The Boy Mechanic, Book 2: 1000 Things for Boys to Do
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COPYRIGHTED, 1915, BY H. H. WINDSOR
CHICAGO POPULAR MECHANICS CO. PUBLISHERS
After the First Station has been Selected, It is Marked by a Pile of Stones, a Stake, or, If Precise Work is to be Done, a Tack in the Top of a Stake. The Table is Then Set Up over This Station Point and Leveled So That the Surface of the Paper will Be Truly Horizontal (Inset: UNCLE JOHN'S FARM Scale 1/16 = 1' Jimmy Smith—Surveyor)
The Boy Surveyor
Surveying and map making have always been two of the most interesting things a civil engineer has had to do. And, like George Washington, many of the men we look up to today as successes in different lines worked as surveyors in their younger days. Surveying takes one out of doors, and is apt to lead him into the unknown and unexplored byways of the earth.
Though modern surveyors often use precise and expensive instruments, creditable surveys can be made with simple and inexpensive apparatus. Of such apparatus, two of the simplest are the plane table and the camera. Since one must know the principles of plane-table surveying before he can do camera surveying, this paper will describe the plane table alone, leaving the camera for another chapter.
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1000 THINGS FOR BOYS TO DO
WITH 995 ILLUSTRATIONS
Machine for Sketching Pictures
To Make Transparent Paper
Toasting Bread over an Open Fire
Adjustable Stilts
Grape Arbor Built of Poles
Forcing Fruit Blossoms for Decorations
Corner Cleaner Attached to a Scrubbing Brush
How to Build a Skiff
Double-Swing Gate with Common Hinge
Testing Out Induction Coils
To Enlarge or Reduce Plots
A Lathe Bench
Cleaning and Polishing Shoes
Shaving Cabinet Mounted on an Adjustable Pedestal
To Prevent Drill from Catching As It Passes through Metal
Mind-Reading Effect with Cards
An Air Pencil to Make Embossed Letters
An Endless Dish or Floor Mop
Combination Tie Rack and Collar Holder
Skates Made of Wood
Prony Brake for Testing Small Motors
A Mystic Fortune Teller
Holding Prints in a Liquid-Filled Tray
Cellar-Door Holder
An Emergency Pencil Compass
Renewing Carbon Paper
How to Clinch a Finishing Nail
To Prevent Washbasin Bottom from Wearing Out
A Whistle
Card-and-Coin Trick
How to Make a Costumer
Window Catch Used for Locking an Extension Table
Relieving Pressure on Heated Canned Foods for Opening
Clothespin Bag
Combination Settee Rocker and Cradle
Springs on the Chains of a Porch Swing
Homemade Water Meter
A Snowball Maker
An Inexpensive Bobsled
Motor Made of Candles
Kettle-Handle Support
How to Make a Monorail Sled
Binding Magazines
A Shellac Cement
A Blackboard for Children
How to Make a Ski Staff
A Game Played on the Ice
An Electric Display for a Show Window
Strainer for a Milk Pail
Baking Bread in Hot Sand
How to Make Small Cams
Display Holder for Coins
Holder for Skates while Sharpening
A Homemade Direct-View Finder for Cameras
A Non-Rolling Spool
How to Make a Cartridge Belt
Removing Iodine Stains
Bed-Cover Fasteners
Collar Fasteners
Operating a Bathroom Light Automatically
A Finger-Ring Trick
Preventing Marks from Basting Threads on Wool
Relieving Air Pressure When Closing Record Boxes
A Steering Sled
To Hold a Straw Hat on the Head
Carrying Fishhooks in a Cane Pole
