The Boy Mechanic, Book 2: 1000 Things for Boys to Do

by Unknown

CONTENTS

• Accounts, Home, Way to Keep, [282]
• Acid Siphon, [222]
• Acid Stains, Removing from Cloth, [196]
• Addressing a Roll of Papers, [369]
• Advertising Lantern Slides, How to Make, [417]
• Aerial Propeller, Model Boat with, [207]
• Aeroplane, Flying Model, for Display, [361]
• Aeroplane Frames, Braces for, [235]
• Aeroplane Kite, [111]
• Aeroplane, Model, Joints for, [275]
• Air Pencil to Make Embossed Letters, [29]
• Air Pressure, Relieving, When Closing Record Boxes, [57]
• Alarm Clock, Mission Frame for, [277]
• Alarm,
  • Doorbell, [160]
  • Drip-Pan, [178]
  • Fire and Burglar, How to Make, [411]
  • for Sleepwalker, [297]
  • Temperature, [345]
  • to Designate Filled Storage Battery, [253]
• Amateur Mechanic's Combination Lathe, [447]
• Amperage of Fuse Wire, Reducing, [322]
• Anchor Posts for Lawn Swing, [148]
• Anemometer, Electric, [367]
• Angling, [59], [69], [73], [79]
• Anti-Tangle Safety Pin, [272]
• Ants, To Keep Away from Food, [361]
• Application for Small Wounds, [304]
• Arbor, Grape, Built of Poles, [12]
• Arm, Pincushion for, [288]
• Armatures for Small Motors, [124]
• Armatures, Small, Holding for Winding, [118]
• Arrow Sticks, Planing, [319]
• Arts-Crafts Leather Work:
  • Part I, [432]
  • Part II, [439]
• Aspirator, How to Make, [146]
• Atmospheric Thermo Engine, [120]
• Attractor for Game Fish, [97]
• Automatic Valve for Funnel, [317]
• Automobile, Gasoline Consumption of, To Reduce, [436]
• Automobile Robe, How to Make, [122]
• Awning, Combined Shade and, [164]

• Babbitt Metal, Cores for Use in, [304]
• Back, Attached, for Photographic Printing Frame, [413]
• Back Stop for Workbench, [225]
• Back Thrust Prevented on Skis, [216]
• Bag, Clothespin, [42]
• Bait,
  • Live, Pail, [178]
  • Bait, Live, Used in Fishing, [261]
• Baking Bread in Hot Sand, [53]
• Baking Ovens, To Prevent from Scorching, [298]
• Baking-Pan Shoes, Adjustable, [129]
• Balance, Simple, [395]
• Ball Catch for Cabinet Doors, Homemade, [72]
• Ball-Clasp Purse, Repairing Broken, [316]
• Balloons, Toy, Inflating, [167]
• Bamboo Pole, Uses for, [173]
• Bank, Homemade Toy, [366]
• Barn Tools, Hangers for, [155]
• Barometer, Electric-Light Bulb as, [280]
• Barrel Boat, [445]
• Baseball Game, Indoor, [275]
• Basement Light, Lighting, [156]
• Bases for Electric Apparatus, Varnishing, [324]
• Basin, Freezing to Chair, [431]
• Basket,
  • A Reed, [257]
  • Waste-Paper, [320]
• Basketball, Removing from Closed-Bottom Receptacle, [266]
• Bathroom Light, To Operate Automatically, [56]
• Bathtubs, Removing Black Deposit on, [190]
• Batteries,
  • Dry, Preserving, [192]
  • Dry, Renewing, [382]
  • Dry, Testing, [266]
• Battery, Homemade Wet, [340]
• Bearings for Model Work, [238]
• Bed for a Camp, [133]
• Bed Pocket, Utility Home or Traveling, [400]
• Bed Warmer, Homemade Electric, [154]
• Bed-Cover Fasteners, [55]
• Bedroom Cabinet, [163]
• Bell, Continuously Ringing, How to Make, [381]
• Bell-Ringing Transformer, Small, Construction of, [348], [352]
• Bells, Call, Simple Methods of Connecting, [356]
• Belt, Cartridge, How to Make, [55]
• Belts, Round, Splice for, [446]
• Bench,
  • Attaching Vise Jaw to, [176]
  • Lathe, [22]
  • Molding-Sawing Block Used on, [408]
• Bench Stop,
  • Adjustable, [325]
  • for Planing Thin Boards, [254]
• Bench Vise, Homemade, [149], [244]
• Bench with Folding Seats, [158]
• Bench-Vise Nut, Broken, Substitute for, [143]
• Bicycle Horn, Mechanical, [195]
• Bicycle Oil Lamp Changed to Electric Light, [78]
• Bicycle Sprocket, Rear, Removing, [413]
• Bicycle Wheel, Roller Skate on, [201]
• Binding Machine, Lantern-Slide, [207]
• Binding Magazines, [50]
• Binding Posts on Wet Batteries, Protecting from Corrosion, [252]
• Bird Cages, Seed Receptacle for, [147]
• Birds, Turn Feeding Table for, [137]
• Black Deposit on Bathtubs, Removing, [190]
• Black, Dull, for Cameras, [163]
• Blackboard for Children, [51]
• Blades,
  • Jig-Saw, [442]
  • Razor, Discarded Wafer, Use for, [124]
• Blank Books, Ruling, [290]
• Bleaching Ivory, [175]
• Block, Whetting, [375]
• Blocks, Falling, How to Make, [392]
• Blocks of Wood, Small, To Harden, [423]
• Blowgun, How to Make, [282]
• Blowpipe, Automatic, [180]
• Blowtorch, Homemade, [459]
• Board, Writing, for Children, [325]
• Boards, Planing Rough-Grain, [235]
• Boat,
  • Barrel, [445]
  • Ice and Catamaran, [27]
  • Mirror an Aid in Rowing, [121]
  • Model Steam-Turbine, [323]
  • Model, With Aerial Propeller, [207]
  • Paddle-Wheel, How to Build, [105]
• Boats
  • A Canoe Stove, [103]
  • An Oar Holder, [168]
  • Foot, How to Make, [166]
  • Hand Propeller-Wheel Attachment for Rowboat, [413]
  • Holder for Dory Rudder, [68]
  • How to Build a Paddle-Wheel Boat, [105]
  • How to Build a Skiff, [18]
  • Ice Boat and Catamaran, [27]
  • Mirror an Aid in Rowing a Boat, [121]
  • Rope Oarlocks, [201]
  • Small, Landing for, [237]
  • To Repair a Leak in a Canoe, [149]
• Bobsled,
  • Four-Passenger Coasting, [24]
  • Guide Ropes on, [155]
  • Inexpensive, [49]
• Boiling Cracked Eggs, [391]
• Bolster, How to Make, [182]
• Bolt, Night, Hinges Used to Substitute, [334]
• Book Cover, Pocket for Inside of, [238]
• Book Covering, [300]
• Book Leaves, Removing Ink Stains from, [418]
• Book, Support for Open, [438]
• Bookcase or Closet, Portable and Folding, [296]
• Bookholder, Adjustable, [224]
• Bookrack, [261]
  • Folding, [395]
• Books in Case, Holder for, [247]
• Books, Removing Finger Marks from, [200]
• Boring a Clean-Edged Hole, [406]
• Boring a Long Hole, [420]
• Bottle,
  • Cover for, [420]
  • Glass, Cutting, [186]
  • Removing Cork from, [295]
• Bottle Necks, To Prevent Corks Sticking in, [174]
• Bottle-Cap Lifter, [195]
• Bottle-Opening Trick, [223]
• Bottles,
  • Medicine, Time Indicator for, [138]
  • Poison, Simple Way to Mark, [126]
• Bottles and Glasses, Trick, [460]
• Box, Camp Provision, [95]
• Box Partitions, [454]
• Boxes, Homemade Hinges for, [100]
• Boy Surveyor:
  • Camera Surveying, [7]
  • Plane-Table Surveying, [1]
  • Plotting a Camera Survey, [13]
• Brace,
  • Drill Press on Ordinary, [427]
  • Brace, Wrist, [144]
• Braces for Aeroplane Frames, [235]
• Bracket, Shade-Roller and Curtain-Pole, [318]
• Bracket, Swinging Electric-Light, [284]
• Brackets, Towel-Roller, [223]
• Brake, Prony, for Testing Small Motors, [32]
• Brass,
  • Cleaner for, [192]
  • Frosting, [185]
• Brass Articles, Cleaning, [375]
• Brass Clips, Tool Holders Made of, [414]
• Brass Rings, Turning, [400]
• Brass Tubing, Seamless, Small Steam-Engine Cylinders Made from, [396]
• Bread, Baking in Hot Sand, [53]
• Bread, Toasting Over an Open Fire, [11]
• Breaker, Glass, [291]
• Broom for Sweeping Out Corners in Steps, [295]
• Broom Holder, Another, [99]
• Broom, Old, Shaping, [182]
• Brown Stain for Wood, [189]
• Brush for Applying Soldering Acid, [283]
• Brush Handles,
  • Protecting, from Paint, [294]
  • Utilizing Old, [417]
• Brush Hanger for Dark Room, [156]
• Brush,
  • Homemade, for Cleaning Upholstered Furniture, [188]
  • To Clean Shellac from, [319]
• Buckle Tongues, Replacing, [331]
• Bucket, Ear Repair on, [175]
• Bucket-Ball Game, [270]
• Buffer, Finger-Nail, [322]
• Bug Powder, [457]
• Bugs Attracted by Light, Catching, [263]
• Bumper, Rubber, on Water Faucet, [406]
• Bunsen Burner,
  • Homemade, [318]
  • Small, [308]
• Burglar Alarm, Fire and, How to Make, [411]
• Burlap, Needle for Sewing, [151]
• Burner
  • for Soldering Small Work, [418]
  • Homemade Bunsen, [318]
  • Small Bunsen, [308]
• Bushing a Stovepipe in a Chimney Hole, [231]
• Buttonhole Cutter, [414]
• Buttonholes, Guide for Making, [264]

