How to Adjust a Custom Cat Halter

Fig.1 Cat outline

By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
Awl and thread
Binder clips
Dog collar
Hot glue (holds stitch)
Scissors

Mrs. Black has a large Siamese cat known as a Snowshoe whom she enjoys taking for a walk around her home. She tried every cat halter available on the market. Her cat is wide at the stomach and smaller at the head, but most feline collars do not work this way. A dog halter has a collar around the neck attached with an adjustable strap around the middle keeping the animal from slipping out of the halter. Sounds simple enough, but when placed into action, the cat would not allow the dog halter to be put on him and would just wiggles out of it, thus freeing himself.

This post shows the five steps to change a dog halter into a custom cat halter. 
 
Step 1: Fig.1 (above right) shows a cat's outline that is part of a children's drawing book. If you want interesting coloring pages for your children click above on fig.1. Fig.2 shows the instructions for a new red dog halter that will fit her cat with some customization. Fig.3 shows the red dog halter cut to the new size and now just needs to be sewn together.

Fig.2 Dog halter directions

Fig.3 New halter, now cut to fit a cat

Step 2: Fig.4 and fig.5 shows the repetition of the sewing needle locking in the stitch where the binder clips are attached to the cat halter. Fig.4 through fig.7 shows the stitch from the start to finish with locking the final stitch.

Fig.4 Stitching

Fig.5 Stitching continues

Step 3: Fig.6 shows the continuing stitching to accomplished the goal.

Fig.6 Stitching

Fig.7 Sew together

Step 4: Fig.8 shows that the upside down stitch is locking in the stitch at the ring area. This will need to be done for each segment that was cut to fit the cat.

Fig.8 Closing final stitch

Step 5: Fig.9 shows the cat returned from his walk and is truly a happy boy. The halter worked fine and now her cat cooperates to put the cat halter on. Mrs. Black enjoys walking with her cat safely on his leash.

Fig.9 French: Le Chat

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How to Get the Last Bit of Toothpaste from Those Pliable Plastic Tubes

Fig.1 Tube of Crest Toothpaste

By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
Binder clips (medium or small)
Crest toothpaste tube
Paper clips (large size)
Rubber bands
Toothpaste in plastic tube

We all buy toothpaste, the problem is that there is never a way to get all you paid for. How do you get the last bit of toothpaste from those plastic tubes?

This post shows the three possibilities of using up all the contents in those plastic tube. In this example a Crest toothpaste was used to show the different solutions. 

Step 1: First look at the tubes below. Above fig.1 the front side of the Crest toothpaste tube.  Fig.2 shows some of the toothpaste is missing from use. But how do you get all the toothpaste that you paid for?

Fig.2 Plastic tubes

Step 2: The first solution is to use a rubber band. The rubber band below comes from the vegetables we purchase at our local produce store. Here in California our vegetable are held by a fat green or blue rubber band. Use the rubber band in fig.3 shown below and wrap it around the base of the toothpaste tube. Fig.4 show the front side of the tube and fig.5 shows the back side of the tooth paste tube. This is fine if you have plenty of fat rubber bands and the price is right because the band comes with the vegetable. But what happens if you do not have rubber bands?

Fig.3 Rubber band

Fig.4 Rubber band around bottom

Fig.5 Rubber band at end of tube

Step 3: The next solution is to use a paper clip. Fig.6 shows a medium size paper clip. Notice in fig.7 the paper clip in on the Crest tooth paste tube. The problem with this method is the the paper clip seems to fall off the slippery tube. Sometimes a large paper clip will work better, do not use those plastic paper clips they tend to just break or just slip off. Is that all, this is not a solution, is there something better to use? But wait there is still one more to go.

Fig.6 Paperclip

Fig.7 Clip at the end of the tube

Step 4: This is the best solution to get all the tooth paste out of the tube. Fig.8 below shows a binder clip. Fig.9 shows the binder clip box and the inside of the box. Most office staff and accountants have used this device. A binder clip has nice handles that gives you a chance to apply the pressure on the tooth paste tube. The jaws of the binder clip are smooth enough to no pierce the tube and allow the tube contents to be move forward to the mouth of the tube.

Fig.8 Binder Clip

Fig.9 Clip box

Step 5: Fig.10 and fig.11 shows the Crest tube had the binder clip on its end. First roll up the tube and attach the binder clip to the end. Fig.12 the binder clip is used for all my plastic tubes. Now with these solution you should be able to get all the tooth paste that was purchase instead of losing it in the tube.

Fig.10 Best result binder clip

Fig.12 3-Tubes with binder clips

Fig.11 Contents pushed forward

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