Roll-Film Spools Useful in Economizing Pencils
Now that everyone should economize, short lead pencils should receive attention. A convenient lengthener is easily made by removing the metal ends from used film-camera spools, the 3¹⁄₄-in. length being the best size to use. The pencil is cut to fit the unslotted end of the spindle tightly. An eraser may be fitted in the slotted end. In a school quite a saving was made by collecting the short pencils of the pupils and having them thus fitted up in the workshop.—A. T. Moss, Napa, Calif.