• Cabinet, Bedroom, [163]
• Cabinet Doors, Homemade Ball Catch for, [72]
• Cabinet, Shaving, Mounted on Adjustable Pedestal, [23]
• Cabinet Work, Joint for, [251]
• Calcium Deposits on Glass, Removing, [189]
• Calculation Trick, Lightning, [101]
• Caliper Gauge, Vise Used as, [172]
• Camera,
  • Hand, Telephoto Attachment for, [136]
  • Homemade, Enlarging, [219]
  • Mechanical, [233]
  • Mile-O-View, [213]
  • Multiplying, Attachment for, [221]
  • Ordinary, Stereoscopic Pictures with, [346]
• Camera Shutter, Electrically Operated, [234]
• Camera Support, [324]
• Camera Survey, Plotting a, [13]
• Camera Surveying, [7]
• Cameras,
  • Dull Black for, [163]
  • Homemade Direct-View Finder for, [54]
• Camp,
  • Bed for, [133]
  • Hanger for, [101]
  • Lantern for, [276]
• Camp Furnishings, [93]
• Camp Loom, [107]
• Camp Provision Box, [95]
• Camp Stoves, [97]
• Camp-Fire Utensils, Supports for, [371]
• Camphor, Experiments with, [391]
• Camps, [90]
• Cams, Small, How to Make, [53]
• Can Covers, Tight-Fitting, Removing, [391]
• Candle Sconce, Horn, [298]
• Candle-Shade Holder, [250]
• Candle, To Automatically Extinguish, [67]
• Candles,
  • Decorating, [426]
  • Motor Made of, [49]
  • Substitute for, [247]
  • Varnished, Burn Longer, [321]
• Candy-Floss Machine, How to Make, [268]
• Cane-Seat Cleaner, [318]
• Canned Foods, Heated, Relieving Pressure for Opening, [42]
• Canoe Stove, [103]
• Canoe, To Repair Leak In, [149]
• Canvas, Preventing Mildew on, [247]
• Canvas Shoes, Cleaner for, [289]
• Carbon Paper, Renewing, [34]
• Card,
  • Changing Pip on, [67]
  • Magic Change, [133]
• Card Stock, Typewriting on, [458]
• Card-and-Coin Trick, [41]
• Cards, Mind-Reading Effect with, [29]
• Carrier,
  • for Fishhooks, [269]
  • for Suitcase, [114]
  • Milk-Bottle, [107]
  • Stove-Wood, [237]
• Carrying Stone Jars, [309]
• Carrying Two Pails in One Hand, [382]
• Cartridge Belt, How to Make, [55]
• Cartridge Shells Used for Electrical Contacts, [285]
• Case, Holder for Books in, [247]
• Casein Glue, [212]
• Casting Rod, One-Piece, [59]
• Castings for Engine Pistons, Pipe Caps Used as, [408]
• Catamaran, Ice Boat and, [27]
• Catapult, [132]
• Catch,
  • Ball, for Cabinet Doors, [72]
  • Safety, for Flour Bin, [454]
  • to Hold Two Joining Doors Open, [77]
• Caterpillars on Grapevines, Destroying, [94]
• Cellar-Door Holder, [34]
• Cement Floors, Footstool for, [119]
• Cement, Shellac, [50]
• Center Gauge, Prick-Punch, [453]
• Centering Gauge, [253]
• Chain, Novelty, [191]
• Chair,
  • Bottoms, Reinforcing, [191]
  • Freezing Basin to, [431]
  • Head Rest for, [309]
  • Legs, To Fasten, [243]
  • Post, Repairing Broken Tenon on, [388]
  • Repairing Rocker on, [196]
  • Rocker, Stop on, for Baby, [153]
  • Rockers, Safety Tips on, [296]
• Chair Swing, [98]
• Chairs, Refinishing, [376]
• Chalk Trays, Covering for, [274]
• Chart, Compass Time, [378]
• Cherry Pitter, [309]
• Chickens, Tin Can Used for Watering, [144]
• Child's Finger, Cutting Tin Ball from, [436]
• Child's Playhouse, [265]
• Child's Seat for Theaters, [437]
• Chime Clock, Electric, [332]
• Chinese Pagoda, [278]
• Chisel Edges, Grinding, [322]
• Chisel Handle, Protector Cap for, [430]
• Chisel Holder for Whetting, [317]
• Chisel Rack, [248]
• Chopper, Poultry-Food, [291]
• Chopping Block, Stick Holder for, [191]
• Clamp,
  • Detachable, for Stairway Handrails, [452]
  • Emergency, [203]
  • Picture-Frame and Triangle, [230]
  • Used as Vise, [410]
• Clapper, Whirligig, [453]
• Clean Jewelry, How to, [287]
• Cleaner,
  • Cane-Seat, [318]
  • for Brass, [192]
  • for Canvas Shoes, [289]
  • Lamp-Chimney, [125]
  • Wall-Paper, [266], [273]
• Cleaning
  • an Oilstone, [237]
  • Brass Articles, [375]
  • Clothes by Boiling Them, [289]
  • Dirt from Tufts in Upholstering, [175]
  • Gold and Platinum, [191]
  • Painted or Frescoed Walls, [187]
  • Pearl Articles, [133]
  • Steel of Grease and Stains, [239]
• Cleaning Bath for Silverware, [355]
• Cleats on Boards, Substitute for, [322]
• Clips to Hold Magazine Pages Together, [103]
• Clock,
  • Electric Chime, [332]
  • Repairing Worn Escapement Wheel of, [72]
• Closet, Bookcase or, Portable and Folding, [296]
• Closet Holders for Linen, [192]
• Cloth,
  • Delicate, Removing, Perspiration Stains from, [414]
  • Removing Acid Stains from, [196]
• Clothes, Cleaning by Boiling, [289]
• Clothes Peg,
  • Cork-Covered, [182]
  • Wood, [406]
• Clothes Rack, [166]
• Clothesline,
  • Double, Supporter for, [288]
  • for Small Goods, [194]
  • Hanging Taut, [451]
• Clothesline Posts, Folding Arms for, [394]
• Clothesline Reel, [249]
• Clothesline Reel, Homemade, [423]
• Clothespin Bag, [42]
• Clothespin, Wire, [387]
• Clothing,
  • To Remove Grease from, [102]
  • To Remove Rust Stains from, [174]
• Coaster Brake, Repairing, [422]
• Coaster, Homemade Roller, [159]
• Coasting Bobsled, Four-Passenger, [24]
• Coat and Trousers Hangers, [442]
• Coil Springs, Small, How to Make, [197]
• Coil, Water-Heating, in Furnace Pipe, [294]
• Coils, Induction, Testing Out, [19]
• Coin Box, Mystery, [402]
• Coin, Worn, Reading Date of, [347]
• Coins, Display Holder for, [53]
• Cold-Chisel Guide, [189]
• Collar Fasteners, [56]
• Collar Holder, Combination Tie Rack and, [30]
• Coloring Electric-Light Globes, [438]
• Colors, Setting, in Fabrics, [223]
• Comb Cleaner, [188]
• Compass,
  • Operation of, [387]
  • Pencil, Emergency, [34]
• Compass Time Chart, [378]
• Condenser, Variable, [129]
• Connecting Call Bells, Simple Methods of, [356]
• Construction of Simple Wireless Telephone Set:
  • Part I, [337]
  • Part II, [341]
• Construction of Small Bell-Ringing Transformer:
  • Part I—Fundamental Principles, [348]
  • Part II—Construction, [352]
• Cooking Food in Paper, [168]
• Cooler for Milk and Butter, [405]
• Cooling Tube for Laboratory Still, [187]
• Coop, Poultry, [247]
• Copying Stand for Photographic Enlarging and Reducing, [232]
• Cord, Flexible, Adjuster for Electric Flatiron, [406]
• Cores for Use in Babbitt Metal, [304]
• Cork,
  • Large, Fitting in Small Bottle, [339]
  • Removing, from Bottle, [295]
• Cork Puller, [173], [252]
• Cork-Covered Clothes Peg, [182]
• Corks-in-a-Box Trick, [335]
• Corks, To Prevent Sticking in Bottle Necks, [174]
• Corn Sheller,
  • Hand, [347]
  • Homemade, [150]
• Corner Cleaner Attached to Scrubbing Brush, [12]
• Corner Joints, Picture-Frame, [176]
• Corners in Steps, Broom for Sweeping Out, [295]
• Corrosion, Protecting Binding Posts on Wet Batteries from, [252]
• Costumer, How to Make, [42]
• Couch-Cover Corner, Tying Rosette in, [310]
• Countersink for Wood, Homemade, [154]
• Coupling, Shaft, [347]
• Court-Plaster, Liquid, [246]
• Cover,
  • Detachable Hinged, for Kettles, [123]
  • for Bottle, [420]
  • for Magazines, [344]
  • Slide-Opening, for Plate Holder, [104]
• Cover Strainer, [149]
• Covering for Chalk Trays, [274]
• Covering for Gas-Stove Top, [420]
• Cradle,
  • Combination Settee Rocker and, [46]
  • Homemade, [273]
• Crease in Soft Hat, To Keep, [254]
• Crochet Hook, [325]
• Croquet Arches, White Rubber on, [121]
• Croquet Mallets Protected by Metal Rings, [225]
• Croquet Playing, Night, [251]
• Crystallization Shown on Screen, [216]
• Cucumbers, Raising on Trellis, [445]
• Cup,
  • Paper Drinking, [188]
  • Paper Drinking, How to Make, [346]
• Curling-Iron Heater, [126]
• Curtain Hanger, [274]
• Curtain Stop, [296]
• Curtain, Stretching, without Frame, [158]
• Cushion, Screen and Storm-Door, [422]
• Cuspidor Carrier, [279]
• Cut Press, Homemade, [327]
• Cut, Starting Saw, [252]
• Cutter, Buttonhole, [414]
• Cutter for Lace Leather, [376]
• Cutter Made of Wafer Razor Blade, [240]
• Cyclemobile, [135]
• Cylinders, Small Steam-Engine, Made from Seamless Brass Tubing, [396]

• Dampness, Keeping Out, [134]
• Dark, Locating Droplight in, [123]
• Dark Room,
  • Brush Hanger for, [156]
  • Photographer's, Drying Towels in, [331]
• D'Arsonval Galvanometer, [415]
• Date of Worn Coin, Reading, [347]
• Decorating Candles, [426]
• Decoration, Forcing Fruit Blossoms for, [12]
• Decorative Wood Panels, [58]
• Demagnetize a Watch, How to, [290]
• Demagnetizer, Watch, How to Make, [150]
• Dents in Wood, Raising, [381]
• Desk, Sloping, Telephone Stand for, [112]
• Develop Roll Film, Easy Way to, [425]
• Developing Machine, [236]
• Developing Tray Made of Tin Can, [121]
• Developing-Tray Rocker, [224]
• Dibble, Homemade, [246]
• Die-and-Box Trick, [141]
• Dip, Bright, for Metal, [250]
• Dip-Plating Process, [323]
• Dish or Floor Mop, Endless, [29]
• Dish Washing, Summer, [356]
• Dishpan, Sink a Substitute for, [197]
• Disk-Armature Motor, [336]
• Disk-Throwing Pistol, [244]
• Display, Flying Model Aeroplane for, [361]
• Display Holder for Coins, [53]
• Displaying Dye Colors, [244]
• Displaying Magazines, Holders for, [320]
• Dissolving Coin Trick, [272]
• Distance Chart for Wireless Stations, [269]
• Distance Marker for Printing Photographs, [226]
• Distilling Apparatus for Water, [112]
• Dog, Chained, Exerciser for, [117]
• Dogs, Lathe, [319]
• Door, Double Latch for, [451]
• Door Fastener, [163]
• Door Hinges, Locking Screws in, [102]
• Door Knobs, Attaching to Locks, [322]
• Door Stop, [157]
• Doorbell Alarm, [160]
• Doorbell, Musical, [329]
• Doors, Two Joining, Catch to Hold Open, [77]
• Doorway, Fastening Portière Pole in, [227]
• Dory Rudder, Holder for, [68]
• Dovetail Joint, Laying Out, [247]
• Dowel-Turning Tool, [285]
• Drafts, Window Ventilator to Prevent, [248]
• Draftsmen, Amateur, Combination Tool for, [324]
• Drawer,
  • Automatically Closing, [173]
  • Combination Lock for, [169]
  • Ordinary Table; Secret Compartment in, [364]
• Drawer Guide, Nonsticking, [383]
• Drawers, Several, Locking with One Lock, [101]
• Drawing Instruments, Substitutes for, [146]
• Drawing Pen, To Start Ink Flowing from, [446]
• Dressing, Shoe, Waterproof, [325]
• Drill Press,
  • Homemade, [431]
  • Homemade Hand, [242]
  • on Ordinary Brace, [427]
• Drill,
  • Small Vertical, How to Make, [426]
  • To Prevent from Catching as It Passes through Metal, [26]
• Drilling Thin Metal, [406]
• Drinking Cup,
  • Paper, [188]
  • Paper, How to Make, [346]
• Drinking Glasses, Separating, [164]
• Drinking Tube, [92]
• Drip-Pan Alarm, [178]
• Drip Pan, Locating Under Refrigerator, [307]
• Driver, Screweye, [231]
• Driving Screws, [310]
• Droplight, Locating in Dark, [123]
• Dropper and Cork for Medicine Bottles, [248]
• Dry and Warm Climates, Refrigerator for, [357]
• Dry Batteries,
  • Preserving, [192]
  • Renewing, [382]
  • Testing, [266]
• Dry Cell, How to Make, [421]
• Drying Seeds, [288]
• Drying Small Laundered Articles, [58]
• Drying Towels in Photographer's Dark Room, [331]
• Dustpan, Long Handle for, [243]
• Dye Colors, Displaying, [244]

