soon have the house ata comfortable temperature. Fresh fuel, unless absolutely neces- HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY 347 sary, actually delays the heating up of the house and is muchbetter added later, when the demand for heat is not so urgent. The apparatus comprises a base-board fitted with two screweyes, through which the usual chains are passed. Hinged to theboard with a pair of staples is a U-shaped lever, with one armabout 5 in
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