Drying Small Laundered Articles
Decorative Wood Panels
Automatic Watering System for Poultry Yards
Changing Pip on a Card
To Make a Special Envelope
Automatically Extinguishing a Candle
Clothespin Newspaper Holder
Holder for a Dory Rudder
Trimming Photographs
A Metal Polish
Homemade Ball Catch for Cabinet Doors
Combination Needle and Thread Tray
Repairing Worn Escapement Wheel of a Clock
Catch to Hold Two Joining Doors Open
Bicycle Oil Lamp Changed to Electric Light
Lifter for Removing Eggs from Hot Water
Double Top for a Table
An Electric Water Heater
A Drinking Tube
Washing Photographic Prints
A Fruit Stemmer
A Homemade Fountain Pen
Destroying Caterpillars on Grapevines
A Camp Provision Box
Wall Pockets in a Tent
Camp Stoves
Attractor for Game Fish
Simple Photographic-Print Washer
How to Make an Electric Fishing Signal
A Chair Swing
Another Broom Holder
Squaring Wood Stock
A Wind Vane
How to Make a Flutter Ring
A Kitchen Utensil Hanger
Homemade Hinges for Boxes
To Remove Odors from Ice Boxes
Preventing Window Sash from Freezing to the Sill
A Hanger for the Camp
Locking Several Drawers with One Lock
A Lightning-Calculation Trick
An Adjustable Nutcracker
Substitute for a Rubber Stamp
A Furniture Polish
A Hanging Vase
Filing Soft Metals
Locking Screws in Door Hinges
To Remove Grease from Clothing
To Prevent Washboard from Slipping in Tub
Clips to Hold Magazine Pages Together
Slide-Opening Cover for a Plate Holder
Magnetic-Suspension Pendulum
Use for Pencil Stubs
A Camp Loom
A Milk-Bottle Carrier
A Water Filter
A Combination Electrically Operated Door Lock
Lock for a Fancy Hairpin
Distilling Apparatus for Water
Telephone Stand for a Sloping Desk
Carrier for a Suitcase
Light in a Keyhole
Exerciser for a Chained Dog
A Laboratory Gas Generator
Holding Small Armatures for Winding
Footstool for Cement Floors
Homemade Telegraph Sounder
Laboratory Force Filter
Beginner's Helper for Roller Skating
Atmospheric Thermo-Engine
A Mirror an Aid in Rowing a Boat
Developing Tray Made of a Tin Can
White Rubber on Croquet Arches
Illuminating an Outside Thermometer
How to Make an Automobile Robe
Locating a Droplight in the Dark
Lighting a Room for Making Photographs
Detachable Hinged Cover for Kettles
A Use for Discarded Wafer Razor Blades
Armatures for Small Motors
Ice Creeper for Shoe Heels
Opening Screw-Top Fruit Jars
Lamp-Chimney Cleaner
A Pop-Corn Popper
A Homemade Floor Polisher
Simple Way to Mark Poison Bottles
Removing Varnish
Curling-Iron Heater
Preserving Flowers in Color and Form
Reading Pulse Beats with the Sun's Rays
Artistic Wood Turning
A Variable Condenser
Adjustable Baking-Pan Shoes
A Pushmobile Race
Pencil Rack
Reducing Size of a Hat Sweatband
A Catapult
Growing Clean Strawberries
A Magic Change Card
Cleaning Pearl Articles
Bed for a Camp
Sail for a Boy's Wagon
Extracting a Broken Screw
Keeping Out Dampness
A Double-Claw Hammer for Pulling Nails Straight
How to Make a Humidor
Telephoto Attachment for a Hand Camera
A Turn Feeding Table for Birds
A Sack Holder
Time Indicator for Medicine Bottles
A Washtub Stand
Pipe Used as a Leather Punch
To Prevent Oilcloth from Cracking
The Die-and-Box Trick
Homemade Pantograph
Trapping Mosquitoes
Pen Rack on an Ink Bottle
Substitute for a Broken Bench-Vise Nut
Scissors Sharpener
Floor Push Button
A Wrist Brace
Protecting a Kettle Handle from Heat