• Ear Repair on a Bucket, [175]
• Ebony, Imitating on Oak, [193]
• Edging Flower Beds, [165]
• Egg Boiler, [190]
• Egg-Frying Pan, [388]
• Egg Separator, Homemade, [153]
• Eggs,
  • Cracked, Boiling, [391]
  • Lifter for Removing from Hot Water, [78]
• Electric Anemometer, [367]
• Electric Apparatus, Varnishing Bases for, [324]
• Electric Bed Warmer, Homemade, [154]
• Electric Chime Clock, [332]
• Electric Display for Show Window, [52]
• Electric Fishing Signal, How to Make, [98]
• Electric Fixtures, Curved, Pulling Wire through, [173]
• Electric Flatiron, Flexible-Cord Adjuster for, [406]
• Electric Fountain, [401]
• Electric Furnace,
  • How to Make, [373]
  • Small, How to Make, [229]
• Electric Gas Lighter, [376]
• Electric Heater, How to Make, [407]
• Electric Horn, [409]
• Electric Incubator, [343]
• Electric Indicator, Wind Vane with, How to Build, [305]
• Electric Lamp Flasher, How to Make, [370]
• Electric Lamp Reflector for Target, [196]
• Electric Light, Bicycle Oil Lamp Changed to, [78]
• Electric Light Bracket, Swinging, [284]
• Electric Light Bulb as Barometer, [280]
• Electric Light Globes, Coloring, [438]
• Electric Light Globes, Paper Shades for, [316]
• Electric Light Mystery, [168]
• Electric Lights Controlled from Two or More Switches, [276]
• Electric Motor, Simple, How to Build, [359]
• Electric Score Board for Indoor Games, [277]
• Electric Shaving Mug, [385]
• Electric Stirring-Machine, [165]
• Electric Switch for Exposing Photographic Printing-Papers, [181]
• Electric Test for Fixtures, [288]
• Electric Time Light, [362]
• Electric Water Heater, [89], [243]
• Electrical Apparatus—
  • Alarm to Designate Filled Storage Battery, [253]
  • Armatures for Small Motors, [124]
  • Bed Warmer, Homemade, [154]
  • Bell, Continuously Ringing, How to Make, [381]
  • Bell-Ringing Transformer, Construction of Small, [348], [352]
  • Disk-Armature Motor, [336]
  • Doorbell Alarm, [160]
  • Door Lock, Combination Electrically Operated, [110]
  • Dry Cell, How to Make a, [421]
  • Electric Display for Show Window, [52]
  • Electric Fishing Signal, [98]
  • Electric Stirring Machine, [165]
  • Electric Water Heater, [89]
  • Electrotype Stamp, How to Make an, [419]
  • Galvanometer, D'Arsonval, [415]
  • Galvanometer, Simple, How to Construct a, [389]
  • Fire and Burglar Alarm, How to Make a, [411]
  • Holding Small Armatures for Winding, [118]
  • Musical Doorbell, [329]
  • Pocket Direct-Current Voltmeter, [397]
  • Quickly Made Rheostat, [178]
  • Reversing Switch for Small Motors, [378]
  • Rheostat, How to Make a Small, [393]
  • Rotary Tuning Coil, [372]
  • Series Motor, How to Make a Small, [403]
  • Simple Methods of Connecting Call Bells, [356]
  • Small Shocking Machine, [363]
  • Telegraph Sounder, Homemade, [119]
  • Temperature Alarm, [345]
  • Variable Condenser, [129]
  • Vibrator for Spark Coil, [309]
  • Wet Battery, Homemade, [340]
  • Wire Expansion Meter, [410]
  • Wireless Telephone Set, Construction of Simple, [337], [341]
• Electrical Contacts, Cartridge Shells Used for, [285]
• Electrical Testing Instrument for Experimenters, [328]
• Electrically Ignited Flash Light for Making Photographs, [239]
• Electrically Operated Camera Shutter, [234]
• Electrically Operated Door Lock, Combination, [110]
• Electrodes, Furnace, of Lead Pencils, [441]
• Electrolytic Interrupter, How to Make, [241]
• Electroplating, Inlaying-Metals by, [171]
• Electroplating without a Tank, [234]
• Electrotype Stamp, How to Make, [419]
• Ellipsograph, Homemade, [429]
• Emboss Stationery, How to, [454]
• Embossed Letters, Air Pencil to Make, [29]
• Emery-Cloth Holder, [386]
• Engine, Homemade Steam-Turbine, [180]
• Engine Pistons, Pipe Caps Used as Castings for, [408]
• Engine, Thermo, Atmospheric, [120]
• Enlarging Camera, Homemade, [219]
• Enlarging Photographs, [217]
• Enlarging Pictures, [269]
• Envelope and Stamp Moistener, [431]
• Envelope, Special, To Make, [67]
• Eraser Holder, [175]
• Eraser, Ink, [395]
• Escapement Wheel of Clock, Repairing Worn, [72]
• Exerciser for a Chained Dog, [117]
• Exerciser, Homemade, [299]
• Expansion Meter, Wire, [410]
• Experiment,
  • Interesting, [302]
  • Interesting Vacuum, [250]
• Experimenters, Electrical Testing Instrument for, [328]
• Experiments with Camphor, [391]
• Exterior Sliding Fly Screen, [231]
• Extracting a Broken Screw, [134]
• Extractor, Sliver, [250]
• Eye Shield for Microscope, [153]

• Fabrics, Setting Colors in, [223]
• Falling-Blocks, How to Make, [392]
• Fastener,
  • Door, [163]
  • Bed-Cover, [55]
  • Collar, [56]
• Fastening Loose Table Legs, [289]
• Fastening Screws in Tile and Brick Walls, [292]
• Faucet, Water, Rubber Bumper on, [406]
• Feeding-Table, Turn, for Birds, [137]
• Felt, Mending Break in, [192]
• Fencing, Poultry, Stretching, [253]
• Ferris Wheel, Playground, [161]
• Ferrule, Taper, How to Make, [380]
• Figures, Puzzle with, [289]
• File, Inexpensive, [286]
• Filing Flat Surfaces, [296]
• Filing Soft Metals, [102]
• Film-Developing Machine, Adjustable, [208]
• Film, Roll, Easy Way to Develop, [425]
• Filter,
  • Automatic, [148]
  • Force, Laboratory, [119]
  • in a Pump Spout, [189]
  • Water, [109]
• Finder for Cameras, Homemade Direct-View, [54]
• Finger Marks, Removing from Books, [200]
• Finger Nail Buffer, [322]
• Finger Protection on Laboratory Vessels, [170]
• Finger-Ring Trick, [56]
• Fire and Burglar Alarm, How to Make, [411]
• Fireflies, Theatrical Night Scene with Appearance of, [162]
• Fish,
  • Game, Attractor for, [97]
  • Preventing Loss of, from Covered Baskets, [208]
  • To Hold While Removing Scales, [309]
• Fish Rake, [423]
• Fish-Scaling Knife, [182]
• Fish Stringer, [146]
• Fishhooks,
  • Carrier for, [269]
  • Carrying in, Cane Pole, [58]
• Fishing, Live Bait Used in, [261]
• Fishing-Rod Joints, Holding Together, [201]
• Fishing-Rod Making and Angling:
  • Part I—A One-Piece Casting Rod, [59]
  • Part II—Various Two and Three-Piece Rods, [69]
  • Part III—Trout Fishing with Fly and Bait, [73]
  • Part IV—Trout Fishing with Fly and Bait, [79]
• Fishing Signal, Electric, How to Make, [98]
• Fishing, Trout, with Fly and Bait, [73], [79]
• Fitting Large Cork in Small Bottle, [339]
• Five-Pointed Star, [226]
• Fixtures,
  • Electric Test for, [288]
  • Gas and Electric, Locating in Dark, [437]
• Flash Light, Electrically Ignited, for Making Photographs, [239]
• Flash Light Telegraph on Kite Line, [155]
• Flasher,
  • Electric Lamp, How to Make, [370]
  • Sunlight, for Garden, [179]
• Flashing Hook, [246]
• Flat Surfaces, Filing, [296]
• Flatiron, Electric, Flexible-Cord Adjuster for, [406]
• Flatiron Holder, Ornamental Metal, [150]
• Floor or Dish Mop, Endless, [29]
• Floor Polisher, Homemade, [125]
• Floor Push Button, [144]
• Flour Bin, Safety Catch for, [454]
• Flower Beds, Edging, [165]
• Flower Trellis, Umbrella Used as, [164]
• Flowers, Preserving, in Color and Form, [127]
• Flutter Ring, How to Make, [100]
• Flying Model Aeroplane for Display, [361]
• Flymobile, How to Make, [139]
• Flypaper Holder, [423]
• Folding Arms for Clothesline Posts, [394]
• Folding Bookrack, [395]
• Food, Cooking, in Paper, [168]
• Food, To Keep Ants Away from, [361]
• Foot Boats, How to Make, [166]
• Footstool for Cement Floors, [119]
• Form, Stocking-Stretcher, [190]
• Fortune Teller, Mystic, [32]
• Fountain Attachment for Ordinary Pen, [326]
• Fountain, Electric, [401]
• Fountain for Ordinary Pen, [173]
• Fountain-Pen Barrels, Mending Broken, [442]
• Fountain Pen, Homemade, [94]
• Frame for Printing Post Cards from Negatives, [170]
• Frames, Small Mitered, Gluing, [193]
• Freezing Basin to Chair, [431]
• Freezing, To Prevent Poultry Water from, [355]
• Frosting Brass, [185]
• Frosting Glass, [243]
• Fruit Blossoms for Decoration, Forcing, [12]
• Fruit-Jar Opener, [272]
• Fruit Jars, Screw-Top, Opening, [125]
• Fruit Presser, [279]
• Fruit Stemmer, [94]
• Funnel, Automatic Valve for, [317]
• Furnace, Electric, How to Make, [373]
• Furnace Electrodes of Lead Pencils, [441]
• Furnace Pipe, Water-Heating Coil in, [294]
• Furnace, Small Electric, How to Make, [229]
• Furnishings, Camp, [93]
• Furniture—
  • Bedroom Cabinet, [163]
  • Bookrack, [261]
  • Chair Swing, [98]
  • Combination Settee Rocker and Cradle, [46]
  • Costumer, How to Make, [42]
  • Double Top for Table, [78]
  • Folding Bookrack, [395]
  • Footstool for Cement Floors, [119]
  • Jardinière Pedestal, [255]
  • Leaded-Glass Panels for, [443]
  • Mission, Joint for, [384]
  • Reed—A Reed Basket, [257]
  • Shaving Cabinet, [23]
  • Woven-Top Stool, [256]
• Furniture Polish, [102], [458]
• Furniture Polish for Fine Woods, [216]
• Fuse Wire, Reducing Amperage of, [322]

