Handicraft for boys - A. Frederick Collins

Screw a back to it ¹⁄₂ an inch thick, 10 inches wide and 3 inches long; this must be perfectly rigid and if necessary you can brace it with angle blocks. Finally glue four legs 1 inch square and 2¹⁄₂ inches long on the corners of the base-board.

To put the engine together, or assemble it as it is called, screw the cylinder to the base-board, then glue or screw the piston rod guide block to the base; the slide valve rod guide block to the back board, and the pivot block for the rocker arm to the base-board.

Drill a ¹⁄₈ inch hole in the back board 2¹⁄₄ inches up from the base-board exactly 16¹⁄₂ inches from the front cylinder head; put one end of the crankshaft in the hole and slip the other end of it into the pillow block; see that all is in a line and that the flywheel clears the sides of the slot in the base-board. Then it is all done and will look like [F].

How the Engine Works.

—Now if you will turn the flywheel around with your hand, or better, belt a small electric motor to it, you will see exactly how the slide valve opens first one port in the cylinder and then the other and that when the port is open which gives a clear path for the steam to flow from the steam chest to the cylinder, the other port is connected to the exhaust pipe, when the used steam passes into the open air.

When you know all about it you are then ready to give your last evening divertisement and for the time being to say Good-by.

THE END

INDEX

Acid etching on glass, [222]
Aeolian harp, [267]
Alcohol lamp, [52], [60], [209]
How to make an, [52]
Alloys:
Brass, [67]
Pewter, [66], [68], [93]
Solders, [66], [72]
Type metal, [66], [68]
Useful, [67]
Aluminum, [67]
Arkansas carving tool slip, [46]
Art of working glass, [202]
Auger bits, carpenter’s 6, [13]
Automobile truck, to make an, [228]
Badges, how to make, [192]-[196]
Barnum, P. T., [295]
Bellows for blow pipe, [217]
Bench, how to make a carpenter’s, [20].
Bent iron work, Venetian. See [Venetian bent iron work]
Bismuth, [95]
Blow pipe for glass blowing, [214]
Blue prints, how to make, [131]
Bluing steel, [74]
Brass, [74]
Bohemian glass, [203]
Bolts and rivets, [72]
Bookbinding, [179]-[181]
“Book of Electricity,” [290]
“Book of Wireless,” [295]
Brace and bits, carpenter’s, [6], [9]
Brass, [67]
How to blue, [74]
To color, [74]
To dull, [74]
To frost, [75]
Stencils, [198]-[200]
Bromide photo paper, [142]
Bunsen burner, [60], [209]
Burning brand, how to make a, [196]
Cabinet making, [1]-[23]
Calipers, spring, [57], [62]
Cameras, [135]-[140]
Camouflage photographs, [154]
Candle shade, pierced brass, [91]
Candlestick, how to make a repoussé, [87]
Carbon dioxide gas, how to make, [287]
Carbon impressions, [123]
Carborundum oil stone, [63]
Cards for printing, [175]
Caricature photographs, [155]
Carpenter’s tools:
Brace and auger bits, [6], [9]
Chisels, [4], [9]
Gimlets, [6], [11]
Gouges, [4], [9]
Hammer, [2], [8]
How to sharpen, [12], [13]
How to use, [8]-[12]
Liquid glue, [7], [11]
Mallet, [2]
Miter box, [4]
Nail set, [6], [10]
Oil can, [7]
Planes, [4], [9]
Rule, [6], [10]
Saws, [2], [8]
Screw drivers, [6]
Screws, [6], [10], [11]
To etch your name on, [14]
To remove rust from, [14]
Try-square, [6]
Washita oil-stone, [7]
Carpenter’s work bench, how to make a, [20]
Tool chest, [22]
Carpentry work, [1]-[23]
Woods for, [15]-[17]
Cartoons, [275]-[278]
Carver’s washita oil stone, [46]
Carving tool slip, [46]
Carving wood, [24], [44]-[51]
Casting pewter, [93], [97]
Cathedral chimes, [268]
Cellulose, [176]
Cement for glass, [224]
Center punch, machinist’s, [57], [61]
Chase, putting type in use, [170]
Chemistry, [280]
Chest, how to make a tool, [22]
Chimes, Cathedral, [265]
Chip carving, [47]
Chisels, [4], [9]
Circle, how to draw a, [119]
Clamps, carpenter’s, [6];
wood carver’s, [46]
Cleaning metals, [89]
Coaster, to make a, [231]
Coins, musical, [253]
Coherer, to make a, [294]
Colored glass, [203]
Coloring metals, [73], [74], [81];
wood, [54]
Colors, printing in, [174];
stencil, [201]
Companion wood turning lathe, [37]
Compasses for drawing, [112]