Tin Can Used for Watering Chickens
How to Make a Hurdle
Oil Burner for a Cook Stove
A Fish Stringer
Substitutes for Drawing Instruments
How to Make an Aspirator
A Key-Holder Hook
A Hand Hoe
Seed Receptacle for Bird-Cages
Kitchen-Utensil Scraper
Anchor Posts for a Lawn Swing
Automatic Filter
Grinding Scissors
To Repair a Leak in a Canoe
Holder for Loose Window Glass
A Homemade Bench Vise
A Cover Strainer
Homemade Corn Sheller
An Ornamental Metal Flatiron Holder
How to Make a Watch Demagnetizer
Remodeling a Talking Machine
Needle for Sewing Burlap
A Mysterious Revolving Wheel
How to Make a Rabbet Plane
Eye Shield for a Microscope
Transferring Magazine Pictures
A Homemade Egg Separator
A Glue-Spreader Holder
Stop on a Chair Rocker for a Baby
Homemade Countersink for Wood
To Maintain a Constant Level of Liquids in Vessels
Homemade Electric Bed Warmer
A Flash-Light Telegraph on a Kite Line
Hangers for Barn Tools
Guide Ropes on a Bobsled
Brush Hanger for a Dark Room
Lighting a Basement Light
Projecting Protractor Readings
Removing Grease from Paint
A Door Stop
Stretching a Curtain without a Frame
Welding Small Resistance-Wire Connections
Bench with Folding Seats
Rim of Wire Wastebasket Wrapped with Felt
Door-Bell Alarm
A Playground Ferris Wheel
A Merry-Go-Round Pole
A Theatrical Night Scene with the Appearance of Fireflies
Hulling Walnuts
Stick for Lowering Top Sash of a Window
An Adjustable Hacksaw Frame
A Bedroom Cabinet
A Dull Black for Cameras
A Door Fastener
Umbrella Used as a Flower Trellis
Combined Shade and Awning
Vaulting-Pole Attachments
Separating Drinking Glasses
A Magic String
Edging Flower Beds
An Electric Stirring Machine
A Clothes Rack
How to Make a Pair of Foot Boats
A Green-Corn Holder
Inflating Toy Balloons
Electric-Light Mystery
An Oar Holder
Cooking Food in Paper
Washing Photograph Prints
Combination Lock for a Drawer
How to Start Small Machine Screws
An Umbrella Holder for Display Purposes
Holder for a Milk Card
Frame for Printing Post Cards from Negatives
Finger Protection on Laboratory Vessels
Inlaying Metals by Electroplating
A Novel Show-Window Attraction
How to Make a Mop Wringer
A Vise Used as a Caliper Gauge
Homemade Tack Puller
How to Make a Radium Photograph
Fountain for an Ordinary Pen
Pulling Wire through Curved Electric Fixtures
An Automatically Closing Drawer
A Cork Puller
Uses for a Bamboo Pole
Making Common Lock Less Pickable
To Color Tan Leather Black
To Prevent Corks Sticking in Bottle Necks
To Remove Rust Stains from Clothing
Eraser Holder
Bleaching Ivory
A Soap Shake
Ear Repair on a Bucket
Cleaning Dirt from Tufts in Upholstering
Painting Lead Pipe
Attaching a Vise Jaw to a Bench
Removing Vegetable Stains
Picture-Frame Corner Joints
Hunting-Knife Handles
Holding Wood in a Sawbuck
A New Pail-Cover Handle
Drip-Pan Alarm
A Live-Bait Pail
A Mouse Trap
Quickly Made Rheostat
An Automatic Blowpipe
Homemade Steam-Turbine Engine
Electric Switch for Exposing Photographic Printing Papers
How to Make a Wing Nut
Cork-Covered Clothes Peg
Shaping an Old Broom
How to Make a Bolster
A Fish-Scaling Knife
To Prevent Moles from Damaging Growing Seeds
Twine Cutter for Use at a Wrapping Counter
Frosting Brass
A Cupboard-Door Spice-Box Shelf
Starting a Siphon
A Window-Seat Sewing Box
Cutting a Glass Bottle
To Clean Painted or Frescoed Walls
Securing Papers in a Mailing Tube