• Galvanometer,
  • D'Arsonval, [415]
  • Simple, How to Construct, [389]
• Game,
  • Bucket-Ball, [270]
  • Indoor Baseball, [275]
  • Played on Ice, [52]
  • Ring-Throwing, [287]
  • Indoor, Electric Score Board for, [277]
• Garden-Bed Scarecrow, [365]
• Garden Roller, [293]
• Garden, Sunlight Flasher for, [179]
• Gas and Electric Fixtures, Locating in Dark, [437]
• Gas Generator, Laboratory, [118]
• Gas Lighter, Electric, [376]
• Gas Pipe, Paper, [262]
• Gas Stove Top, Covering for, [420]
• Gasoline Consumption of Automobile, To Reduce, [436]
• Gate, Double-Swing, with Common Hinge, [19]
• Gate Fasteners, [396]
• Gate, Self-Closing, [211]
• Gauge,
  • Attachment for Pocket Rule, [233]
  • Centering, [253]
  • Homemade Marking, [294]
  • Prick-Punch Center, [453]
  • Rule, [459]
• Gear-Cutting Machine, [424]
• Generator, Gas, Laboratory, [118]
• Geometric Principle In Line Division, [326]
• Glass Bottle, Cutting, [186]
• Glass Breaker, [291]
• Glass,
  • Frosting, [243]
  • Removing Calcium Deposits on, [189]
  • Removing Paint from, [298]
• Glasses,
  • Drinking, Separating, [164]
  • Trick Bottles and, [460]
• Glaziers' Points, Substitute for, [293]
• Glider,
  • Ice, [31]
  • Monoplane, How to Make, [115]
  • Paper, That Loops the Loop, [109]
  • Tandem Monoplane, [113]
• Glue, Casein, [212]
• Glue-Spreader Holder, [153]
• Gluing Small Mitered Frames, [193]
• Go-Cart, Runner for, [287]
• Gold and Platinum, Cleaning, [191]
• Graduate Holder, [218]
• Graduate, Homemade, [192]
• Graduates, Renewing Markings on, [316]
• Graining Tools, Homemade, [206]
• Grape Arbor Built of Poles, [12]
• Grapevines, Destroying Caterpillars on, [94]
• Grass Rake, [196]
• Grease,
  • Removing from Paint, [157]
  • To Remove from Clothing, [102]
• Green-Corn Holder, [167]
• Grinder, Kraut and Root, [297]
• Grinding a Plane Iron, Guide for, [279]
• Grinding Chisel Edges, [322]
• Grinding Scissors, [148]
• Grindstone, Scraping Surplus Water Off on, [188]
• Guard, Pruning-Saw, [197]
• Guide,
  • Cold-Chisel, [189]
  • for Grinding a Plane Iron, [279]
  • for Making Buttonholes, [264]
  • for Mill File, [321]
• Guide Ropes on Bobsled, [155]
• Guides, Window-Shade, [286]
• Gun, Pea-Shooting, [438]
• Gunstocks, Polishing, [452]

• Hacksaw Frame,
  • Adjustable, [163]
  • Homemade, [426]
• Hairpin, Fancy, Lock for, [110]
• Hammer, Double-Claw, for Pulling Nails Straight, [134]
• Hammock, To Tie, [286]
• Hand Drill Press, Homemade, [242]
• Hand Hoe, [147]
• Handbag Lock, [386]
• Handballs, Inflating, [365]
• Handle,
  • Attachment for Sickle, [194]
  • Long, for Dustpan, [243]
  • New Pail-Cover, [177]
  • Scraper, [227]
  • Hunting-Knife, [177]
• Handrails, Stairway, Detachable Clamp for, [452]
• Hanger,
  • Curtain, [274]
  • for the Camp, [101]
  • Kitchen Utensil, [100]
• Hangers,
  • Coat and Trousers, [442]
  • for Barn Tools, [155]
• Hanging Vase, [102]
• Hat Hanger, [388]
• Hat Sweatband, Reducing Size of, [132]
• Head Rest for Chair, [309]
• Heater, Curling Iron, [126]
• Heater, Electric, How to Make, [407]
• Heater, Electric Water, [89]
• Heel Plates, [250]
• Heliograph, How to Make, [183]
• Hindoo Sand Trick, [308]
• Hinge,
  • Small Spring, [291]
  • Strap, Applying, [280]
  • with Wide Swing, [452]
• Hinges, Door, Locking Screws in, [102]
• Hinges,
  • for Boxes, Homemade, [100]
  • Homemade, [358]
  • Used to Substitute Night Bolt, [334]
• Hoe,
  • Hand, [147]
  • Pointed End on, [458]
• Holder,
  • Broom, Another, [99]
  • Candle-Shade, [250]
  • Cellar-Door, [34]
  • for Books in a Case, [247]
  • for Garden-Hose Nozzle, [252]
  • for Loose Window Glass, [149]
  • for Milk Card, [170]
  • for Set of Sadirons, [293]
  • for Skates while Sharpening, [54]
  • Green-Corn, [167]
  • Milk-Ticket, [251]
  • Nursing-Bottle, [251]
  • Paper-Bag, [274]
  • Pen and Brush, [287]
  • Pencil, [290]
  • Umbrella, for Display Purposes, [170]
  • Washbasin, [289]
• Holders for Displaying Magazines, [320]
• Hole,
  • Boring-Clean-Edged, [406]
  • Long, Boring, [420]
• Home Accounts, Way to Keep, [282]
• Hook,
  • Crochet, [325]
  • Flashing, [246]
  • Key-Holder, [147]
• Hooks, Homemade Snap, [248]
• Horn Candle Sconce, [298]
• Horn,
  • Electric, [409]
  • Mechanical Bicycle, [195]
• Hose Attachment for Watering Window Plants, [298]
• Hose Nozzle, [242]
• Hose-Nozzle Handle, [421]
• Hose Reel, Substitute for, [369]
• Hot Dish, Holding Spoon on, [437]
• Houses Made of Poles, [85]
• Hulling Walnuts, [162], [295]
• Humidity Indicator, How to Make, [360]
• Humidor, How to Make, [136]
• Hunting-Knife Handles, [177]
• Hurdle, How to Make, [145]
• Hydroelectric-Power Plant, Small, [314]
• Hydrometer, Homemade, [456]

• Ice Boat and Catamaran, [27]
• Ice-Box Lights, Automatically Controlled, [194]
• Ice Boxes, To Remove Odors from, [100]
• Ice,
  • Creeper for Shoe Heels, [124]
  • Game Played on, [52]
  • Glider, [31]
  • Pushmobile Racer for, [428]
• Illuminating-an Outside Thermometer, [122]
• Illusion, Optical, [345]
• Imitating Ebony on Oak, [193]
• Incubator,
  • Electric, [343]
  • To Double Capacity of, [457]
• Indicator,
  • Humidity, How to Make, [360]
  • Polarity, [396]
• Indoor Games,
  • Baseball Game, [275]
  • Bucket-Ball Game, [270]
  • Electric Score Board for, [277]
  • Ring-Throwing Game, [287]
• Induction Coils, Testing Out, [19]
• Inexpensive File, [286]
• Inflating Handballs, [365]
• Inflating Toy Balloons, [167]
• Ink Bottle, Pen Rack on, [143]
• Ink Eraser, [395]
• Ink Stains, Removing from Book Leaves, [418]
• Ink, To Start Flowing from Drawing-Pen, [446]
• Inkstand,
  • Mission Style, [381]
  • Tilting, [300]
• Inkwell and Penholder, [283]
• Inkwell Stopper, [196]
• Inlaying Metals by Electroplating, [171]
• Insect-Proof Poultry Roost, [422]
• Iodine Stains, Removing, [55]
• Iron Holder Knob, Substitute for, [388]
• Iron, How to Nickel or Silverplate by Friction, [272]
• Ironing-Board Holder, [302]
• Ivory, Bleaching, [175]

• Jardinière Pedestal, [255]
• Jelly-Straining Stand, [382]
• Jewelry, How to Clean, [287]
• Jig-Saw Blades, [442]
• Joints,
  • for Cabinet Work, [251]
  • for Mission Furniture, [384]
  • for Model Aeroplane, [275]
  • Tenoned, How to Lock, [339]

• Kettle-Handle Support, [49]
• Kettle Handle, To Protect from Heat, [144]
• Kettles, Detachable Hinged Cover for, [123]
• Key-Holder Hook, [147]
• Keyhole, Light in, [114]
• Kitchen Utensil—
  • Baking-Pan Shoes, Adjustable, [129]
  • Bottle-Cap Lifter, [195]
  • Broom Holder, [99]
  • Cherry Pitter, [309]
  • Cork Puller, [173], [252]
  • Cover for a Bottle, [420]
  • Cover Strainer, [149]
  • Egg Boiler, [190]
  • Egg-Frying Pan, [388]
  • Egg Separator, Homemade, [153]
  • Fish-Scaling Knife, [182]
  • Fruit Jar Opener, [272]
  • Fruit Stemmer, [94]
  • Grinder, Kraut and Root, [297]
  • Hanger for, [100]
  • Kettle Handle, Protecting from Heat, [144]
  • Kettle-Handle Support, [49]
  • Kettles, Detachable Hinged Cover for, [123]
  • Knife Holder on Frying Pan, [295]
  • Lamp-Chimney Cleaner, [125]
  • Lard and Fruit Presser, [279]
  • Lifter for Removing Eggs from Hot Water, [78]
  • Nutcracker, Adjustable, [101]
  • Opening Screw-Top Fruit Jars, [125]
  • Pail-Cover Handle, New, [177]
  • Potato Peeler, [425]
  • Scraper for, [147]
  • Scrubbing Brush, Corner Cleaner Attached to, [12]
  • Skimmer for Bottled Milk, [358]
  • Skimming-Spoon, [391]
  • Soap Shake, [175]
  • Steam, Opening for, in Utensil Cover, [288]
  • Strainer for Milk Pail, [53]
  • Tablespoon End Used as Lemon Squeezer, [225]
  • Vegetable Slicer, [254]
• Kite, Aeroplane, [111]
• Kite Line,
  • Cutaway for Toy Parachutes, [308]
  • Flash-Light Telegraph on, [155]
  • Traveler, [228]
  • Toy Parachute Cut-Away for, [372]
• Kite, War, How to Make, [108]
• Knife, Fish-Scaling, [182]
• Knife Handle, Broken, Repairing, [229]
• Knife Holder on a Frying Pan, [295]
• Knife, Homemade Palette, [211]
• Knife, To Make Open Easily, [347]
• Knives and Glasses, Trick with, [227]
• Kraut and Root Grinder, [297]

