Rear Seat for Motorcycle or Bicycle
This Light-Weight Homemade Rear-Seat Fixture Is a Convenience for a Strong Bicycle or Motorcycle
A rear seat mounted on a light support that can be quickly attached to a strong bicycle or a motorcycle is handy, and one like that shown in the sketch can be made in the home workshop. The supporting frame, consisting of two main sections forming a fork over the rear axle, and a brace extending to the bicycle frame, are made of ¹⁄₄ by 1¹⁄₄-in. strap iron. The seat and the handlebars are supported on posts of the usual type, flattened at their lower ends, and riveted to the fixture. The lower ends of the fork are bent to form foot rests. The detailed construction of the seat post and the method of clamping the brace at A are shown in the smaller sketches. The fastenings on the seat and handlebar posts are made with rivets or bolts.—P. P. Avery, Garfield, N. J.
Changing Wheels Equalizes Wear on Baby-Cab Tires
The front and rear wheels of a baby cab are usually of the same size and the tires on the rear wheels are worn much more rapidly than those on the front wheels. By changing the position of the wheels, the wear on the tires is equalized, making it unnecessary to renew them until all are worn out.—J. Cecil Alter, Cheyenne, Wyo.
A Craftsman Leather Billfold
By LIVINGSTON HAVILAND
The making of a billfold is easily within the range of an amateur in leather work, who will observe the instructions carefully. Seal, morocco, pigskin, and ooze sheep are satisfactory. Skiver, or thin leather, and silk moiré make suitable linings. When the processes involved in the making of the billfold are mastered, numerous other small articles in leather will suggest themselves, and can be made similarly.
Fig. 1. Place the Pattern on the Leather and Trim It to Size Even with the Edges of the Pattern