Cooling Tube for a Laboratory Still
A Comb Cleaner
Scraping Off Surplus Water on a Grindstone
A Paper Drinking Cup
Homemade Brush for Cleaning Upholstered Furniture
Removing Calcium Deposits on Glass
A Cold-Chisel Guide
Care of Paintbrushes
Filter in a Pump Spout
Brown Stain for Wood
An Egg Boiler
Removing Black Deposit an Bathtubs
A Stocking-Stretcher Form
Stick Holder for a Chopping Block
Cleaning Gold and Platinum
A Twine Spool
Reinforcing Chair Bottoms
A Novelty Chain
Closet Holders for Linen
Preserving Dry Batteries
A Cleaner for Brass
Homemade Graduate
Mending a Break in Felt
Imitating Ebony on Oak
Tongue Holder for a Boy's Wagon
Gluing Small Mitered Frames
Handle Attachment for a Sickle
A Clothesline for Small Goods
Automatically Controlled Ice-Box Lights
A Bottle-Cap Lifter
A Mechanical Bicycle Horn
Retarder for Plaster of Paris
An Inkwell Stopper
A Grass Rake
A Staple Puller
To Remove Acid Stains from Cloth
Repairing Rocker on a Chair
Electric-Lamp Reflector for a Target
Making Small Taps
Sink a Substitute for a Dishpan
How to Make Small Coil Springs
A Pruning-Saw Guard
A Swimming Raft
Removing Finger Marks on Books
Tightening a Tennis Net
Holding Fishing-Rod Joints Together
Roller Skate on a Bicycle Wheel
Rope Oarlocks
Home-Made Motion-Picture Camera and Projector In Three Parts—Part II
An Emergency Clamp
Home-Made Motion-Picture Camera and Projector In Three Parts—Part III
Homemade Graining Tools
Needle for Repairing Screens
An Emergency Tourniquet
Mechanical Aid to Singers
Model Boat with Aerial Propeller
Lantern-Slide Binding Machine
Adjustable Film-Developing Machine
Preventing Loss of Fish from Covered Baskets
Repair for a Broken Lock Keeper
Lantern for Spot and Colored Lights
Homemade Palette Knife
Self-Closing Gate
A Poultry Shade
A Muskrat Trap
A Casein Glue
Back Thrust Prevented on Skis
Crystallization Shown on a Screen
Furniture Polish for Fine Woods
Homemade Screen-Door Spring
A Surprise Water Bottle
A Graduate Holder
Homemade Enlarging Camera
An Easy Way to Make a Shelf
Connecting a Pipe to Sheet Metal
An Acid Siphon
Bottle-Opening Trick
Setting Colors in Fabrics
Towel-Roller Brackets
A Developing-Tray Rocker
An Adjustable Bookholder
An Old-Oak Stain
Tablespoon End Used as Lemon Squeezer
A Back Stop for a Workbench
Croquet Mallets Protected by Metal Rings
Distance Marker for Printing Photographs
Mantel Picture Frames Made in Plaster
A Five-Pointed Star
Fastening Portière Pole in a Doorway
Trick with Knives and Glasses
A Scraper Handle
Photographic Tray-Rocking Stand
Kite-Line Traveler
A Mouse Trap
How to Make a Small Electric Furnace
Repairing a Broken Knife Handle
Picture-Frame and Triangle Clamp
Exterior Sliding Fly Screen
Bushing a Stovepipe in a Chimney Hole
A Screweye Driver
Copying Stand for Photographic Enlarging and Reducing
To Make Whitewash Stick to Surfaces Coated
A Mechanical Camera
Gauge Attachment for a Pocket Rule
Plate Hangers
An Electrically Operated Camera Shutter
Electroplating without a Tank
A Milk-Bottle Tray
A Springboard
Planing Rough-Grain Boards
Braces for Aeroplane Frames
A Puzzle Purse
An Emergency Sandpapering Machine
A Developing Machine
A Stove-Wood Carrier
A Pencil Sharpener
Cleaning an Oilstone
Landing for Small Boats
Bearings for Model Work
Holding the Tongue of a Shoe in Place
A Photo Vignetter
Pocket for the Inside of a Book Cover
