At least three screw-drivers should be kept, one for large, one for medium, and one for small screws. If its point is wider than the head of the screw, a screwdriver will damage the wood round the head as the screw goes home. On the other hand, trying to force in a large screw with … Read more
When an oilstone becomes hollow and uneven with use, it may be given a time surface again by rubbing it on a flat iron surface sprinkled over with emery powder and water. More emery and water are added as needed. Or it may be rubbed on a sheet of emery cloth fixed firmly to a … Read more
A step-ladder, or pair of steps, as it is otherwise called, is an important item of the household equipment which any amateur joiner of fair skill can easily put together. For the sides are wanted two 4-foot 3-inch lengths of wood measuring 4 inches by $ inch after planing. The top, A, is 18 inches … Read more
Once your new grass – whether grown from seed or turf – has reached a height of 5 cm (2 in) it can be cut lightly with a mower to reduce it to 2.5 cm (1 in). This first cut should be made when the grass is perfectly dry, and the clippings should be collected … Read more
There is still a considerable number of people who keep pigeons or doves, and many of them will be interested in the dove-cote which is described here. It is octagonal in shape, two-storied, and has four compartments in each story, all of which can be got at for cleaning and inspection through doors in two … Read more
WHEN a man wishes advice on a subject of which he knows little, he consults an expert. If lie is ill, he goes to a doctor; if he wishes legal advice, he seeks the opinion of a lawyer; and if he is desirous of purchasing a house, he con-sults an architect. An architect is the … Read more
The Englishmans desire to feel and look at a fire is unsatisfied by radiators, and open fires may be provided in the reception rooms; and when in use the other means of heating may be turned off. At the present time electricity is being increasingly used for cooking. It has the obvious advantage of being … Read more
IT is becoming increasingly apparent that more and more people are not content to purchase the ready-made article, but desire to have their house built to their own special ideas. This is as it should be, for it still remains true that There is no place like home, especially if one feels that it contains … Read more
THERE is all the difference in the world between a house and a home. The former may be very beautifully designed, and the situation such as to encourage a poets muse, and yet remain nothing more than the desirable residence that is part of the verbal stock-in-trade of estate agents. Add that it is exquisitely … Read more