BENZINE BUCKET HANDLES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 162, 28 June 1930, Page 12

BENZINE BUCKET HANDLES

The value of benzine and kerosene tins on the farm hardly needs stressing. The increasing popularity of bowser pumps renders this class of bucket increasingly scarce and every opportunity should be taken to replenish the supply. Give the outside a rough coating of varnish and the inside a thin coating of tar, and the tins will last for years. The ordinary handle made by a bent piece of fencing wire is apt to hurt the hands when an amount of carrying has to be done, but the simple device described below will be found of great value, not only for poultry buckets, but as handles for any kind of large tin. Take a piece of No. 8 gauge fencing wire, about six feet long, and measuring the centre, proceed to wind it around a piece of three-quarter-inch pipe, or a broom handle The first circle must commence from the' centre of the wire and an equal number of turns taken from the left and right sides. The number of turns can be made to suit the individual taste, but, roughly, about fifteen circles are sufficient. The ends are then turned at right angles, and a small loop made to fit into the holes made at the top of the kerosene tin. This type of handle will be found a boon, as it is somewhat elastic and gives a good grip, and far preferable to the single wire, which cuts into the fingers.