Cleaning Steel of Grease and Stains
An Electrically Ignited Flash Light for Making Photographs
A Simple Twine-Ball Holder
A Toy Popgun
A Non-Rolling Thread Spool
Shoe-Shining Stand
Cutter Made of a Wafer Razor Blade
To Hold a Negative in a Printing Frame
How to Make an Electrolytic Interrupter
A Homemade Hand Drill Press
A Hose Nozzle
An Electric Water Heater
Frosting Glass
Long Handle for a Dustpan
To Fasten Chair Legs
Disk-Throwing Pistol
Displaying Dye Colors
A Homemade Bench Vise
Timing Photo Printing
Pail Hook for a Pitcher Pump
Shade Roller Attached to Upper Window Sash
Flashing Hook
A Homemade Dibble
Liquid Court-Plaster
A Substitute for Candles
A Poultry Coop
Preventing Mildew on Canvas
Holder for Books in a Case
Laying Out a Dovetail Joint
Oiling Bright Parts of Machinery
Window Ventilator to Prevent Drafts
A Chisel Rack
Homemade Snap Hooks
A Dropper and Cork for Medicine Bottles
Repairing a Broken Oilstone
Homemade Towel Roller
Clothesline Reel
A Candle-Shade Holder
Wire Mesh Used as a Shelf
Heel Plates
A Bright Dip for Metal
An Interesting Vacuum Experiment
A Sliver Extractor
Night Croquet Playing
A Nursing-Bottle Holder
Milk-Ticket Holder
Joint for Cabinet Work
Starting a Saw Cut
A Substitute Penholder
Protecting Binding Posts on Wet Batteries from Corrosion
A Cork Puller
Holder for a Garden-Hose Nozzle
Alarm to Designate a Filled Storage Battery
Stretching Poultry Fencing
A Centering Gauge
Homemade Letters for Marking Bags
To Keep a Crease in a Soft Hat
A Shoe Scraper
A Vegetable Slicer
Bench Stop for Planing Thin Boards
A Jardinière Pedestal
A Lawn-Tennis Marker
Removing Tannin Stains from Teacups
Woven-Top Stool
Preserving Shafting from Rust and Corrosion
Wireless-Lighted Lamp Deception
Live Bait Used in Fishing
Bookrack
A Paper Gas Pipe
Rubbing Slats for a Washing Board
Catching Bugs Attracted by Light
Needle Box for Talking Machines
Trick of Taking Dollar Bill from Apple
Guide for Making Buttonholes
A Child's Playhouse
Removing Basketball from Closed-Bottom Receptacle
Testing Dry Batteries
A Wall-Paper Cleaner
A Trunk Mystery
How to Make a Candy-Floss Machine
Enlarging Pictures
Distance Chart for Wireless Stations
A Carrier for Fishhooks
A Substitute for a Pen
A Bucket-Ball Game
A Staple Puller
A Dissolving Coin Trick
A Fruit-Jar Opener
Anti-Tangle Safety Pin
How to Nickel or Silverplate Iron by Friction
A Homemade Cradle
A Removable Post
String-and-Ball Trick
Wall-Paper Cleaner
Revolving Shaft without Power
A Paper-Bag Holder
Covering for Chalk Trays
A Curtain Hanger
Joints for Model Aeroplane
An Indoor Baseball Game
A Lantern for the Camp
Electric Lights Controlled from Two or More Switches
Electric Score Board for Indoor Games
A Mission Frame for an Alarm Clock
Mixing Sulphuric Acid
A Chinese Pagoda
A Cuspidor Carrier
Guide for Grinding a Plane Iron
To Prevent Torch Lights from Smoking
A Lard and Fruit Presser
An Electric-Light Bulb as Barometer
A Swinging-Pendulum Trick
Applying a Strap Hinge
Tricks Performed with Thumbs Tied Together
A Way to Keep Home Accounts
How to Make a Blowgun
A Brush for Applying Soldering Acid
Inkwell and Penholder
A Homemade Loose-Leaf Pocket Memorandum
Rubber-Band-Change Trick
A Swinging Electric-Light Bracket
Match Safe to Deliver One Match at a Time
Cartridge Shells Used for Electrical Contacts
A Dowel-Turning Tool
To Tie a Hammock
