In using the ordinary steel-plate scraper, much inconvenience and cramping of the hands is experienced unless some suitable handle is attached. If a piece of scrap wood is taken and cut to a convenient shape, with a groove tightly fitting the scraper steel, greater pressure can be exerted and more effective work produced, without cramp- ing the hands or tiring out the operator as readily. - Contributed by A. P. Nevin, Hancock, Mich.

Ill: An Ordinary Piece of Board Shaped for a Handle and Notched for the Scraper Blade