Book 3 — Substitute for Rivets in Couches

The rivets in a couch come loose and work out quite often, leaving it loose and wobbly. To make rivets fit properly by hammering them into place is almost impossible and to repair the couch with stove bolts makes an unsightly job. A very good repair and one that will make a couch rigid and strong again is by the use of ordinary brass binding posts from old dry-battery cells instead of rivets. These can be easily placed without tools.—Contributed by G. H. Clemmons, Storm Lake, Iowa.