An Inexpensive File
Window-Shade Guides
Watering Plants at the Roots
How to Clean Jewelry
Runner for a Go-Cart
A Ring-Throwing Game
A Pen and Brush Holder
Supporter for a Double Clothesline
Pincushion for the Arm
Electric Test for Fixtures
Opening for Steam in a Utensil Cover
Drying Seeds
Cleaning Clothes by Boiling Them
An Emergency Tack Puller
A Puzzle with Figures
To Fasten Loose Table Legs
Washbasin Holder
A Cleaner for Canvas Shoes
Ruling Blank Books
How to Demagnetize a Watch
A Pencil Holder
A Poultry-Food Chopper
A Small Spring Hinge
Shoestring End
Threads on Wood Shafts
A Glass Breaker
Wood Postal Cards
Fastening Screws in Tile and Brick Walls
Shoe Pull Made of an Eyelet
Holder for a Set of Sadirons
A Garden Roller
A Substitute for Glaziers' Points
Water-Heating Coil in a Furnace Pipe
A Homemade Marking Gauge
Protecting Brush Handles from Paint
A Tie-Pin Holder
Hulling Walnuts
How to Make a Small Vise Screw
A Medicine-Spoon Holder
Knife Holder on a Frying Pan
A Broom for Sweeping Out Corners in Steps
Removing a Cork from a Bottle
Filing Flat Surfaces
Tacking a Screen on a Frame
Safety Tips on Chair Rockers
Portable and Folding Bookcase or Closet
A Curtain Stop
An Alarm for a Sleepwalker
A Kraut and Root Grinder
Opening for Air at the Top of a Shade
Hose Attachment for Watering Window Plants
Removing Paint from Glass
To Prevent Baking Ovens from Scorching
Horn Candle Sconce
How to Make a Copper Stencil for Marking Laundry
A Brass Pin Tray
A Homemade Exerciser
A Book Covering
A Tilting Inkstand
A Ring Trick
Removing Old Putty
How to Make a Water Wheel
An Interesting Experiment
Ironing-Board Holder
An Application for Small Wounds
Cores for Use in Babbitt Metal
How to Build a Wind Vane with an Electric Indicator
Planting Seeds in Egg Shells
Locating Drip Pan under a Refrigerator
Windmill for Light Power
A Small Bunsen Burner
The Hindoo Sand Trick
A Kite-Line Cutaway for Toy Parachutes
A Cherry Pitter
To Hold a Fish while Removing the Scales
Carrying Stone Jars
Vibrator for a Spark Coil
Head Rest for a Chair
Lighting a Lawn Mower for Use at Night
Tying a Rosette in a Couch-Cover Corner
Driving Screws
A Power Windmill
Telegraph Code on Typewriter Keys
An Aid in Sketching Profiles
A Small Hydroelectric-Power Plant
Paper Shades for Electric-Light Globes
Renewing the Markings on Graduates
Repairing a Broken Ball-Clasp Purse
Automatic Valve for a Funnel
Chisel Holder for Whetting
A Large Hole in a Small Piece of Paper
Homemade Bunsen Burner
Cane-Seat Cleaner
Shade-Roller and Curtain-Pole Bracket
Planing Arrow Sticks
To Clean Shellac from a Brush
Lathe Dogs
To Remove a Splinter from the Flesh
Holders for Displaying Magazines
Waste-Paper Basket
Lettering Photographs
A Stamp Moistener
A Window Lock
Varnished Candles Burn Longer
Guides for a Mill File
A Simple Motion-Picture Machine
Substitute for Cleats on Boards
Attaching Door Knobs to Locks
A Finger-Nail Buffer
Grinding Chisel Edges
Reducing Amperage of a Fuse Wire
Dip-Plating Process
A Model Steam-Turbine Boat
Plant Shelf for a Window
A Camera Support
Combination Tool for Amateur Draftsmen
Varnishing Bases for Electric Apparatus
Waterproof Shoe Dressing
An Adjustable Bench Stop
A Crochet Hook
Writing Board for Children
Geometric Principle in Line Division
Repairing a Broken Whip
Repairing a Worn Thimble
A Small Torch
Fountain Attachment for an Ordinary Pen
