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��Disappearing Clothes Rack for the Closet

THE materials necessary for the disap- pearing rack are: 2 single-sheave pulleys, one double-sheave pulley, 3 screw hooks, 15 to 20 ft. of light rope, and

���Arrangement of pulleys in a closet for hoisting a pole from which clothes hang

a thin pole about 4 ft. long (a broom stick will answer very well). The pole is fastened by two of the screw hooks placed in the ceiling, about 3 ft. apart. The double-pulley can be fastened near the ceiling at a convenient end of the closet. This pulley is to act as a guide for the ropes. The stick is supported at each end by a rope; the other end of the rope passes over one of the single pulleys, then over the double pulley and down to a convenient distance for hoisting and lowering the rack. In order to prevent the rack from, tipping or tilting to one end, the ropes should be knotted together at such a place that when the rack is lowered to the right height, the knot will just strike the double pulley. In order to hold the rack in place, the ropes may be wound around two nails placed below the double pulley. — F. W. Buerstatte.

��A Combination Straight and Folding Step Ladder

TO make a ladder that can be used either as a straight ladder or as a step ladder, the following material is re- quired:

2 pieces of 1 by 3-iu. straight-grained wood,

without knots, 6 ft. long. 6 pieces of the same 18-in. long.

2 pieces of the same 5 ft. long.

3 pieces of the same IG-in. long.

2 pieces of stout broomliaiuUe 18-in. long. A quantity of 8 or lOd nails.

About 1 2 in. from one end of each of the four long pieces bore a hole, through which a broomhandle will pass fairly easily, i't;--- and 1 ft. back from this '; \ -'-t., hole bore another one, ;|;;;;---li as shown in the illus- 'i \ ""\i tration. ; 5i-V;;;--''."i

Lay the two longest \ \ Ts pieces with edges up, and nail on the six 18- in. rungs, beginning the end nearest the holes and placing them about a ft. apart. Do the same with the two shorter pieces, but in this case begin the rungs about 2 ft. from the ends with the holes in them.

Next place the short ladder within the long ladder so that the holes are in line. Slide one of the pieces of broomhandle through these holes to form a pivot. Fasten the pivot to the large ladder with a small nail to prevent it from slipping out, then allow the small ladder to swing free.

With the addition of a short length of rope or chain placed between the two sec- tions to prevent their spreading, the step- ladder is ready for use.

To convert it into a straight ladder all that is needed is to detach the stop-chain, swing the short section up until it is in line with the long section, and slide the other piece of broomhandle through the holes.

���This folding ladder is in two parts

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