• Labels, Old, To Make Scratch Pads of, [406]
• Laboratory Force Filter, [119]
• Laboratory Gas Generator, [118]
• Laboratory Still, Cooling Tube for, [187]
• Laboratory Vessels, Finger Protection on, [170]
• Laboratory, Wash Bottle for Use in, [458]
• Lamp, Bicycle Oil, Changed to Electric Light, [78]
• Lamp Chimney Cleaner, [125]
• Lamp Deception, Wireless-Lighted, [260]
• Lamp Flasher, Electric, How to Make, [370]
• Lantern for Camp, [276]
• Landing for Small Boats, [237]
• Lantern for Spot and Colored Lights, [209]
• Lantern Slide Binding Machine, [207]
• Lantern Slides, Advertising, How to Make, [417]
• Lard and Fruit Presser, [279]
• Large Hole in Small Piece of Paper, [317]
• Latch, Double, for Door, [451]
• Lathe,
  • Amateur Mechanics' Combination, [447]
  • Bench, [22]
  • Dogs, [319]
  • Filing Small Rods in, [414]
  • Sander Mandrel for, [388]
  • Wood, How to Make, [434]
• Laundered Articles, Drying Small, [58]
• Laundry, How to Make Copper Stencil for Marking, [299]
• Lawn Mower, Lighting, for Use at Night, [310]
• Lawn Sprinkler, Homemade, [366]
• Lawn Sprinkling, Nozzle Angle for, [356]
• Lawn Swing, Anchor Posts for, [148]
• Lawn-Tennis Marker, [255]
• Laying Out a Dovetail Joint, [247]
• Lead Pencils, Furnace Electrodes of, [441]
• Lead Pipe, Painting, [175]
• Leaded-Glass Panels for Furniture, [443]
• Leak in a Canoe, To Repair, [149]
• Leather, Lace, Cutter for, [376]
• Leather Punch, Homemade, [452]
• Leather Punch, Pipe Used as, [138]
• Leather, Tan, To Color Black, [174]
• Leather Work, Arts-Crafts, [432], [439]
• Leaves, Falling, in Nature Scene, [400]
• Lemon Squeezer, Tablespoon End Used as, [225]
• Letter Scale, How to Make, [356]
• Lettering Photographs, [320]
• Letters, Embossed, Air Pencil to Make, [29]
• Letters for Marking Bags, Homemade, [254]
• Level of Liquids, in Vessels, To Maintain Constant, [154]
• Lifter for Removing Eggs from Hot Water, [78]
• Light,
  • Bathroom, To Operate Automatically, [56]
  • Catching Bugs Attracted by, [263]
  • Electric Time, [362]
  • Ice-Box, Automatically Controlled, [194]
  • in a Keyhole, [114]
  • Spot and Colored, Lantern for, [209]
• Lighting a Basement Light, [156]
• Lighting a Lawn Mower for Use at Night, [310]
• Lighting a Room for Making Photographs, [123]
• Line Division, Geometric Principle in, [326]
• Linen, Closet Holders for, [192]
• Liquid Court-Plaster, [246]
• Liquids, Heavy, Vent for Pouring, [387]
• Liquids in Vessels, To Maintain Constant Level of, [154]
• Lock,
  • Common, Making Less Pickable, [174]
  • Door, Combination Electrically Operated, [110]
  • for a Drawer, Combination, [169]
  • for Fancy Hairpin, [110]
  • Handbag, [386]
  • Window, [320]
• Lock Keeper, Broken, Repair for, [208]
• Locking Extension Table, Window Catch Used for, [42]
• Locking Screws in Door Hinges, [102]
• Locking Several Drawers with One Lock, [101]
• Locks, Attaching Door Knobs to, [322]
• Loom, Camp, [107]
• Loose-Leaf Pocket Memorandum, Homemade, [283]
• Loss of Fish from Covered Baskets, Preventing, [208]

• Machine for Sketching Pictures, [6]
• Machine Screws, Small, How to Start, [169]
• Machinery, Oiling Bright Parts of, [248]
• Magazine Pages, Clips for Holding Together, [103]
• Magazines,
  • Binding, [50]
  • Cover for, [344]
  • Holders for Displaying, [320]
• Magic Change Card, [133]
• Magic String, [165]
• Magnetic-Suspension Pendulum, [104]
• Mailing Tube,
  • Homemade, [376]
  • Securing Papers in, [187]
• Mandrel, Sander, for Lathe, [388]
• Mantel Picture Frames Made in Plaster, [226]
• Marble, Repairing, [336]
• Marker, Lawn-Tennis, [255]
• Marking Bags, Homemade Letters for, [254]
• Marking Gauge, Homemade, [294]
• Markings on Graduates, Renewing, [316]
• Marks from Basting Threads on Wool, Preventing, [56]
• Match-Box Holder, Safety, [418]
• Match Box, Self-Feeding, [335]
• Match Holder, [459]
• Match Safe to Deliver One Match at a Time, [285]
• Maulstick Used as Ruler, [451]
• Measuring Length of Wire Wound on Spool, [365]
• Meat Saw and Knife, Combination, [409]
• Mechanical Aid to Singers, [206]
• Mechanical Bicycle Horn, [195]
• Mechanical Camera, [233]
• Medicine Bottles,
  • Dropper and Cork for, [248]
  • Time Indicator for, [138]
• Medicine-Spoon Holder, [295]
• Mending a Break in Felt, [192]
• Merry-Go-Round Pole, [162]
• Merry-Go-Round, Skating, [57]
• Metal, Bright Dip for, [250]
• Metal Polish, [68]
• Metal Rings, Croquet Mallets Protected by, [225]
• Metal, Thin, Drilling, [406]
• Metals, Inlaying, by Electroplating, [171]
• Metals, Soft, Filing, [102]
• Meter, Water, Homemade, [48]
• Meter, Wire Expansion, [410]
• Microscope, Eye Shield for, [153]
• Mildew on Canvas, Preventing, [247]
• Mile-O-View Camera, [213]
• Milk and Butter, Cooler for, [405]
• Milk-Bottle Carrier, [107]
• Milk-Bottle Tray, [235]
• Milk, Bottled, Skimmer for, [358]
• Milk Card, Holder for, [170]
• Milk Pail, Strainer for, [53]
• Milk Stool, [384]
• Milk-Ticket Holder, [251]
• Mill File, Guides for, [321]
• Mind-Reading Effect with Cards, [29]
• Mirror an Aid in Rowing a Boat, [121]
• Mirror Hinged to Window Casing, [355]
• Mission Frame for an Alarm Clock, [277]
• Mission Furniture, Joint for, [384]
• Mission-Style Inkstand, [381]
• Miter Box, Picture-Frame, Homemade, [428]
• Mixing Sulphuric Acid, [278]
• Model Aeroplane,
  • Flying, for Display, [361]
  • Joints for, [275]
• Model Boat,
  • with Aerial Propeller, [207]
  • Steam-Turbine [323]
• Model Work, Bearings for, [238]
• Moistener, Envelope and Stamp, [431]
• Moistener, Stamp, [320]
• Molding-Sawing Block Used on Bench, [408]
• Moles, To Prevent from Damaging Growing Seeds, [182]
• Monorail Sled, How to Make, [50]
• Mop, Endless Dish or Floor, [29]
• Mop Wringer, How to Make, [171]
• Mortises, Guide for Cutting, [422]
• Mosquitoes, Trapping, [143]
• Motion-Picture, Camera, and, Projector, Homemade:
  • Part I, [198]
  • Part II, [202]
  • Part III, [204]
• Motion-Picture Machine, Simple, [321]
• Motor,
  • Disk-Armature, [336]
  • Made of Candles, [49]
  • Simple Electric, How to Build, [359]
  • Small Series, How to Make, [403]
  • Water, How to Make, [303]
• Motorboat, Repairing Bruised Sides of, [369]
• Motors,
  • Prony Brake for Testing Small, [32]
  • Small, Armatures for, [124]
  • Small, Reversing Switch for, [378]
• Mouse Trap, [178], [229]
• Multiplying Attachment for Camera, [221]
• Musical Doorbell, [329]
• Muskrat Trap, [212]
• Mysteries, Tricks, Illusions, etc.—
  • Bottle-Opening Trick, [223]
  • Card and Coin Trick, [41]
  • Changing Pip on a Card, [67]
  • Corks-in-a-Box Trick, [335]
  • Die-and-Box Trick, [141]
  • Dissolving-Coin Trick, [272]
  • Electric-Light Mystery, [168]
  • Finger-Ring Trick, [56]
  • Flutter Ring, [100]
  • Hindoo Sand Trick, [308]
  • Lightning-Calculation Trick, [101]
  • Magic-Change Card, [133]
  • Magic String, [165]
  • Mysterious Revolving Wheel, [152]
  • Mystic Fortune Teller, [32]
  • Optical Illusion, [345]
  • "Q" Trick, [360]
  • Mysteries, Tricks, Illusions, etc.—Ring Trick, [300]
  • Rubber-Band-Change Trick, [284]
  • String-and-Ball Trick, [273]
  • Surprise Water Bottle, [218]
  • Swinging-Pendulum Trick, [280]
  • Trick Bottles and Glasses, [460]
  • Trick of Taking Dollar Bill from Apple, [263]
  • Trick with Knives and Glasses, [227]
  • Tricks Performed with Thumbs Tied Together, [281]
• Mystery Coin Box, [402]
• Mystery, Trunk, [267]
• Mystic Fortune Teller, [32]

• Nail, Finishing, To Clinch, [34]
• Name, Writing Reversed on Paper Placed on Forehead, [392]
• Nature Scene, Falling Leaves in, [400]
• Needle and Thread Tray, Combination, [72]
• Needle Box for Talking Machines, [263]
• Needle for Repairing Screens, [206]
• Needle for Sewing Burlap, [151]
• Needle-Spray Nozzle, [418]
• Negative, To Hold in Printing Frame, [241]
• Newspaper Holder, Clothespin, [68]
• Nickel or Silverplate Iron by Friction, How to, [272]
• Night Bolt, Hinges Used to Substitute, [334]
• Night Croquet Playing, [251]
• Nonsticking Drawer Guide, [383]
• Nozzle Angle for Lawn Sprinkling, [356]
• Nozzle,
  • Garden-Hose, Holder for, [252]
  • Hose, [242]
  • Needle-Spray, [418]
• Novelty Chain, [191]
• Nursing-Bottle Holder, [251]
• Nutcracker, Adjustable, [101]
• Nuts,
  • Different-Size, Wrench for, [379]
  • Homemade Wing, [446]
  • Wing, How to Make, [182]

• Oak, Imitating Ebony on, [193]
• Oar Holder, [168]
• Oarlocks, Rope, [201]
• Odors, To Remove from Ice Boxes, [100]
• Oil Burner for Cook Stove, [145]
• Oilcloth, To Prevent from Cracking, [138]
• Oiling Bright Parts of Machinery, [248]
• Oilstone,
  • Cleaning, [237]
  • Repairing Broken, [249]
• Old-Oak Stain, [225]
• Opener, Fruit-Jar, [272]
• Opening for Air at Top of Shade, [297]
• Opening for Steam in Utensil Cover, [288]
• Operation of Compass, [387]
• Optical Illusion, [345]

