Using Plate Holder as Printing Frame
A cumbersome part of a commercial photographer’s equipment when “on the road” is his set of printing frames. Amateur photographers who have cameras using plates of more than one size find these frames an expensive part of their outfits. A method that is practical and inexpensive for these requirements in many cases, is as follows: Place the sensitized paper in the plate holder with the emulsion side up. Then put the plate in the holder in the same way as if about to expose it in a camera, but with the emulsion side down, so that the sensitized side of the paper and the emulsion side of the plate are in contact. The paper and plate are thus held in close contact without the use of springs, as in the regular printing frames. The plate and paper can be removed by pressing the spring catch at the bottom of the holder, and the plate is not easily moved while in place.—Francis W. Clinton, Brooklyn, New York.
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Wire Clips Weight Paper in Typewriter
Three wire paper clips linked together make a good weight for typewriter sheets that keep rolling or blowing back over the carriage, into the operator’s way, in a breezy office or where a fan is not properly stationed. They may be quickly applied to the end of the sheet, or batch of paper and carbon sheets, and removed as easily, saving time and annoyance.—H. P. Roy, Kansas City, Mo.
Chain Weight Prevents Whipping of Flag
A length of chain, sewed into a hem at the lower edge of a flag makes an inconspicuous and effective weight to prevent whipping of a flag suspended from a horizontal staff. A piece of cord can be threaded through the links of a chain to prevent it from rattling, if necessary.
Poultry-Fence Construction Economical of Netting
Not wanting to put a high poultry netting on my fence to keep my poultry at home, I devised the method shown, and was thus enabled to use 24-in. wire instead of 48-in., thereby effecting a saving, as well as not marring the appearance of the fence. Chickens will not attempt to fly over this wire but once or twice, as they endeavor to alight on the pickets of the fence instead of the wire, and consequently are thrown back by striking the wire. The wire should be supported at each post, as shown in the sketch.—Roy H. Poston, Flat River, Mo.