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Show EjE TOOLS FOR A FARMER mm F. T. Luptoii. Jam In tho list of ropalr tools, tho powor CI drlvon grlmlstono ranks among tho 3k host as It will koop most of tho wood En nnd Iron working tools shnrp. It needs Hg a euro nctlng water can. A vory goud KM can is ono having an eighth Inch nip- lH plo Hccurod by lockuuts nnd n gasket H to Its bottom and an olghth Inch HJ globo valvo to rcgulnto tho drip. jHJh Makers of plpo threading tools booiii Hg to linro an ngrooment that medium 'H sized plpoa shall nil ho throadod nllko HB bo pipes, plpo dies and fitting bought H, as far soparnto placos nil fit each mWu' other. Holt makers do not ngroo bo HI well still many bolts, dies nnd burs HI fit pretty well oxcopt that throadod W burs nro otton a llttlo too smull and H must bo worked out n llttlo with n H tap. H As a fnrmor often uhoh such Iron as HE can bo found on tho placo to mako ro- nf pairs somo way of tostlng boforo work- H lng It Is wanted. To know It a ploee MM of wrought Hiatal can bo drlllod or H threaded, socuro It In n hoavy vise Kj nnd strlko It n good sideways blow. I If It bonds It Is safo to work, If It J springs back do not try lino tools on It; work It hot. Ilnko tcoth nro sluol. Hj . Thoy nro only usoful ns thoy will do J, for hay IiooIib, meat hangurH or con- HI noctlng loops for bolts. Thoy will Hj snfoly stand flio fnlr pull of ono flf horse or will siiBpqnd .100 pounds. HJ' Work UiIb stufT just n llttlo nioro than Hj' black hot ns It will lly Uko glass whou Hj sputtorlng hot. Some binder rods mm nro stool nnd nro unsafo to thrend Hj oven when thoy show-threads on thorn E ns that was dono with n spoelul tool. Hi Broken rods run often be spliced by threading and Jololng with a pump rod coupling. The most useful Hie for a fnrmor Is n horso rasp as It will lllo both wood and Iron nt n sorprlslng rate. Itnt Ull (Ilea nre mtt good for onlarglng bolt holes. We nnd thnt only ono firm makes good monkey wrenches, tho others nre but second hosts. All Ingle handle pipe wrenchos will crush HlpeM If strained. Tho two handled longs nre somewhat bottor. Stilt for corners nnd tight placos the single hnitdle wrenches nro hotter. A snake heed bar Is n hotter tool, for , stretching short lengths of barb wlro stretcher. A chain drill is a vory hnndy tool. It 1ms a foed whool nnd nhout thirty Inchon of chnln "to go around any object to be drilled. Tho drill bit Is set In Its sockot, tho chain fastened about right and tho feed wheel tightened while a enrpontors braco works tho drill. Iron drilling that n standard drill can not do Is roadlly dono with tho llttlo trap. Drill bits aro hard to keep. Thoy broa.lt becauoo thoy aro not fed straight to tho work or thoy nro forced to fnst or thoy got nonrly through tho holo nnd stick nnd tiro twisted off. Twist drills bore cleaner and fastor than blncksmtth mado onog. If not broken too short they nro readily ropolntcd by grinding. Those drills work hnrd wood bottor than regular augur bits. A throo-eighths throo-eighths Inch drill bit thirty inches long Is vory hnndy to mark out long hoi os In two or moro timbers at onco but thoy nro vory npt to break. Where thoro nro thrown nway Implements (tilto n storo of bolls, rods nnd straps can bo Bccurod somo slack day by taking thorn nil to plocos. Hosldcs this a nulsanco Is put out ot sight. Rods, chains, rlvots, 'bolts, burs and . nails havo as It woro a haso rato of five to olght cents u pound so ono hns to decide whothor to uso old stuff or buy new. Hotter tlmo can bo mndo nt repair work by not hurrying ns hurrying broakB tho tools. A bottor ropalr jolt can ofton bo dono It tho break can bo loft for half an hour ns the mind hns tlmo to moot tho occasion oc-casion morn fully. For somo kinds of mnrhlnory tho farmer can Indlcnto (ho way to n tnnro successful ropalr than tho locnl blncksmtth becnuso tho farmer has n bettor knowlcdgo of tho wny the mnchlno works than tho smith can havo. |