Jig-Saw Table for Vise
Those who have occasional work to be done with a jig saw will find the simple device shown in the sketch convenient. It provides a table for sawing light work. By holding it in a vise, as shown, a rigid support may be had. The table is made of a rectangular piece of ³⁄₄-in. wood, 8 in. wide and 10 in. long. At one end, a strip, 1 in. square, is attached for clamping in the vise. The other end is notched to provide a place for the saw while in use.—Contributed by Victor A. Rettich, New York, N. Y.
The Jig-Saw Table Provides a Rigid Support for Light Fretwork
An Emergency Dark-Room Light
The traveling man who “lives in a suitcase” and at the same time wishes to enjoy the pleasures of amateur photography sometimes experiences difficulty in developing films in a hotel room. Soup plates borrowed from the steward, or even the bowl pitcher and the ice-water pitcher in the room, can be used for development, but it is very hard to improvise a ruby lamp. My emergency lamp is a small vest-pocket flash lamp over which two yellow envelopes, one inside of the other, are slipped, as shown. The lower edges are cut perfectly square and rest on the table, or shelf, in the closet, and all white light is excluded. At night, the shades may be drawn, and a yellow-paper sack may be tied around the electric light.—Contributed by J. L. Pinkston, Granite Hill, Ga.
An Ice Creeper
The illustration shows a one-piece ice creeper for the heel of a boot or shoe. It is made from sheet steel with the arms bent up to receive a strap for buckling it in place on the boot heel. The zigzag cuts in the bottom part are turned down for engaging the ice.—Contributed by Chas. S. Snell, Lewiston, Me.