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| I. | CARPENTRY WORK AND CABINET MAKING | [1] |
| | The Tools You Need — The Kinds of Tools — Some Hints on UsingTools | |
| | How to Hold a Hammer — How to Use a Saw — How to Use a Plane — How to Use Chisels andGouges — How to Use a Brace and Bit — How to Use a Rule — How to Use a Marking Gauge — How to Use Hand Screws and Clamps —How to Use a Nail Set — How to Use a Gimlet — How to Drive Nails and Screws — How to Make a Glue-Pot — How to Make GoodGlue and How to Use It | |
| | How to Sharpen Your Tools | |
| | About Sharpening Saws — About Sharpening Chisels and Plane Bits — About Sharpening AugerBits | |
| | How to Take Care of Your Tools — Removing Rust from Tools — To EtchYour Name on Tools — Kinds of Wood to Use | |
| | Pine; Cedar; Mahogany; Oak; Birch; Walnut | |
| | How to Make Joints | |
| | Edge Joints — Corner Joints | |
| | About Working Drawings — Things for You to Make | |
| | How to Make a Work Bench — How to Make a Tool Chest | |
| II. | SCROLL SAWING, WOOD TURNING, WOOD CARVING, ETC. | [24] |
| | All About Scroll Sawing | |
| | Scroll Sawing Outfits — A Cheap Scroll Sawing Outfit | |
| | How to Use the Scroll Saw | |
| | A Few Other HelpfulThings | |
| | A Hand Saw-Table — Files for Scroll Work — A Twist Drill Stock — A Pair of Pliers — ASmall Hammer — Scroll Saw Blades | |
| | How to Trace a Design on Wood — Designs for Scroll Sawing — Foot-PowerScroll Saws | |
| | The Cricket Scroll Saw — The Lester Scroll saw — The Fleetwood Scroll Saw | |
| | How a Foot-Power Scroll Saw Works — How to Saw on a Foot-Power ScrollSaw — Fancy Woods for Scroll Saw Outfits — Table of Scroll Saw Woods — Trimmings for Boxes, Etc. | |
| | Turning in Wood | |
| | Get a Lathe First | |
| | How a Lathe is Made | |
| | The Cheapest Lathe You Can Buy | |
| | Attachments for the Companion Lathe | |
| | Turning Tools for Wood — How to Turn Wood | |
| | The Art of Wood Carving | |
| | Your Set of Carving Tools — The Best Woods for Carving — Kinds ofWood Carving | |
| | Chip Carving — Panel Carving — Carving in Solid Wood | |
| | Pyrography, or Wood Burning | |
| | The Necessary Tools | |
| | How to Make an Etching Tool — How to Make an Alcohol Lamp — A Better Outfit — About theDesigns — How to Burn in the Designs | |
| | Coloring and Staining Wood | |
| | Where to Buy Stains — Ebony Stain — Fumed Oak | |
| III. | METALS AND METAL WORKING | [56] |
| | Your Kit of Tools — The Various Kinds of Tools — Some Hints on Usingthe Tools | |
| | About Sharpening Tools | |
| | Metals and TheirUses | |
| | Iron Wrought Iron Steel Tin Zinc Lead Copper Aluminum | |
| | A Few Useful Alloys | |
| | Brass Type-Metal Pewter | |
| | How to Do Metal Work — First Sketch Your Ideas — Sheet MetalWork | |
| | Cutting and Sawing — Making Seams and Joints | |
| | How to Solder Metals | |
| | Fluxes Solders | |
| | Bolts and Rivets — Bending Sheet Metal — Finishing Up Metals — ColoringMetals | |
| | Bluing Steel — Bluing Brass — Giving Brass a Green Color — Giving Brass a Dull Look —Frosting Brass Articles — Lacquering Brass and Copper — How to Make the Lacquer | |
| IV. | VENETIAN IRON, REPOUSSÉ, PIERCED BRASS AND PEWTER WORK | [76] |
| | Venetian Bent Iron Work | |
| | The Tools You Must Have — The Materials You Need — What to DoFirst | |
| | Making a Simple Design | |
| | How to Make a Toaster — How to Make an Egg Boiler — How to Make aVenetian Plate Holder | |
