INDEX

A
Aeroplane weathervane, [187-191]
Ambulance body, [154], [155]
Anvils, [40], [41]
Appliances, shop, [39-43]
Ash trays, [86-93]
Assembling auto truck, [139-145]
Auto truck, making, [107-145]
army, [153-155]
axles, [114]
bodies, [146-156]
cabs, [165]
chassis, [118-126]
coal truck, [152], [153]
dash board, [135-138]
drilling holes in wheel centers, [113], [114]
fire engine, [155], [156]
fittings, [161-165]
hood, [127-134]
horns, [163]
lights, [161-163]
mud guards, [160]
radiator, [125-134]
soldering filler cap on radiator, [132-134]
soldering seat, [138]
soldering wheels to axles, [141-143]
starting crank, [157], [158]
steering wheel, [159]
street sprinkler, [151-153]
tank truck, [151]
tool boxes, [163], [164]
vents or louvers in hood, [130-132]
washers for axles, [143-145]
Auto truck wheel centers, finding, [37], [38]
wheel making, [107-118]
wheel, making hole in center, [112-114]
B
Bench, work, [41], [42]
Bending strips of tin to design, [81-83]
wire in vise, [157]
Biscuit cutter, [44-53]
Block, punching and forming, [50]
Bodies, ambulance, [154], [155]
auto truck, [146-156]
coal, [152]
different bodies fitted to same chassis, [149-156]
fire engine, [155], [156]
street sprinkler, [151], [152]
tank, [151]
Boats, [166-175]
battleship, [171], [172]
ferry, [172], [173]
row, [166], [167]
sail, [167], [168]
scow, [167]
tug, [169-171]
Burns, remedy for, [26]
C
Cabs, truck, [165]
Cabs, locomotive, [176], [177]
Camp equipment, [195-199]
canteen, [196]
coffee pot, [195]
cooking pails, [196]
frying pan, [196]
hot water bottle, [196]
Camp equipment, match box, [199]
shower bath, [196-199]
toaster, [196]
Candlesticks, [94-99], [192], [193]
Cars, railroad, [178-181]
Charcoal and wood fires for heating soldering coppers, [59], [60]
Chassis, forming truck, [118-126]
Cleaning and scraping tin for soldering, [71-73]
cans, [21-25]
Connecting rods for locomotive, [177], [178]
Cooky cutters, [79-85]
Cuts, remedy for, [26]
Cutting away surplus tin at can rims, [101], [102]
holes in tin with chisel, [96], [97]
into cans, [22-24]
narrow strips of tin, [80], [81]
Cylinders, locomotive, [177], [178]
D
Dash boards, truck, [135-138]
Dividers, spring, [33]
Double cutting shears, [24]
Drilling hole in wheel centers, [113], [114]
E
Electrical soldering coppers, [60], [67], [68]
F
Filing tin, [45], [46]
the soldering copper, [63-65]
Fire engine, [155], [156]
Fittings for truck, [161-165]
Flux, applying, [74]
Fluxes for soldering, [55], [62-70]
Folding tin by hand, [50], [51]
hatchet stake, [123-125]
vise, [123]
wooden roofing folder, [120-123]
Forming chassis for truck, [118-126]
mallet, [42], [43]
using, [87-91]
Forming a wire handle, [105], [106]
Frying pan, [196]
G
Galvanized wire, sizes, [30]
used for axles, [114]
Gas furnace for heating soldering coppers, [58], [59]
Gasoline torch for heating soldering coppers, [58], [59]
H
Handle, forming for biscuit cutter, [49-53]
Hatchet stake used for folding, [123-125]
Heating apparatus for soldering coppers, [55-60]
soldering coppers, [65-68]
Hood, truck, [127-134]
Horns, truck, [163]
Hot water bottle, [196]
I
Ice pick used as punch, [112], [113]
K
“Killed” or soldering acid, making, [68-70]
L
Laying out work, [32-39]
Lantern, [192], [193]
Lights, truck, [161], [162]
Locomotive, [174-179]
boiler, [176]
cab, [176]
connecting rods, [177], [178]
cylinders, [177], [178]
fittings, [178]
