The sketch illustrates an inexpensive temporary binder for periodicals, magazines, newspapers, etc. It consists of four parts, namely, two sheets of cardboard, A, the size of the magazine to be bound, and two pieces of linen or tape, B. A slot is cut in each corner of the cardboards about 1 in. from the edge. The tape is run through these slots in the manner shown.
The Binding is Only Temporary to Keep the Magazines in Good Condition for a Complete Volume
The magazine numbers, as they are received, are placed on the back cardboard, building them up consecutively as they come. The ends of the tape are tied to hold them together. The backbone is open and the contents are readily seen.
The sliding of the tape in the slots provides a means of holding from one to as many copies as may be desired, and they are kept in good condition until a complete volume is compiled, when a more permanent binder can be made.
Instead of tape a leather strap can be used with a buckle. The tapes can be fastened to one of the cardboards, allowing one end only to be movable.
Combination Workshop Seat
A most practical and satisfactory way of using a stool in a small workshop is shown in the illustration. In much of my small work at the bench I find it an advantage to sit, and for that purpose I purchased a small stool. My lathe is operated by a geared foot motor provided with two foot levers which may be operated singly in a standing position or both at a time when sitting. The attachment shown converts the stool, the seat of which is too low except for bench work, into a comfortable and neat seat for working at a lathe. The sketch is self-explanatory.
A plate with a setscrew is mounted under the center of the stool seat, through which a hole is bored for the seat post. Two pieces of iron pipe, an elbow and an old bicycle saddle constitute the remaining parts of the device. Provision is made for adjustment as to height, and the position of the saddle may be changed in the ordinary way by using a wrench on the part which grips the horizontal length of pipe, just the same as the seat on a bicycle-seat post is adjusted.