A SIMPLE INKSTAND

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20422, 12 February 1938, Page 19 (Supplement)

A SIMPLE INKSTAND

Those of you who learn geometry at school and use Indian ink for your homework will find this inkstand very useful; it can he made in a few moments. AH you need is a piece of thm cardboard square, like the piece shown in the diagram, then, with the aid of a pencil, a pair of compasses and a ruler, draw on the cardboard the various shapes shown in the illustration. The circle marked t is to hold the ins bottle. The outer circle, dotted, coincides with the circumference of the bottle; the small black circle inside is cut right out, and the eight black line, radiating from It are also cut. so that the eight little flaps can be bent back as far as the dotted outer line. If von have drawn the circle accurately, yo'u will now And that the Ink bottle can he pressed down between the flaps, which will hold It in place. The small flaps 2, 3 and 4 are cut out and bent upwards along the dotted lines. The top picture shows the inkstand in use, i! Is simple and practical—and it has the added advantage that when It is dirty. It is very easy to make a new one I