Homemade Cut Press
An Electrical Testing Instrument for Experimenters
Softening the Tone of a Talking Machine
Replacing Buckle Tongues
Drying Towels in Photographer's Dark Room
Hinges Used to Substitute Night Bolt
Propellers for a Hand Sled
A Self-Feeding Match Box
Corks-in-a-Box Trick
A Disk-Armature Motor
Repairing Marble
How to Lock a Tenoned Joint
Fitting a Large Cork in a Small Bottle
A Homemade Wet Battery
An Electric Incubator
A Cover for Magazines
An Optical Illusion
Temperature Alarm
Paper Smoother and Penwiper
Stereoscopic Pictures with an Ordinary Camera
How to Make a Paper Drinking Cup
A Hand Corn Sheller
A Shaft Coupling
Reading the Date of a Worn Coin
Making a Knife an Easy Opener
Spirit Photographs
Mirror Hinged to Window Casing
A Cleaning Bath for Silverware
To Prevent Poultry Water from Freezing
How to Make a Letter Scale
Summer Dish Washing
Nozzle Angle for Lawn Sprinkling
Simple Methods of Connecting Call Bells
Refrigerator for Dry and Warm Climates
Pencil-Sharpening Guide
Homemade Hinges
Skimmer for Bottled Milk
How to Preserve Putty
How to Make a Humidity Indicator
The "Q" Trick
To Keep Ants Away From Food
Vaulting-Pole Holder
Flying Model Aeroplane for a Display
An Electric Time Light
A Small Shocking Machine
Secret Compartment in Ordinary Table Drawer
Inflating Handballs
A Garden-Bed Scarecrow
Measuring the Length of Wire Wound on a Spool
Homemade Lawn Sprinkler
Homemade Toy Bank
How to Make Stick Shellac
Substitute for a Hose Reel
Addressing a Roll of Papers
Repairing the Bruised Sides of a Motorboat
How to Make an Electric Lamp Flasher
Timing Photograph Prints
Supports for Camp-Fire Utensils
A Rotary Tuning Coil
Preparing Sheet Music for Turning
Toy Parachute Cut-Away for Kite Lines
How to Make an Electric Furnace
Cleaning Brass Articles
A Whetting Block
Submarine Photographs
Mending Paper-Pulp Utensils
A Homemade Mailing Tube
Cutter for Lace Leather
Refinishing Chairs
An Electric Gas Lighter
Stretching Tight-Fitting Shoes
Pad for a Percolator
Compass Time Chart
Reversing Switch for Small Motors
Adjustable Rod for Potted Plants
Wrench for Different-Size Nuts
A Simple Sextant
How to Make a Taper Ferrule
How to Make a Continuously Ringing Bell
A Mission-Style Inkstand
Raising Dents in Wood
Carrying Two Pails in One Hand
Preserving Paint in Open Cans
Jelly-Straining Stand
Renewing Dry Batteries
Workbench Equipment for a Table Top
A Nonsticking Drawer Guide
A Milk Stool
Sounder for Wireless-Telegraph Messages
Joint for Mission Furniture
A Towel Roller
An Electric Shaving Mug
A Handbag Lock
An Emery-Cloth Holder
The Operation of the Compass
Thawing Out Frozen Pipes
A Wire Clothespin
Vent for Pouring Heavy Liquids
A Hat Hanger
Repairing a Broken Tenon on a Chair Post
Substitute for an Iron-Holder Knob
An Egg-Frying Pan
A Sander Mandrel for the Lathe
How to Construct a Simple Galvanometer
Experiments with Camphor
Boiling Cracked Eggs
A Trousers Hanger
Removing Tight-Fitting Can Covers
A Skimming Spoon
How to Make Falling Blocks
Writing Name Reversed on Paper Placed on Forehead
Use for an Old Table
How to Make a Small Rheostat
Folding Arms for Clothesline Posts
A Folding Bookrack
A Simple Balance
An Ink Eraser
Gate Fasteners
A Compensating Siphon
A Polarity Indicator
Small Steam-Engine Cylinders Made from Seamless Brass Tubing
A Pocket Direct-Current Voltmeter