• Pad for Percolator, [377]
• Paddle-Wheel Boat, How to Build, [105]
• Pagoda, Chinese, [278]
• Pail Cover Handle, New, [177]
• Pail Hook for Pitcher Pump, [245]
• Pail, Live-Bait, [178]
• Pails, Carrying Two in One Hand, [382]
• Paint Brushes, Care of, [189]
• Paint,
  • Preserving in Open Cans, [382]
  • Protecting Brush Handles from, [294]
  • Removing from Glass, [298]
  • Removing Grease from, [157]
• Painted or Frescoed Walls, To Clean, [187]
• Painting Lead Pipe, [175]
• Paints and Pastes, Preserving, [418]
• Palette Knife, Homemade, [211]
• Pan, Egg-Frying, [388]
• Panels,
  • Decorative Wood, [58]
  • Leaded-Glass, for Furniture, [443]
• Pantograph, Homemade, [142]
• Paper, Carbon, Renewing, [34]
• Paper Drinking Cup, [188]
• Paper Drinking Cup, How to Make, [346]
• Paper Gas Pipe, [262]
• Paper Glider That Loops the Loop, [109]
• Paper, Large Hole in Small Piece of, [317]
• Paper Perforator, [400]
• Paper Shades for Electric-Light Globes, [316]
• Paper Smoother and Penwiper, [345]
• Paper Transparent, To Make, [11]
• Paper-Bag Holder, [274]
• Paper-Pulp Utensils, Mending, [375]
• Papers, Addressing Roll of, [369]
• Papers in Mailing Tube, Securing, [187]
• Parachute Cut-Away for Kite Lines, Toy, [372]
• Partitions, Box, [454]
• Pearl Articles, Cleaning, [133]
• Pea-Shooting Gun, [438]
• Pedestal, Jardinière, [255]
• Peeler, Potato, [425]
• Pen and Brush Holder, [287]
• Pen,
  • Ordinary, Fountain Attachment for, [326]
  • Ordinary, Fountain for, [173]
  • Substitute for, [270]
• Pen Rack on an Ink Bottle, [143]
• Pencil Compass, Emergency, [34]
• Pencil Holder, [290]
• Pencil Rack, [132]
• Pencil Sharpener, [237]
• Pencil Sharpener Stick, [446]
• Pencil Sharpening Guide, [358]
• Pencil Stubs, Use for, [104]
• Pendulum, Magnetic-Suspension, [104]
• Penholder, Inkwell and, [283]
• Penholder, Substitute, [252]
• Penwiper, Paper Smoother and, [345]
• Percolator, Pad for, [377]
• Perforator, Paper, [400]
• Perspiration Stains, Removing from Delicate Cloth, [414]
• Photo Printing, Timing, [245]
• Photo Vignetter, [238]
• Photograph Prints, Timing, [371]
• Photograph, Radium, How to Make, [172]
• Photographer's Dark Room, Drying Towels in, [331]
• Photographic Appliances and Processes—
  • Brush Hanger for Dark Room, [156]
  • Camera Support, [324]
  • Developing Machine, [236]
  • Developing Tray Made of Tin Can, [121]
  • Developing Tray Rocker, [224]
  • Dull Black for Cameras, [163]
  • Easy Way to Develop Roll Film, [425]
  • Electric Stirring Machine, [165]
  • Electrically Operated Camera Shutter, [234]
  • Film-Developing Machine, Adjustable, [208]
  • Frame for Printing Post Cards from Negatives, [170]
  • Holding Prints in a Liquid-Filled Tray, [33]
  • Homemade Enlarging Camera, [219]
  • Homemade Motion-Picture Camera and Projector, [198], [202], [204]
  • Lighting a Room for Making Photographs, [123]
  • Mile-O-View Camera, [213]
  • Multiplying Attachment for Camera, [221]
  • Photographic Print Washer, [97]
  • Slide-Opening Cover for Plate Holder, [104]
  • Stereoscopic Pictures with, Ordinary Camera, [346]
  • Tank Development Methods Used in Tray Development, [428]
  • Telephoto Attachment for Hand Camera, [136]
  • To Hold Negative in Printing Frame, [241]
  • Trimming Photographs, [68]
  • View Finder, Direct, for Cameras, [54]
  • Washing Photographic Prints, [92], [168]
• Photographic,
  • Enlarging, and, Reducing, Copying Stand for, [232]
  • Printing, Frame, Attached Back for, [413]
  • Printing, Papers, Electric Switch for Exposing, [181]
  • Print Washer, Simple, [97]
  • Prints, Washing, [92]
  • Tray-Rocking Stand, [228]
  • Worktable for Small Quarters, [215]
• Photographs,
  • Distance Marker for Printing, [226]
  • Electrically, Ignited, Flash Light for Making, [239]
  • Enlarging, [217]
  • Lettering, [320]
  • Lighting Room for Making, [123]
  • Spirit, [351]
  • Submarine, [375]
  • Trimming, [68]
• Picture Frame and Triangle Clamp, [230]
• Picture-Frame Corner Joints, [176]
• Picture-Frame Miter Box, Homemade, [428]
• Picture Frames, Mantel, Made in Plaster, [226]
• Pictures,
  • Enlarging, [269]
  • Machine for Sketching, [6]
  • Magazine, Transferring, [153]
  • Stereoscopic, with Ordinary Camera, [346]
• Pin Tray, Brass, [299]
• Pincushion for the Arm, [288]
• Pip, Changing, on Card, [67]
• Pipe Caps Used as Castings for Engine Pistons, [408]
• Pipe, Connecting to Sheet Metal, [222]
• Pipe Used as Leather Punch, [138]
• Pipes, Frozen, Thawing Out, [387]
• Pistol, Disk-Throwing, [244]
• Pitter, Cherry, [309]
• Plane Iron, Guide for Grinding, [279]
• Plane, Rabbet, How to Make, [152]
• Plane-Table Surveying, [1]
• Planing,
  • Arrow Sticks, [319]
  • Rough-Grain Boards, [235]
  • Thin Boards, Bench Stop for, [254]
• Plant Shelf for Window, [324]
• Planting Seeds in Egg Shells, [307]
• Plants,
  • Watering at Roots, [286]
  • Window, Hose Attachment for Watering, [298]
• Plaster, Mantel Picture Frames, Made in, [226]
• Plaster of Paris, Retarder of, [195]
• Plate Hangers, [233]
• Plates, Heel, [250]
• Platinum, Gold and, Cleaning, [191]
• Playground Ferris Wheel, [161]
• Playhouse, Child's, [265]
• Plots, To Enlarge or Reduce, [22]
• Pocket for Inside of Book Cover, [238]
• Pocket Memorandum, Homemade Loose-Leaf, [283]
• Pocket Rule, Gauge Attachment for, [233]
• Pocket, Utility Bed, Home or Traveling, [400]
• Pointed End on Hoe, [458]
• Poison Bottles, Simple Way to Mark, [126]
• Polarity Indicator, [396]
• Pole, Bamboo, Uses for, [173]
• Pole, Merry-Go-Round, [162]
• Poles, Houses Made of, [85]
• Polish,
  • Furniture, [102], [458]
  • Furniture, for Fine Woods, [216]
  • Metal, [68]
• Polisher, Floor, Homemade, [125]
• Polishing Gunstocks, [452]
• Pop-Corn Popper, [125]
• Popgun, Toy, [240]
• Porch Swing, Springs on Chains of, [47]
• Portable and Folding Bookcase or Closet, [296]
• Portière Pole, Fastening in Doorway, [227]
• Post Cards, Frame for Printing from Negatives, [170]
• Post, Removable, [273]
• Postal Cards, Wood, [292]
• Potato Peeler, [425]
• Potted Plants, Adjustable Rod for, [379]
• Poultry Coop, [247]
• Poultry Fencing, Stretching, [253]
• Poultry-Food Chopper, [291]
• Poultry Roost, Insect-Proof, [422]
• Poultry Shade, [211]
• Poultry Water, To Prevent from Freezing, [355]
• Poultry Yards, Automatic Watering System for, [66]
• Powder, Bug, [457]
• Power, Light, Windmill for, [307]
• Power Plant, Small Hydroelectric, [314]
• Power, Revolving Shaft Without, [274]
• Power Windmill, [311]
• Preserving Flowers in Color and Form, [127]
• Preserving Paint in Open Cans, [382]
• Preserving Paints and Pastes, [418]
• Press, Homemade Cut, [327]
• Presser, Lard and Fruit, [279]
• Pressure, Relieving,, on Heated Canned Foods for Opening, [42]
• Prick-Punch Center Gauge, [453]
• Printing Frame, To Hold Negative in, [241]
• Prints,
  • Holding In Liquid-Filled Tray, [33]
  • Photographic, Timing, [371]
  • Photographic, Washing, [92], [168]
• Profiles, Aid in Sketching, [314]
• Projecting Protractor Readings, [157]
• Prony Brake for Testing Small Motors, [32]
• Propeller Wheel Attachment, Hand, for Rowboat, [413]
• Propellers for Hand Sled, [334]
• Protection, Finger, on Laboratory Vessels, [170]
• Protector Cap for Chisel Handle, [430]
• Protractor Readings, Projecting, [157]
• Provision Box, Camp, [95]
• Pruning-Saw Guard, [197]
• Puller, Staple, [196], [271]
• Pulling Nails Straight, Double-Claw Hammer for, [134]
• Pulling Wire through Curved Electric Fixtures, [173]
• Pulse Beats, Reading, With Sun's Rays, [128]
• Pump, Pitcher, Pail Hook for, [245]
• Pump Spout, Filter in, [189]
• Punch, Homemade Leather, [452]
• Purse, Puzzle, [236]
• Push Button, Floor, [144]
• Pushmobile Race, [130]
• Pushmobile Racer for Ice, [428]
• Putty,
  • How to Preserve, [358]
  • Removing Old, [300]
• Puzzle,
  • Purse, [236]
  • Spool-and-Ball, [446]
  • with Figures, [289]

• "Q" Trick, [360]

• Rabbet Plane, How to Make, [152]
• Race, Pushmobile, [130]
• Rack,
  • Chisel, [248]
  • Clothes, [166]
  • Pencil, [132]
• Radium Photograph, How to Make, [172]
• Raft, Swimming, [200]
• Rake,
  • Fish, [423]
  • Grass, [196]
• Razor Blade, Wafer, Cutter Made of, [240]
• Razor Blades, Discarded Wafer, Use for, [124]
• Reading Date of Worn Coin, [347]
• Reducing Amperage of Fuse Wire, [322]
• Reed Furniture—A Reed Basket, [257]
• Reel,
  • Clothesline, [249]
  • Homemade Clothesline, [423]
  • Hose, Substitute for, [369]
• Refinishing Chairs, [376]
• Reflector, Electric Lamp, for Target, [196]
• Reflector for Viewing Scenery from Car Window, [212]
• Refrigerator for Dry and Warm Climates, [357]
• Refrigerator, Locating Drip Pan under, [307]
• Reinforcing Chair Bottoms, [191]
• Removable Post, [273]
• Removing Basketball from Closed-Bottom Receptacle, [266]
• Removing Tight-Fitting Can Covers, [391]
• Renewing Dry Batteries, [382]
• Repair for Broken Lock Keeper, [208]
• Repairing,
  • Broken Ball-Clasp Purse, [316]
  • Broken Knife Handle, [229]
  • Coaster Brake, [422]
  • Worn Stop Cock, [414]
  • Broken Oilstone, [249]
  • Broken Tenon on Chair Post, [388]
  • Broken Whip, [326]
  • Rocker on Chair, [196]
  • Worn, Escapement Wheel of Clock, [72]
  • Worn Thimble, [326]
• Resistance-Wire Connections, Small, Welding, [158]
• Retarder for Plaster of Paris, [195]
• Reversing Switch for Small Motors, [378]
• Revolving Shaft Without Power, [274]
• Revolving Wheel, Mysterious, [152]
• Rheostat,
  • Quickly Made, [178]
  • Small, How to Make, [393]
• Ring, Flutter, How to Make, [100]
• Ring-Throwing Game, [287]
• Ring Trick, [300]
• Rings, Brass, Turning, [400]
• Rivet Set, Homemade, [457]
• Riveting, Soldering and, [40]
• Robe, Automobile, How to Make, [122]
• Rocker, Developing-Tray, [224]
• Rocker on Chair, Repairing, [196]
• Rod, Adjustable, for Potted Plants, [379]
• Rod, Casting, One-Piece, [59]
• Rods, Small, Filing in Lathe, [414]
• Rods, Various Two and Three-Piece, [69]
• Roll of Papers, Addressing, [369]
• Roller Coaster, Homemade, [159]
• Roller, Garden, [293]
• Roller, Homemade Towel, [249]
• Roller Skate on Bicycle Wheel, [201]
• Roller Skating, Beginner's Helper for, [120]
• Rope Oarlocks, [201]
• Rosette, Tying, in Couch-Cover Corner, [310]
• Rotary Tuning Coil, [372]
• Rowboat, Hand Propeller-Wheel Attachment for, [413]
• Rowing a Boat, Mirror an Aid in, [121]
• Rubber-Band-Change Trick, [284]
• Rubber Stamp, Substitute for, [102]
• Rubber, White, on Croquet Arches, [121]
• Rubbing Slats for Washing Board, [263]
• Rudder, Dory, Holder for, [68]
• Rule Gauge, [459]
• Ruler, Maulstick Used as, [451]
• Ruling Blank Books, [290]
• Runner for Go-Cart, [287]
• Rust and Corrosion, Preserving Shafting from, [256]
• Rust Stains, To Remove from Clothing, [174]

