Folders in which large cards, calendars, posters, etc., are commonly mailed may be utilized to make convenient filing cases. Envelopes of the type shown in the sketch, with leatherboard and cord fasteners for holding the flaps together, may be cut to a uniform size or used in any smaller size desired, and, by gluing the flaps A and B, will provide serviceable containers. Small tools or other objects likely to injure a single-thickness folder, or drop out of it, may be stored in double envelopes made in this way.
Yardstick on Tool Rack
The Brass Plug and Angle Are Convenient Additions to the Yardstick, Which Forms the Front of the Tool Rack
I have derived considerable satisfaction from the use of a yardstick fitted above my workbench. A plug of brass, having a center-punch mark, was inserted at the zero point on the yardstick. This is convenient in setting dividers and other instruments. Below the plug was fixed a small brass angle, set so that its inner face was at the zero point. This is useful in measuring pieces from a finished end. If the end of the yardstick is at the zero point it is necessary to attach a small extension to take the brass plug.—V. A. Rettich, Hollis, N. Y.
Bicycle Runner for Winter Use
The Mudguard is Fastened to the Rim of the Wheel and Acts as a Runner over Ice and Snow
A bicycle may be used with satisfactory results in winter by arranging a runner under the front wheel, which is lashed to the fork as indicated in the sketch. The mudguard is used as a runner by releasing it and dropping it to the position shown. It is then tied securely to the rim of the wheel and the wheel is tied at the top to the fork. This idea may be adapted by providing a special runner of sheet metal, making it unnecessary to wear the mudguard.—C. H. McCaslin, Portland, Ore.