| | A Dead Black Finish for Iron Work | |
| | Doing Repoussé Work | |
| | Tools Needed for Repoussé Work — Howto Prepare the Work — Tracing the Design —Bossing the Work — How to Make a Flat Candlestick — How to Make a Photo Frame | |
| | Cleaning and Polishing Metal Work — Finishing, Coloring and Lacquering Metals | |
| | Pierced Metal Work | |
| | The Outfit to Do it With — How to Do the Work | |
| | Casting and Working Pewter | |
| | Something About Pewter — How to Make Pewter — About Working Pewter —How to Cast Pewter — The Patterns Necessary — Making the Mold — Finishing the Ware | |
| | Engraving on Metal | |
| | The Tools that are Used — How to Engrave on Metal | |
| V. | DRAWING SIMPLY EXPLAINED | [103] |
| | Free-Hand Drawing | |
| | Talent versus Practice — Pictures for You to Draw — Simple LineSketches — Sketching Simple Outline Figures — The Proportions of the Human Figure — How to Draw Faces — Sketching StillLife Objects — Drawing in Perspective | |
| | The Vanishing Point | |
| | How to Shade a Drawing | |
| | Working Drawings | |
| | Drawing Tools You Should Have — Simple Working Drawings | |
| | Making Plain Drawings — Isometric Perspective Drawings | |
| | Some Simple Aids to Drawing | |
| | How to Draw a Circle — How to Draw a Spiral — How to Draw an Ellipse —How to Make and Use a Pantagraph — How to Makea Reflecting Drawing Board — How to Make Tracings — To Make Lasting Impressions — The Ancient and Honored Art of CuttingSilhouettes — Transfer Pictures of Decalcomania | |
| | How to Transfer the Pictures | |
| VI. | SOME KINKS IN PHOTOGRAPHY | [131] |
| | How to Make Blue Prints | |
| | The Materials Required | |
| | Another Kind of Contact Printing | |
| | To Tone and Fix the Pictures — Receipt for a Combined Toning and Fixing Solution | |
| | The Simplest Kind of a Camera — How to Develop a Dry Plate | |
| | How to Make the Developer — How to Make a Fixing Bath | |
| | A Good and Cheap Camera — How to Make an Enlarging Apparatus — How toMake an Enlargement | |
| | A Developer for Bromide Paper | |
| | How to Make a Reflectoscope | |
| | How to Use the Reflectoscope | |
| | How to Make a Magic Lantern | |
| | How to Work the Lantern | |
| | How to Make Lantern Slides — How to Make Radium Photographs | |
| | Trick Photography | |
| | Spirit Photographs — One Way to Catch Big Fish — Taking CaricaturePhotographs | |
| VII. | PRINTING AND ITS ALLIED ARTS | [157] |
| | Kinds of Printing Presses — The Parts of a Self-Inking Press — How thePress Works — Sizes and Prices of Presses — The Outfit You Need | |
| | Outfit for a 3 × 5 Press — Outfit for a 5 × 8 Press — Outfit for an 8 × 10 Press | |
| | About Type and Type Setting | |
| | Relative Number of Type Letters — Styles ofType — The Parts of a Type — The Sizes of Type — Table of Type Sizes — Your Type Cases — Setting the Type | |
| | Making Ready — Printing the Job — How to Clean Type — AboutDistributing Type — The Ink and Rollers — Printing in Colors — Printing in Gold — And Finally Your Stock Supply | |
| | The Art of Paper Making | |
| | What Paper Is — How to Make Paper | |
| | Making the Pulp — The Molds You Need — Laying the Paper | |
| | Sizing and Finishing | |
| | How to Bind Books | |
| | Making the Cover — Sewing the Book — Putting on the title | |
| VIII. | RUBBER STAMPS, DIE SINKING, BURNING BRANDS AND STENCILS | [183] |
| | Rubber Stamps | |
| | How to Make Rubber Stamps | |
| | The Materials Needed | |