• Sack Holder, [137]
• Sadirons, Holder for Set of, [293]
• Safety Catch for Flour Bin, [454]
• Safety Pin, Anti-Tangle, [272]
• Safety Tips on Chair Rockers, [296]
• Safety Match-Box Holder, [418]
• Sail for a Boy's Wagon, [134]
• Sander Mandrel for Lathe, [388]
• Sandpapering Machine, Emergency, [236]
• Saw and Knife, Combination Meat, [409]
• Saw Cut, Starting, [252]
• Sawbuck, Holding Wood in, [177]
• Scale, Letter, How to Make, [356]
• Scales, To Hold Fish while Removing, [309]
• Scarecrow, Garden-Bed, [365]
• Scene, Theatrical Night, With Appearance of Fireflies, [162]
• Scenery, Reflector for Viewing from Car Window, [212]
• Scissors, Grinding, [148]
• Scissors Sharpener, [143]
• Sconce, Horn Candle, [298]
• Scorching, To Prevent Baking Ovens from, [298]
• Score Board, Electric, for Indoor Games, [277]
• Scraper,
  • Handle, [227]
  • Kitchen-Utensil, [147]
  • Shoe, [254]
• Scratch Pads of Old Labels, To Make, [406]
• Screen and Storm-Door Cushion, [422]
• Screen, Crystallization Shown on, [216]
• Screen-Door Spring, Homemade, [218]
• Screen, Fly, Exterior Sliding, [231]
• Screen, Tacking on Frame, [296]
• Screens, Needle for Repairing, [206]
• Screw, Broken, Extracting, [134]
• Screw, Small Vise, How to Make, [295]
• Screweye Driver, [231]
• Screws,
  • Driving, [310]
  • in Tile and Brick Walls, Fastening, [292]
  • Locking, in Door Hinges, [102]
  • Small Machine, How to Start, [169]
• Scrubbing Brush, Corner Cleaner Attachment for, [12]
• Secret Compartment in Ordinary Table Drawer, [364]
• Seed Receptacle for Bird Cages, [147]
• Seeds,
  • Drying, [288]
  • Growing, To Prevent Moles from Damaging, [182]
  • in Egg Shells, Planting, [307]
• Self-Feeding Match Box, [335]
• Settee Rocker and Cradle, Combination, [46]
• Setting Colors in Fabrics, [223]
• Sewing-Box, Window-Seat, [186]
• Sewing Burlap, Needle for, [151]
• Sextant, Simple, [380]
• Shade and Awning, Combined, [164]
• Shade,
  • Opening for Air at Top of, [297]
  • Paper, for Electric-Light Globes, [316]
  • Poultry, [211]
• Shade Roller,
  • and Curtain-Pole Bracket, [318]
  • Attached to Upper Window Sash, [246]
  • To Prevent from Unwinding, [422]
• Shaft Coupling, [347]
• Shaft, Revolving, Without Power, [274]
• Shafting, Preserving from Rust and Corrosion, [256]
• Sharpener, Pencil, [237]
• Sharpener, Scissors, [143]
• Shaving Cabinet Mounted on Adjustable Pedestal, [23]
• Shaving-Mug, Electric, [385]
• Sheet Metal, Connecting Pipe to, [222]
• Sheet Music, Preparing for Turning, [372]
• Shelf,
  • Cupboard-Door Spice-Box, [185]
  • Easy Way to Make, [220]
  • Hinged, Telescoping Support for, [457]
  • Wire Mesh Used as, [250]
• Shellac Cement, [50]
• Shellac, Stick, How to Make, [369]
• Shellac, To Clean from Brush, [319]
• Shocking Machine, Small, [363]
• Shoe Dressing, Waterproof, [325]
• Shoe Hanger, [425]
• Shoe Heels, Ice Creeper for, [124]
• Shoe Pull Made of Eyelet, [292]
• Shoe Scraper, [254]
• Shoes, Cleaning and Polishing, [23]
• Shoes, Stretching Tight-Fitting, [377]
• Shoe-Shining Stand, [240]
• Shoestring End, [291]
• Show-Window Attraction, Novel, [171]
• Show Window, Electric Display for, [52]
• Sickle, Handle Attachment for, [194]
• Signal, Electric Fishing, How to Make, [98]
• Silverware, Cleaning Bath for, [355]
• Singers, Mechanical Aid to, [206]
• Sink a Substitute for Dishpan, [197]
• Siphon,
  • Acid, [222]
  • Compensating, [396]
  • Starting, [185]
  • To Start, [458]
• Skates, Holder for While Sharpening, [54]
• Skates Made of Wood, [30]
• Skating Merry-Go-Round, [57]
• Sketching Pictures, Machine for, [6]
• Sketching Profiles, Aid in, [314]
• Ski Staff, How to Make, [51]
• Skiff, How to Build, [18]
• Skimmer for Bottled Milk, [358]
• Skimming Spoon, [391]
• Skis,
  • Back Thrust Prevented on, [216]
  • Homemade, [420]
• Sled,
  • Hand, Propellers for, [334]
  • Monorail, How to Make, [50]
  • Steering, [57]
• Sleepwalker, Alarm for, [297]
• Slicer, Vegetable, [254]
• Slide-Opening Cover for Plate Holder, [104]
• Sliver Extractor, [250]
• Smoking, To Prevent Torch Lights from, [279]
• Snap Hooks, Homemade, [248]
• Snowball Maker, [48]
• Snowball Thrower, [47]
• Snowshoes, How to Make and Use Them:
  • Part I—Shapes of Snowshoes, [35]
  • Part II—Making the Shoe, [43]
• Snowshoes, Shapes of, [35]
• Soap Shake, [175]
• Soft Hat, To Keep Crease in, [254]
• Softening Tone of Talking Machine, [328]
• Soldering Acid, Brush for Applying, [283]
• Soldering and Riveting, [40]
• Soldering Small Work, Burner for, [418]
• Sounder for Wireless-Telegraph Messages, [384]
• Sounder, Telegraph, Homemade, [119]
• Spark Coil, Vibrator for, [309]
• Spice-Box Shelf, Cupboard-Door, [185]
• Spirit Photographs, [351]
• Splice for Round Belts, [446]
• Splinter, To Remove from Flesh, [319]
• Spool and Ball Puzzle, [446]
• Spool,
  • Non-Rolling, [55]
  • Thread, Non-Rolling, [240]
  • Twine, [191]
  • Wire Wound on, Measuring Length of, [365]
  • Holding on Hot Dish, [437]
• Spoon, Skimming, [391]
• Spot and Colored Lights, Lantern for, [209]
• Spring Hinge, Small, [291]
• Spring, Homemade Screen-Door, [218]
• Springboard, [235]
• Springs on Chains of Porch Swing, [47]
• Springs, Small Coil, How to Make, [197]
• Sprinkler, Homemade Lawn, [366]
• Sprocket, Rear Bicycle, Removing, [413]
• Squaring Wood Stock, [99]
• Stain,
  • Brown, for Wood, [189]
  • Old-Oak, [225]
• Stains,
  • Acid, Removing from Cloth, [196]
  • Iodine, Removing, [55]
  • Rust, To Remove from Clothing, [174]
  • Vegetable, Removing, [176]
• Stairway Handrails, Detachable Clamp for, [452]
• Stamp, Electrotype, How to Make, [419]
• Stamp Moistener, [320]
• Stand,
  • Shoe-Shining, [240]
  • Telephone, for Sloping Desk, [112]
  • Washtub, [138]
• Staple Puller, [196], [271]
• Star, Five-Pointed, [226]
• Start Small Machine Screws, How to, [169]
• Stationery, How to Emboss, [454]
• Steam-Engine Cylinders, Small, Made from Seamless Brass Tubing, [396]
• Steam-Turbine Boat, Model, [323]
• Steam-Turbine Engine, Homemade, [180]
• Steel, Cleaning of Grease and Stains, [239]
• Steering Sled, A, [57]
• Stemmer, Fruit, [94]
• Stencil, Copper, for Marking Laundry, How to Make, [299]
• Stereoscopic Pictures with an Ordinary Camera, [346]
• Stick for Lowering Top Sash of Window, [162]
• Stick Holder for Chopping Block, [191]
• Stick Shellac, How to Make, [369]
• Still, Laboratory, Cooling Tube for, [187]
• Stilts, Adjustable, [11]
• Stirring Machine, Electric, [165]
• Stirring Stick, [456]
• Stocking-Stretcher Form, [190]
• Stone Jars, Carrying, [309]
• Stool, Milk, [384]
• Stool, Woven-Top, [256]
• Stop Cock, Worn, Repairing, [414]
• Stop, Curtain, [296]
• Stop, Door, [157]
• Stop on Chair Rocker for Baby, [153]
• Stopper, Inkwell, [196]
• Storage Battery, Filled, Alarm to Designate, [253]
• Stove,
  • Camp, [97]
  • Canoe, [103]
  • Cook, Oil Burner for, [145]
• Stovepipe, Bushing in Chimney Hole, [231]
• Stove-Wood Carrier, [237]
• Strainer, Cover, [149]
• Strainer for Milk Pail, [53]
• Strap Hinge, Applying, [280]
• Straw Hat, To Hold on Head, [58]
• Strawberries, Clean, Growing, [133]
• Stretching a Curtain without a Frame, [158]
• Stretching Poultry Fencing, [253]
• Stretching Tight-Fitting Shoes, [377]
• String and Ball Trick, [273]
• String, Magic, [165]
• Stringer, Fish, [146]
• Submarine Photographs, [375]
• Substitute for,
  • a Hose Reel, [369]
  • a Rubber Stamp, [102]
  • Broken Bench-Vise Nut, [143]
  • Candles, [247]
  • Cleats on Boards, [322]
  • Glaziers' Points, [293]
  • Iron-Holder Knob, [388]
  • Pen, [270]
  • Penholder, [252]
  • Drawing Instruments, [146]
• Suitcase, Carrier for, [114]
• Sulphuric Acid, Mixing, [278]
• Summer Dish Washing, [356]
• Sunlight Flasher for Garden, [179]
• Support, Kettle-Handle, [49]
• Support, Telescoping, for Hinged Shelf, [457]
• Supporter for Double Clothesline, [288]
• Supports for Camp-Fire Utensils, [371]
• Surprise Water Bottle, [218]
• Survey, Camera, Plotting a, [13]
• Surveying, Camera, [7]
• Surveying, Plane-Table, [1]
• Surveyor, Boy, [1], [7], [13]
• Surveyor's Transit, How to Make, [20]
• Sweatband, Hat, Reducing Size of, [132]
• Sweeping Compound, [430]
• Swimming Raft, [200]
• Swimming—Springboard, [235]
• Swing, Chair, [98]
• Swinging-Pendulum Trick, [280]
• Switches, Electric Lights Controlled from Two or More, [276]