Falling Leaves in a Nature Scene
Home or Traveling Utility Bed Pocket
A Paper Perforator
Turning Brass Rings
A Mystery Coin Box
How to Make a Small Series Motor
Cooler for Milk and Butter
Rubber Bumper on a Water Faucet
Boring a Clean-Edged Hole
Drilling Thin Metal
Flexible-Cord Adjuster for an Electrical Flatiron
A Wood Clothes Peg
To Make Scratch Pads of Old Labels
How to Make an Electric Heater
A Molding-Sawing Block Used on a Bench
Pipe Caps Used as Castings for Engine Pistons
An Electric Horn
Combination Meat Saw and Knife
Clamp Used as a Vise
Wire Expansion Meter
How to Make a Fire and Burglar Alarm
Removing a Rear Bicycle Sprocket
Hand Propeller-Wheel Attachment for a Rowboat
An Attached Back for a Photographic Printing Frame
Repairing a Worn Stop Cock
Tool Holders Made of Brass Clips
Removing Perspiration Stains from Delicate Cloth
Buttonhole Cutter
Filing Small Rods in a Lathe
A D'Arsonval Galvanometer
How to Make Advertising Lantern Slides
Utilizing Old Brush Handles
Preserving Paints and Pastes
A Burner for Soldering Small Work
A Safety-Match-Box Holder
Removing Ink Stains from Book Leaves
A Needle-Spray Nozzle
How to Make an Electrotype Stamp
A Cover for a Bottle
Boring a Long Hole
Covering for a Gas-Stove Top
Homemade Skis
How to Make a Dry Cell
A Hose-Nozzle Handle
Guide for Cutting Mortises
Insect-Proof Poultry Roost
To Prevent Shade Rollers from Unwinding
A Screen and Storm-Door Cushion
Repairing a Coaster Brake
Flypaper Holder
A Fish Rake
To Harden Small Blocks of Wood
Homemade Clothesline Reel
Gear-Cutting Machine
A Potato Peeler
An Easy Way to Develop Roll Film
A Shoe Hanger
How to Make a Small Vertical Drill
Decorating Candles
Homemade Hacksaw Frame
Drill Press on an Ordinary Brace
Homemade Picture-Frame Miter Box
Tank-Development Methods Used in Tray Development
A Pushmobile Racer for Ice
Protector Cap for a Chisel Handle
Sweeping Compound
Freezing a Basin to a Chair
An Envelope and Stamp Moistener
A Homemade Drill Press
How to Make a Wood Lathe
To Reduce the Gasoline Consumption of an Automobile
Cutting a Tin Ball from a Child's Finger
Child's Seat for Theaters
Holding Spoon on a Hot Dish
Locating Gas and Electric Fixtures in the Dark
A Pea-Shooting Gun
Coloring Electric-Light Globes
Support for an Open Book
Furnace Electrodes of Lead Pencils
Coat and Trousers Hangers
Mending Broken Fountain-Pen Barrels
Jig-Saw Blades
Leaded-Glass Panels for Furniture
Raising Cucumbers on a Trellis
A Barrel Boat
Homemade Wing Nuts
A Spool-and-Ball Puzzle
To Start the Ink Flowing from a Drawing Pen
A Pencil-Sharpener Stick
Splice for Round Belts
Hanging a Clothesline Taut
A Double Latch for a Door
Maulstick Used as a Ruler
Hinge with a Wide Swing
A Detachable Clamp for Stairway Handrails
A Homemade Leather Punch
A Wood-Scraper Handle
Polishing Gunstocks
A Prick-Punch Center Gauge
A Whirligig Clapper
Box Partitions
Safety Catch for a Flour Bin
A Homemade Whistle
How to Emboss Stationery
A Homemade Hydrometer
A Stirring Stick
A Telescoping Support for a Hinged Shelf
A Bug Powder
How the Capacity of an Incubator may be Doubled
Homemade Rivet Set
Wash Bottle for Laboratory Use
Typewriting on Card Stock
A Furniture Polish
Pointed End on a Hoe
Starting a Siphon
A Homemade Blowtorch
A Rule Gauge
A Match Holder
CONTENTS
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