In use, the guide F is adjusted until it is the desired distance from the cutter and then secured by the screws. The tool is handled like a plane, care being taken not to bear down too hard, as the cutter may bind and cause it to be pulled from the clamp. In cutting a groove, two slots are cut and the stock between them removed with a chisel.
A One-Runner Sled
The Barrel Stave Has a Sufficient Curve to Make It Pass Smoothly over Hard Snow
Just an ordinary barrel stave, with a center post and a crossboard for a seat, makes a good one-runner sled. Select a good, smooth stave for the runner and securely fasten the upright, which is 1 ft. long, to it in the center. The seat is made of a board, about 1¹⁄₂ ft. long, nailed to the upper end of the upright.
Substitute for a Gas-Stove Oven
Wishing to bake a nice loaf cake one afternoon for dinner, and finding that the fire in my range had gone out, I remembered an oven shown me at one time for use on a small gas plate, which consisted of a cover, a bottom piece, and a support for the pan. The thought came to me that with all my pots and pans I ought to be able to get some results by the combination of two pie tins, a cake pan, and a stew pan, and on trial it baked as fine a cake as anyone could wish.
A Combination of Pie Tins, Cake Pan, and Stew Pan to Make Temporary Gas-Stove Oven
A small pie tin was placed in a larger one, as shown; on this was placed the cake pan filled with the cake batter, and over the whole was placed the stew pan, which acted as a heat retainer or oven. A good hot flame was used at first, and was then gradually turned lower until the cake was finished.—Contributed by Mrs. Anna M. B. Romig, Allentown, Pa.