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Show REVIEW, April 1966 7ive Chisel Careful Use Jsing a wood chisel properly rolves more getting od results. Use it carelessly d you may gouge a piece out your hand, rhe first rule in handling, a isel is to make sure that ur left hand (assuming you than right handed) remains in ck tf the blade during any tting operation, rhe grip of the right hand on chisel handle must be firm i th the thumb extended in the rection of the blade. The left nd can rest lightly on the top the chisel, in back of the de, acting more or less as No house goes through the damage, the least you may ex- and tapers away from the post Take a look at the roof for winter without some ill effects. pect to find is sagging. Sagging After the last of the snow has can interfere with the proper loose, torn or missing shingles. melted the wise home owner pitch of the gutter, causing wa- Have a roofing contractor tend will make a tour of his home ter to stand in it in spots. to these on a high or steep and property to determine the Loosen or tighten the straps as roof unless you are very sure extent of the repair work that required so that water runs footed. must be done. toward- - the downspout If Check trees for broken limbs. The sooner repairs are made spikes are used you may have Cut away those close to the the less serious the damage is to remove and renail them. ground. Call a tree service for those higher up. likely to be. Take care of sagRepair With Patch ging fences before they fall, Clean out all debris that may If calking is worn around doors and windows, recalk becracked masonry before it crumhave accumulated in the gut- fore spring rains cause more bles, damaged gutters before ters. If there are damaged damage. Also, tighten up the they need replacing. areas, repair with a patch of hold your television Masonry takes a severe beat- the same metal or glass fiber fittings that antenna in place. ing from winter weather. Hair- and coat with roof cement line cracks last fall have become Sand, prime and paint rusted worse. Moisture soaks in where spots just as soon as weather is and the freezing expands it warm enough for painting.. damage is done. Fences that sag do so because Quick patching will prevent posts have rotted at ground loose crumbling. Clean away level or they were not set propmaterial. Moisten the inside of Rotted posts should be the crack, fill with concrete erly. replaced. Treat their ends with moist several for and patch keep wood preservative to prevent days rotting. Finish for Surface Posts should be set 18 to 24 a nail often is a With the crack filled, finish inches deep or of Clinching with a wood float if you want their height to help them with- very necessary procedure, esa rough surface, a metal trowel stand wind and weather. Keep pecially when working with for a smooth surface. them six feet apart, no more heavy lumber. Examine mortar joints in than eight. It is used mostly when drivbrickwork for signs of damage. Use of Concrete ing a nail through one board Clean out loose mortar, soak the area with water and fill In clay or firm soil, concrete and into another may not make with fresh mortar flush with is not necessary. Just compact a enough joint The the brick. Smooth out with a the earth around the base. If strong when a long occurs you use concrete, build it up so clinching pointing tool. nail is driven is above both no it through other that suffered slightly grade If gutters pieces of wood and then bent Clinched Nail guide. To get clean cuts, make em in the direction of the ain with very slight diagonal rokes. It is essential that the stock so that it cannot i secure ove even a fraction of an ch. Work slowly, work care-lland never take your eyes f what you are doing. Remember to cut away from guide line toward the waste ea. If anything goes wrong e damage will occur on the aste stock. y Strengthens one-thir- d POSH OR FOR HEART PANSIES Major difference between the work at a dust mop and that of a broom is that in broom sweeping we merely dirt from one place to e next, then pick it op. PEONIES AND ALL PERENNIALS pjr m .Ta , AT A PRICE YOU CAN AFFORD )P 1 DAY over. Tliere are a number of ways to clinch a nail, depending on what the objective is. If the intention is to make the strongest joint possible, the part of the nail that sticks out of the second board should be hammered down across the grain. If you want a strong joint but not necessarily one of super strength, then the excess A dust mop must be cleaned of the nail can be hammered After periodically. every use down with the grain. the mop bead should be This latter method dues not vacuumed or brushed out with as heavy hammer a pot brush or some other blows as does the other. similar tool. All this can be done with regular nails. But If you have a lot of clinching to do, it might Heavy shaking of dust mops to buy clinching is discouraged. It is both be advisable nails, which have special tato comthe and damaging mop points, if they are availparatively Inefficient in re- pered able to the general public at moving collected dust A dust mop when used properly actually picks up dirt and dust as it goes. On smooth floors, the dust mop is usually the most efficient floral 3141 So. 5th E. 466-763- toed of the two. 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