• Table, Double Top for, [78]
• Table Legs, Loose, Fastening, [289]
• Table, Old, Use for, [392]
• Table Top, Workbench Equipment for, [383]
• Tablespoon End Used as Lemon Squeezer, [225]
• Tack Puller, Emergency, [289]
• Tack Puller, Homemade, [172]
• Tacking a Screen on Frame, [296]
• Talking Machine,
  • Needle Box for, [263]
  • Remodeling, [151]
  • Softening Tone of, [328]
• Tan Leather, To Color Black, [174]
• Tank-Development Methods Used in Tray Development, [428]
• Tannin Stains, Removing from Teacups, [255]
• Taper Ferrule, How to Make, [380]
• Taps, Small, Making, [197]
• Target, Electric-Lamp Reflector for, [196]
• Teacups, Removing Tannin Stains from, [255]
• Telegraph Code on Typewriter Keys, [313]
• Telegraph, Flash-Light, on Kite Line, [155]
• Telegraph Sounder, Homemade, [119]
• Telephone Stand for Sloping Desk, [112]
• Telephoto Attachment for Hand Camera, [136]
• Temperature Alarm, [345]
• Tennis Net, Tightening, [200]
• Tenon on Chair Post, Repairing Broken, [388]
• Tenoned Joint, How to Lock, [339]
• Tent, Wall Pockets in, [97]
• Testing Dry Batteries, [266]
• Testing Instrument, Electrical, for Experimenters, [328]
• Thawing Out Frozen Pipes, [387]
• Theaters, Child's Seat for, [437]
• Theatrical Night Scene with Appearance of Fireflies, [162]
• Thermo Engine, Atmospheric, [120]
• Thermometer, Outside, Illuminating, [122]
• Thimble, Repairing Worn, [326]
• Thread Spool, Non-Rolling, [240]
• Threads on Wood Shafts, [291]
• Tie a Hammock, To, [286]
• Tie Rack and Collar Holder, Combination, [30]
• Tie-Pin Holder, [294]
• Tightening a Tennis Net, [200]
• Tilting Inkstand, [300]
• Time Chart, Compass, [378]
• Time Indicator for Medicine Bottles, [138]
• Time Light, Electric, [362]
• Timing Photo Printing, [245]
• Timing Photograph Prints, [371]
• Tin Ball, Cutting from Child's Finger, [436]
• Tin Can Used for Watering Chickens, [144]
• Toasting Bread Over an Open Fire, [11]
• Tone of Talking Machine, Softening, [328]
• Tongue Holder for Boy's Wagon, [193]
• Tongue of a Shoe, Holding in Place, [238]
• Tongues, Buckle, Replacing, [331]
• Tool for Amateur Draftsmen, Combination, [324]
• Tool Holders Made of Brass Clips, [414]
• Tools, Homemade Graining, [206]
• Top, Double, for Table, [78]
• Torch Lights, To Prevent from Smoking, [279]
• Torch, Small, [326]
• Tourniquet, Emergency, [206]
• Towel Roller, [384]
• Towel Roller Brackets, [223]
• Towel Roller, Homemade, [249]
• Towels, Drying, in Photographer's Dark Room, [331]
• Toy Balloons, Inflating, [167]
• Toy Bank, Homemade, [366]
• Toy Parachute Cut-Away for Kite Lines, [372]
• Toy Parachutes, Kite-Line Cutaway for, [308]
• Toy Popgun, [240]
• Transferring Magazine Pictures, [153]
• Transformer, Small Bell-Ringing, Construction of, [348], [352]
• Transit, Surveyor's, How to Make, [20]
• Transparent Paper, To Make, [11]
• Trap,
  • Mouse, [178], [229]
  • Muskrat, [212]
• Traveler, Kite-Line, [228]
• Tray,
  • Brass Pin, [392]
  • Tray, Combination Needle and Thread, [72]
  • Developing, Made of Tin Can, [121]
  • Holding Prints in Liquid-Filled, [33]
  • Milk-Bottle, [235]
• Tray Development, Tank-Development Methods Used in, [428]
• Tray-Rocking Stand, Photographic, [228]
• Trellis, Flower, Umbrella Used as, [164]
• Trellis, Raising Cucumbers on, [445]
• Trick,
  • Bottle-Opening, [223]
  • Card-and-Coin, [41]
  • Corks-in-a-Box, [335]
  • Die-and-Box, [141]
  • Dissolving-Coin, [272]
  • Finger-Ring, [56]
  • Hindoo Sand, [308]
  • Lightning-Calculation, [101]
  • Taking Dollar Bill from Apple, [263]
  • "Q", [360]
  • Ring, [300]
  • Rubber-Band-Change, [284]
  • String-and-Ball, [273]
  • Swinging-Pendulum, [280]
• Trick Bottles and Glasses, [460]
• Trick with Knives and Glasses, [227]
• Tricks Performed with Thumbs Tied Together, [281]
• Trousers Hanger, [391]
• Trout Fishing with Fly and Bait, [73], [79]
• Trunk Mystery, [267]
• Tube, Drinking, [92]
• Tuning Coil, Rotary, [372]
• Turning Brass Rings, [400]
• Twine Ball Holder, Simple, [239]
• Twine Cutter for Use at Wrapping Counter, [185]
• Twine Spool, [191]
• Typewriter Keys, Telegraph Code on, [313]
• Typewriting on Card Stock, [458]

• Umbrella Holder for Display Purposes, [170]
• Umbrella Used as Flower Trellis, [164]
• Upholstered Furniture, Homemade Brush for Cleaning, [188]
• Upholstering, Cleaning Dirt from Tufts in, [175]
• Utensil Cover, Opening for Steam in, [288]
• Utensils,
  • Camp-Fire, Supports for, [371]
  • Paper-Pulp, Mending, [375]

• Vacuum Experiment, Interesting, [250]
• Valve, Automatic, for Funnel, [317]
• Vane, Wind, [99]
• Varnish, Removing, [126]
• Varnished Candles Burn Longer, [321]
• Varnishing Bases for Electric Apparatus, [324]
• Vase, Hanging, [102]
• Vaulting-Pole Attachments, [164]
• Vaulting-Pole Holder, [361]
• Vegetable Slicer, [254]
• Vegetable Stains, Removing, [176]
• Vent for Pouring Heavy Liquids, [387]
• Ventilator, Window, to Prevent Drafts, [248]
• Vessels, Laboratory, Finger Protection on, [170]
• Vibrator for Spark Coil, [309]
• Vignetter, Photo, [238]
• Vise,
  • Bench, Homemade, [149]
  • Clamp Used as, [410]
  • Homemade Bench, [244]
  • Attaching to Bench, [176]
• Vise Screw, Small, How to Make, [295]
• Vise Used as Caliper Gauge, [172]
• Voltmeter, Pocket Direct-Current, [397]

• Wagon, Boy's,
  • Sail for, [134]
  • Tongue Holder for, [193]
• Wall Pockets in Tent, [97]
• Wall-Paper Cleaner, [266], [273]
• Walls,
  • Painted or Frescoed, To Clean, [187]
  • Tile and Brick, Fastening Screws in, [292]
• Walnuts, Hulling, [162], [295]
• War Kite, How to Make, [108]
• Wash Bottle for Laboratory Use, [458]
• Washbasin Bottom, To Prevent from Wearing Out, [34]
• Washbasin Holder, [289]
• Washboard, To Prevent from Slipping in Tub, [103]
• Washer, Simple Photographic-Print, [97]
• Washing Board, Rubbing Slats for, [263]
• Washing Photographic Prints, [168]
• Washtub Stand, [138]
• Wastebasket, Wire, Rim of Wrapped with Felt, [158]
• Waste-Paper Basket, [320]
• Watch Demagnetizer, How to Make, [150]
• Watch, How to Demagnetize, [290]
• Water Bottle, Surprise, [218]
• Water, Distilling Apparatus for, [112]
• Water Filter, [109]
• Water Heater, Electric, [89], [243]
• Water Heating Coil in Furnace Pipe, [294]
• Water Meter, Homemade, [48]
• Water Motor, How to Make, [303]
• Water, Surplus, Scraping Off on Grindstone, [188]
• Water Wheel, How to Make, [301]
• Watering Plants at Roots, [286]
• Watering System, Automatic, for Poultry Yards, [66]
• Watering Window Plants, Hose Attachment for, [298]
• Waterproof Shoe Dressing, [325]
• Welding Small Resistance-Wire Connections, [158]
• Wet Batteries, Protecting Binding Posts on from Corrosion, [252]
• Wet Battery, Homemade, [340]
• Wheel, Mysterious Revolving, [152]
• Whetting Block, [375]
• Whetting, Chisel Holder for, [317]
• Whip, Repairing Broken, [326]
• Whirligig Clapper, [453]
• Whistle, [41]
• Whistle, Homemade, [454]
• Whitewash, To Make Stick to Surfaces Coated, [233]
• Wind Vane, [99]
• Wind Vane with Electric Indicator, How to Build, [305]
• Winding, Holding Small Armatures for, [118]
• Windmill for Light Power, [307]
• Windmill, Power, [311]
• Window Casing, Mirror Hinged to, [355]
• Window Catch Used for Locking Extension Table, [42]
• Window Glass, Loose, Holder for, [149]
• Window Lock, [320]
• Window, Plant Shelf for, [324]
• Window Sash, To Prevent from Freezing to Sill, [101]
• Window Sash, Upper, Shade Roller Attached to, [246]
• Window-Seat Sewing Box, [186]
• Window-Shade Guides, [286]
• Window, Stick for Lowering Top Sash of, [162]
• Window Ventilator to Prevent Drafts, [248]
• Wing Nut, How to Make, [182]
• Wing Nuts, Homemade, [446]
• Winter Sports, Devices for—
  • Bobsled, Coasting, Four-Passenger, [24]
  • Bobsled, Guide Ropes on, [155]
  • Bobsled, Inexpensive, [49]
  • Game Played on Ice, [52]
  • Ice Boat and Catamaran, [27]
  • Ice Glider, [31]
  • Monorail Sled, [50]
  • Propellers for Hand Sled, [334]
  • Pushmobile Racer for Ice, [428]
  • Skates Made of Wood, [30]
  • Skating Merry-Go-Round, [57]
  • Ski Staff, [51]
  • Skis, Back Thrust Prevented on, [216]
  • Skis, Homemade, [420]
  • Snowball Maker, [48]
  • Snowball Thrower, [47]
  • Snowshoes, How to Make and Use Them, [35], [43]
  • Steering Sled, [57]
• Wire Clothespin, [387]
• Wire Expansion Meter, [410]
• Wire Mesh Used as Shelf, [250]
• Wire, Pulling through Curved Electric Fixtures, [173]
• Wire Wound on Spool, Measuring Length of, [365]
• Wireless-Lighted Lamp Deception, [260]
• Wireless Stations, Distance Chart for, [269]
• Wireless Telegraph Messages, Sounder for, [384]
• Wireless Telephone Set, Simple, Construction of, [337], [341]
• Wood, Brown Stain for, [189]
• Wood Clothes Peg, [406]
• Wood, Holding in Sawbuck, [177]
• Wood, Homemade Countersink for, [154]
• Wood Lathe, How to Make, [434]
• Wood Panels, Decorative, [58]
• Wood Postal Cards, [292]
• Wood, Raising Dents in, [381]
• Wood Scraper Handle, [452]
• Wood Shafts, Threads on, [291]
• Wood, Skates Made of, [30]
• Wood Stock, Squaring, [99]
• Wood, To Harden Small Blocks of, [423]
• Wood Turning, Artistic, [128]
• Woods, Fine, Furniture Polish for, [216]
• Workbench, Back Stop for, [225]
• Workbench Equipment for Table Top, [383]
• Worktable, Photographic, for Small Quarters, [215]
• Wounds, Small, Application for, [304]
• Woven-Top Stool, [256]
• Wrench for Different-Size Nuts, [379]
• Wringer, Mop, How to Make, [171]
• Wrist Brace, [144]
• Writing Board for Children, [325]
• Writing Name Reversed on Paper Placed on Forehead, [392]