[Illustration:  Rustic Seat and Details of Construction]

rails, and are then secured with two or three brads at each end.

Select curved pieces, about 2-1/2 in. in diameter, for the arm rests and back rails; while the diagonally placed filling may be about 2 in. in diameter.  Start with the shortest lengths, cutting them longer than required, as the paring necessary to fit them to the rails and posts shortens them a little.  Brad them in position as they are fitted, and try to arrange them at regular intervals.

** Heated Steering Wheel [441]

Motorists that suffer with cold hands while driving their cars may have relief by using a steering wheel that is provided with electric heat.  An English invention describes a steering wheel with a core that carries two electrically heated coils insulated one from the other and from the outer rim.

** Homemade Workbench [442] By C. E. McKINNEY, Jr.

The first appliance necessary for the boy’s workshop is a workbench.  The average boy that desires to construct his own apparatus as much as possible can make the bench as described herein.  Four pieces of 2 by 4-in. pine are cut 23 in. long for the legs, and a tenon made on each end of them, 1/2 in. thick, 3-1/2 in. wide and 1-1/2 in. long, as shown

[Illustration:  Details of Construction of Homemade Workbench]

at A and B, Fig. 1.  The crosspieces at the top and bottom of the legs are made from the same material and cut 20 in. long.  A mortise is made 1-1/4 in. from each end of these pieces and in the narrow edge of them, as shown at C and D, Fig. 1.  The corners are then cut sloping from the edge of the leg out and to the middle of the piece, as shown.  When each pair of legs are fitted to a pair of crosspieces they will form the two supports for the bench.  These supports are held together and braced with two braces or connecting pieces of 2 by 4-in. pine, 24 in. long.  The joints are made between the ends of these pieces and the legs by boring a hole through each leg and into the center of each end of the braces to a depth of 4 in., as shown at J, Fig. 2.  On the back side of the braces bore holes, intersecting the other holes, for a place to insert the nut of a bolt, as shown at HH.  Four 3/8 by 6-in, bolts are placed in the holes bored, and the joints are drawn together as shown at J. The ends of the two braces must be sawed off perfectly square to make the supports stand up straight.

In making this part of the bench be sure to have the joints fit closely and to draw the bolts up tight on the stretchers.  There is nothing quite so annoying as to have the bench support sway while work is being done on its top.  It would be well to add a cross brace on the back side to prevent any rocking while planing boards, if the bench is to be used for large work.