| | Making the Mold — Vulcanizing the Rubber — Mounting the Rubber — Howto Use a Rubber Stamp | |
| | How to Make an Ink Pad | |
| | How to Make Rubber Stamp Ink — How to Make a Copygraph Pad — How toCopy a Letter — How to Make Hectograph Inks | |
| | Die Sinking | |
| | How to Make Badges, Name Plates, Etc. — How to Sink the Letters —Finishing Up the Badge | |
| | Burning Brands | |
| | How to Make a Burning Brand | |
| | How to Use the Burning Brand | |
| | Stencils | |
| | How to Cut Stencils | |
| | Cutting Paper Stencils — Cutting Brass Stencils —How to Use Practical Stencils — How to Make Stencil Ink — How to UseDecorative Stencils — Mixing Colors for Stenciling Borders | |
| IX. | THE ART OF WORKING GLASS | [202] |
| | What Glass Is — How to Cut Glass — How to Use a Glass Cutter — Howto Finish off Glass Edges — How to Drill Holes in Glass — A Couple of Ways to Cut Glass Tubing — How to Cut Glass Disks —How to Bend Glass Tubing | |
| | What a Bunsen Burner Is | |
| | How to Blow Glass — To Round the Ends of Tubes — To Border theEnds of Tubes — To Seal One End of a Tube — To Make a Glass Nozzle — To Make a Hole in a Tube — To Join Two Tubes of theSame Size — To Join a Tube to the Side of Another Tube — To Blow a Bulb on the End of a Tube | |
| | How to Make a Blowpipe — How to Blow a Bulb | |
| | How to Etch Glass | |
| | The Sand Blast Process — How to Make Ground Glass — The Acid Process | |
| | How to Cement Glass — A Simple Way to Frost Glass | |
| | Substitutes for Glass | |
| | Mica Gelatine | |
| | How to Silver a Mirror | |
| X. | TOYS FOR THE KIDDIES | [227] |
| | How to Make a Policeman’s Puzzle — How to Make an Automobile Truck —How to Make a Swell Coaster — How to Make A Nifty Wheelbarrow — How to Make a High-Low Swing — How to Make a Stick Horse —How to Make a Pony and Cart — How to Make aLife-Like Goose — How to Make a Dancing Sambo — How to Make a Wireless Pup | |
| XI. | HOME MADE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | [252] |
| | The Musical Coins | |
| | How to Make Them — How to Play Them | |
| | The Musical Tomato Cans | |
| | How to Make Them — To Play the Musical Tomato Cans | |
| | The Musical Glasses | |
| | How to Make Them — How to Play the Glasses | |
| | The Tubular Harp | |
| | How to Make It — How to Play the Harp | |
| | The Musical Push Pipe | |
| | How to Make It — How to Play the Push Pipe | |
| | The Curious Xylophone | |
| | How to Make It — How to Play the Xylophone | |
| | The Peculiar Tubaphone | |
| | How to Make It — How to Play the Tubaphone | |
| | The Cathedral Chimes | |
| | How to Make Them — How to Play the Cathedral Chimes | |
| | The Aeolian Harp | |
| | How to Make It — How the Wind Plays It | |
| | An Egyptian Fiddle | |
| | How to Make It — How to Make the Bow | |
| XII. | SOME EVENING ENTERTAINMENTS | [274] |
| | Cartoons While You Wait | |
| | Drawing the Cartoons | |
| | Thirty Minutes of Chemistry — The Mystic Glass of Milk — The MagicFountain — The Vicious Soap Bubbles — The UncannyWheel — Giving a Travelogue — An Electrical Soirée — Demonstrating Electricity WithoutApparatus | |
| | The Electrified Papers — How to Electrify a Person — How Like Repels Like | |
| | Making Experiments With Apparatus | |
| | The Induction, or Spark Coil — Demonstrating Wireless Telegraphy | |
| | Reading Palms for Fun | |
| | How to Read Palms | |
| | A Talk on the Steam Engine | |
| | Making the Model Engine | |
| | How the Engine Works | |