The
needles should be close together and pushed through the pasteboard
until the points show. The hole is then filled with melted babbitt
metal. When this is cold, the block is split and the pasteboard
removed. This tool makes neat pierced work and in making brass
shades, it does the work rapidly.
--Contributed by H. Carl Cramer, East Hartford, Conn.
** Kitchen Chopping Board [19]
Cooks can slice, chop or mince vegetables and various other food
rapidly by placing the little device, as shown, on a chopping
board. Ii is an ordinary staple, driven in just far enough to
allow a space for the end of an ordinary pointed kitchen knife to
fit in it. The staple is driven in the edge of the chopping board.
The knife can be raised and lowered with one hand, as
[Illustration: Knife Attached to the Board]
the material is passed under the blade with the other. Great
pressure can be applied and the knife will not slip. --Contributed
by M. M. Burnett, Richmond, Cal.
** Carrying Mattresses [19]
Sew straps to the sides of mattresses and they can be handled much
easier.
** A Carpenter's Gauge [19]
The home workshop can be supplied with a carpenter's gauge without
any expense by the use of a large spool and
[Illustration: Round Stick In a Spool]
a round stick of wood.
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