frame, [174-177]
Locomotive wheels, [177]
Lugs for pail handle, [102-105]
Lye bath, description, [20]
used for cleaning cans, [72], [73]
M
Marking awl, [32]
off work, [32], [33]
line around a can, [22]
Match box, [199]
holder and ash tray, [91-93]
Materials needed aside from cans, [30]
Mechanical toys, [182-191]
aeroplane weathervane, [187-191]
sandmills, [182]
steam turbine and boiler, [182], [183]
water wheels, [182]
windmill, [187]
Melting off can lids, [110], [111]
Metal shears, [25]
Mud guards for truck, [160]
N
Notes on painting the toys, [206-210]
O
Oil stove used for heating soldering coppers, [56-61]
P
Painting tin can toys, [206-210]
Paints used for tin can toys, [206]
Points to remember about soldering, [75-77]
Preparing cans for toy making, [20-22]
toys for painting, [200-205]
Punches, [47-49]
Punching a hole in tin, [46-49]
Punching holes with ice pick, [112], [113]
holes in radiator, [129]
R
Radiator, truck, [127-134]
Riveting, [100], [103-105]
Rivets, [30]
Running boards, truck, [160], [161]
S
Sandmills, [182]
Sconces, wall, [192]
Scrapers, [201], [202]
home-made, [201]
plumbers’ and roofers’, [201], [202]
Scraping away surplus solder, [200-202]
Seat, truck, [138]
Sheet tin, [54]
Shower bath, [196-199]
Smokestack for locomotive, [178]
Soft solder, [54]
other methods of applying, [78]
Soldering, [54-70]
candlestick, [99]
cleaning and scraping for, [71-73]
cooky cutter, [83-85]
filler cap on radiator, [132-134]
heating apparatus for, [55-60]
hood and radiator to truck chassis, [139]
“Killed Acid,” making, [68-70]
narrow strips of tin, [81-83]
paste, [62], [63]
other methods of applying, [78]
points to remember about, [75-77]
practice piece, [73-78]
process, [55]
Soldering, scraping away surplus solder, [200-202]
soft solder, [54]
strips of tin to flat piece [83]
wheels to axles, [141-143]
copper or “iron,” [60-62]
cleaning with “killed acid,” [63-67]
electrical, [60], [67], [68]
filing, [63-65]
fitting handle to, [62]
heating, [65-68]
tinning, [63-68]
Springs, truck, [140], [141]
Squaring up a piece of tin, [34], [35]
Starting crank, [157], [158]
Steam turbine, [182], [183]
Steering wheel and column, [159]
Street sprinkler, [151-153]
Strip washers for axles, [143-145]
Strips of tin, cutting, [36], [37], [80], [81]
Supplementary tool list, [31], [32]
Sugar scoop, [53]
Surface gauge, using, [38], [39]
T
Tank truck, [151]
Tin cans used for toys, [19], [20]
sheet, [54]
strips, cutting, [36], [37], [80], [81]
Tinning soldering copper, [61-68]
Toaster, [196]
Tool boxes for truck, [163], [164]
lists and costs, [29-32]
Tools, [28-32]
Try square, [33], [34]
Turbine, steam, [182], [183]
Turning edges on round trays, [86-91]
V
Vent holes for draining, [204], [205]
Vents or Louvers, cutting in hood, [130-132]
Vise, description, [39], [40]
used for bending wire, [157]
used for folding, [132]
W
Washers, strip, for axles, [143-145]
Water wheels, [182]
Wheels, making, [107-118]
axles for, [114]
centers, finding, [37], [38]
drilling holes in center, [113], [114]
from tin cans with rolled-rim ends, [117], [118]
from tin cans with soldered ends, [108-114]
ice pick used for making holes in centers, [112], [113]
locomotive, [177]
sand, [182]
soldering to axles, [141-143]
water, [182]
windmill, [187]
Wire, galvanized, sizes, [30]
used for wheel axles, [114]
Wood chisel used for cutting tin, [131-132]