The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 11

ij irnrr-'1'" 'iBr 1 1 I If, 1, it 'fen i still -It if i It i i tj ww ii-iUi It I Wf.fijyPfi fl rr-Cv tK7li Fill i lit! 11 irfrSr MtJ'Jlm cith. Jw tip! fife uM rff- UW BALANCING THE FAMILY BUDGET BY ANDREW WAUGH, THE HANDYMAN. AmA'i HAVE you ever stopped to consider how much your home costs you in unlceep? It adds up to quite tidy sum. Prices of materials and services. have increased so much that most house holders are forced to do something to keep the family budget balanced.

The answer is for them to get busy themselves on essential home repair and maintenance jobs. So do-it-yourself is the order of the day. Thousands of people who before the war would never have dreamed of doing such work are now happily at work in their spare time with paint brush, hammer and saw. This has encouraged manufacturers to give attention to home handymen and women. A glance at practically any paint advertisement bears this out.

There has also been a revolution in the humble home workshop or "tool shed" as it used to be called. From a jumbled heap of mixed tools tossed carelessly into a large chest, has come methodically arranged "peg boards" holding a wide range of hand tools. Side by side with these are neat shelves and racks for supplies such as nails, screws, bolts. and many other hardware items. The most important development, however, has been the introduction of a comprehensive range of power tools, and there is much discussion about the best type to buy.

For the homeworker who specialises in woodwork there are combination machines that will rip, plane, and sandpaper timber, besides serving as a lathe and drill press. These are ideal where space is limited. On the other hand, some handymen prefer to buy individually motorised units as funds permit. Such an arrangement does away with the need for alter, ing a machine for various functions. Of course all this equipment is of little use without the "know how" for operating it, and one development has been the big increase in the number of people eager to enter evening colleges where handcrafts are taught.

Men and women of all ages and in every walk of life are to be found there, and their enthusiasm for such crafts as woodwork, weaving, pottery, millinery, leatherwork, basketware, and cake decorating is infectious. Retail stores and magazines are also devoting more and more space and attention to this aspect of the "do-it-yourself" vogue. 1 491 OOQ, St SEE IT ALL DEMONSTRATIONS, EXHIBITIONS, LIVE WINDOWS SAVE MONEY AND "DO IT YOURSELF" Can't is i vord we Just don't know at Nock and Kirby's. You can anything you want to. You can be a handymaileven though up till now you've doted on Philosophjsnd Mathematics.

We'll have you so you'll be buildb houses, making toys, whipping off professionjlooking jobs whatever you do. And, besides, ya'll be saving money! You'll see what fun it is to gi things done the Nock and Kirby way. For two wonderful weeks our whole store will be demonstrations, exhibitions and displays. Something will be happening all the time. We've called in all the experts to show you the simplest way to get things done.

See how easy it is to grow mushrooms, make furniture, paint a house, take rust stains from your favourite material. See a sewing machine that's new from Holland, that sews, patches or mends trousers, socks and shirts. See the windows with demonstrations. And, what's more, the whole show's free. Something's happening on every floor from tool and ether handyman demonstrations on the ground floor to sewing near the ceiling (Fridor on the fifth floor).

Come along and have fun get things done. w4k? a EZYCUT RINS-AN-DRY fELMAGROOVE PELMETS ARE EASY WITH NO MORE RINSING. WRINGING YES, I'M NOW A HANDYMAN, THANKS TO Tired of rinsing clothes out the old-fashioned way: tired of wringing until your wrists ere weak? Then come to Nock and Kirby's. We'll show you Rim-en Any handyman can put this wonder gadget in a laundry. It simply fits over the tubs.

It's powered not by electricity, but by water. Water rinses, then propels the spin drying. See it on the ground floor. We'll deliver anywhere in the metropolitan eree. 10186.

Builder, handyman end qenerel wltard you'll be; once en Ezycut's in your workshop. It planes, saws, grinds, buffs, wire brushes, dowels. Sawbench, 4J" jointer, dowelling table on stand with motor. With an Eiycut you'll be eb'e to build your own home, make toys money! 11810-. or 22- weekly: 147.

or 37- weekly. See how it works en our ground floor. Our eiperts will g'adl demonstrate it for you. your windows that real American rrgaiin look! You can with Pslmagroove. is special palmat that covarH rums and blind tops.

Simply by pulling the cord, curtains cover part or whola Palmagroov bead hools curtains without any sewing on your part. Learn ho-to male your own Pelmegroove. Screwdriver and hammer is all you need to eiiembleurs. Fourth floor. Inexpensive, from 35-.

THE HANDYMAN ST) RE SHOWS YOU HOW I T-Y Ll. .1 0 1 I ET TH I TO NOCK KIRBY'S.