Composing stand, [167];
stick, [162]-[169]
Contact printing, photo, [132]
Copper, [66]
Copygraph, how to make and use, [189]-[191]
Cricket scroll saw, [30]
Cutting pliers, [57], [60]
Dancing Sambo, to make a, [243]
Dark room, [136]
Dead black for iron, a, [81]
Decalcomania, [128]
Decorative stencils, [199]-[201]
Design, how to burn in a, [53]
Design on wood, how to trace a, [29]
Designs for scroll sawing, [30]
For Venetian bent iron work, [96]
Developer for dry plates, [137]
for bromide paper, [143]
Diamond glass cutters, [203]
Die sinking, [192], [193]
Dies, screw cutting taps and, [57], [62]
Dividers:
Spring, [57], [61]
For drawing, [112]
Disston saws, [2]
Drawing:
Free-hand, [103]
Life models, [104]
Still life, [104], [107]
Human figure, [105]-[108]
Perspective, [108]
How to find vanishing point, [109]-[111]
How to shade, [111]
Isometric perspective ellipse, [118]
Circle, [119]
Spiral, [120]
Plain ellipse, [121]
With a pantagraph, [121]
Cartoons, [275]
Drawings:
For carpentry work, [19]
For metal work, [68]
Working, [111]
Isometric perspective, [116]
Tracings of, [124]
Drawing board, [113]
Reflecting, [123]
Drawing paper, [113]
Drawing tools, [112], [113]
Drill attachment for scroll saw, [33]
Drill stock, [57], [60]
Twist, [28]
Drills, Morse twist, [57], [61]
Dry plates, [136], [137]
For lantern slides, [151]
Easel, how to make an, [276]
Ebony stain for wood, [55]
Egg boiler, Venetian iron, [79]
Egyptian rebec, [269]
Electrical evening, an, [290]
Electrical experiments, [292]
Electricity:
Demonstrating without apparatus, [290]
Static, [291]
Induction or spark coil, [292]
Electrified papers, [290]
Electrify a person, how to, [292]
Ellipse, how to draw an, [118], [121]
Engraver’s wax, [101]
Engraving on metal, [99]
Engraving tools, [99]
Engine building for boys, [301]
Enlarging apparatus, photo, [140]
Entertainments, [274]
Cartoons, [276]
Chemistry, [280]
Travelogue, [287]
Electricity, [290]
Wireless telegraphy, [293]
Palmistry, [295]
Steam engine, [300]
Etching glass, [219], [222]
Etching tool, how to make an, [52]
Etching your name on tools, [14]
Excelsior printing presses, [158]
Experiments in chemistry, [280]
In electricity, [290]
Fahrenheit thermometer scale, [65]
Fiddle, an Egyptian, [269]
Files: for scroll sawyers, [28]
For machinists, [57], [62]
Figure carving, [51]
Finger and hand prints, [125]
Fixing bath, how to make a, [134]
Flint glass, [203]
Fluxes, for soldering, [71]
Fret sawing, See [Scroll sawing]
Fumed oak, [55]
Gimlets, carpenter’s, [6], [11]
Glass:
Art of working, [202]-[226]
How made, [202]
How to cut, [203]
To drill holes in, [206]
Blow pipe for, [214], [215]
Bellows for, [217]
How to etch, [219], [222]
To make ground, [222]
To cement, [224]
To frost, [224]
Substitutes for, [225]
To silver, [226]
Glass bulb, how to blow a, [215]
Glass cutters, [203], [204], [208]
Glass disks, how to cut, [208]
Glass edges, to finish off, [206]
Glass nozzle, how to make, [212]
Glass tubing, how to cut, [207]
To bend, [209]
To round the ends of, [211]
To seal, [211]
To pierce, [213]
To join, [213]
Glasses, musical, [253]
Glue, how to make and use, [11]
Glue pot, how to make a, [11]
Gold, printing in, [175]
Goodyear Rubber Co., [183]
Goose, to make a life-like, [241]
Gouges, carpenter’s, [4]
Graflex camera, [140]
Gravers, [99]
Ground glass, to make, [222]
Gutenburg, Johanne, [157]
Hack saw, [57], [60]
Hammers, carpenter’s, [2], [8]
Scroll sawyers, [29]
Machinist’s, [57], [60]
Hand, parts of the human, [298]
Hand and finger prints, [125]
Hand inlaid printing presses, [157]
Hand made paper, [176]
Hand saws, carpenter’s, [2]
Hand screws, carpenter’s, [6], [10]
Hand scroll saw table, [27]
Hardware for scroll sawyers, [37]
Harp, the tubular, [258]
Hectograph, See [Copygraph]
Hershel, Sir John, [153]
Horse, how to make a stick, [237]
Hieroglyphics, [202]
Hydrogen chloride gas, how to make, [283]
Imposing stone, [120]
Ink:
India, [113]
Printing, [173]
For rubber stamp, [189]
For copygraph, [191]
For stencils, [200]
Ink rollers, [173]
Ink pads for rubber stamps, [188]
“Inventing for Boys,” [119]
Iron:
Wrought, [64]
Steel, [64]
How to color a dead black, [81]
Iron work, Venetian bent, See [Venetian bent iron work]
Isometric perspective drawings, [116]
Ellipses, [118]
Isometric ruled paper, [116]
Jeweler’s saw frame, [57]
Saws, [60]
Jig sawing, See [Scroll sawing]
Job printing, [172]
Joining, See [Carpentry]
Joints, edge and corner, wood, [17]
Metal, [70]
Justifying, [169]
Kodaks, [139]
Lacquer, how to make and use, [75]
Lantern slides, [139], [150], [151]
Lathe for wood turners, [37]
Lead, [65], [93]
Lead glass, [203]
Lead pencils for drawing, [113]
Lenses, photo, [140]
Lignum vitae mallets, [46]
Magic fountain, [281]
Magic lantern, how to make and operate, [148]-[150]
Magic photographs, [153]
Magic of science, [209]
Mallet, carpenter’s, [2]
Machinist’s tools, See [Metal working tools]
Markers for wood carvers, [46]
Marking gauge, carpenter’s, [6], [10]
Metal, engraving, [99]
Metals:
Their uses, [64]
How to solder, [71]
Iron, [64]
Tin, [64]
Lead, [65]
Zinc, [65]
Copper, [66]
Type-metal, [66], [68]
Brass, [67]
Aluminum, [67]
Pewter, [68], [94]
Bismuth, [95]
Metal work:
Tools for, [57]-[63]
Drawing plans for, [68]
Sheet, [69]
Seams and joints, [70]
Bolts and rivets for, [72]
Solders for, [72]
Bending, [73]
Coloring, [73]-[83]
Cleaning and polishing, [89]
Pierced, [90]
Miter box, [4]
Molds:
For casting pewter, [97]
For paper making, [177]
For rubber stamps, [185]
“Money Making for Boys,” [157]
Moresco stencil color, [201]
Morse twist drills, [57], [61]
Mounting rubber stamps, [188]
Musical instruments, home-made:
Coins, [253], [254]
Tomato cans, [254]-[256]
Glasses, [256], [257]
Tubular harp, [258]-[260]
Push pipe, [260]-[262]
Xylophone, [263], [264]
Tubaphone, [264], [265]
Cathedral chimes, [265]-[267]
Aeolian harp, [267]-[269]
Egyptian fiddle, [269]-[273]
Mystic glass of milk, [280]
Nail set, carpenter’s, [6], [10]
Nails and screws, how to drive, [11]
Nitrogen lamps, [141]
Oil can, carpenter’s, [7]
Oil stone, carpenter’s, [7]
Machinist’s, [63]
Palmistry for fun, [295]-[297]
Panel carving, [50]
Pantagraph, to make and use a, [121]
Paper:
Blue print, [132]
Photographic, [133], [142]
For job printing, [175]
Paper making, [176]-[179]
Paper stencils, [198]
Patter, [277]
Pattern making, [95]
Perspective, see [Drawing]
Pewter, [66]
How to make, [94]
To work, [95]
To cast, [95]
Solder for, [95]
Patterns for, [95]
To make a mold for, [97]
Pewter ware, finishing, [98]
Photo frame, a repoussé, [88]
Photography:
Blue prints, [131]
Contact printing, [132]
Silver prints, [133]
Papers, [133]
Fixing bath, [133]
Toning solution, [134]
Dark room, [136]
Developer, [137]
Dry plates, [137]
Cameras, [138]-[140]
Lenses, [140]
Enlargements, [140]-[144]
Radium, [151]
Skiagraphs, [151]
Trick, [153]
Camouflage, [154]
Caricature, [155]
Pierced metal work, [90]-[93]
Planes, carpenter’s, [4], [9], [12]
Plaster of Paris, [184]
Plate holder, a Venetian iron, [81]
Pliers for scroll sawyers, [28]
Policeman’s puzzle, to make a, [227]
Polishing metal work, [89]
German silver, [195]
Pony and cart, to make a, [239]
Post card store, [289]
Press, See [Printing press]
Printing:
Kinds of presses, [157]
Outfit needed, [161]
Composing stick, [162], [169]
Composing stand, [167]
Imposing stone, [169]
Chase for press, [169]
Making ready, [172]
Ink, [173]
Ink rollers, [174]
In colors, [174]
In gold, [175]
Stock supply, [175]
See also [Type]
Printing presses:
Kinds, [157], [158]
Sizes and prices, [160]
How worked, [160]
Prints, photo, [133]
Protractors for drawing, [113]
Pulp for paper, [176]
Push pipe, musical, [260]
Pyrography, [51]-[53]
Radioactive substances, [152]
Radiographs, [152]
Radium photographs, [151]
Rag engine, [177]
Reflecting drawing board, [123]
Reflectoscope, [145]-[147]
Repoussé work, [84]-[88]
Rivets and bolts, [72]
Robinson Crusoe, [1]
Rosin for fiddle bows, [273]
Rubber stamps:
How to make and use, [183]-[188]
Ink pads, [188]
Inks, [189]
Rule, carpenter’s, [6], [10]
Ruling pens for drawing, [112]
Russel Jennings’ auger bits, [6]
Rust on tools, removing, [14]
Sand blast process, [219]
Saw:
Carpenter’s, [2], [8], [12]
Disston, [2]
Hack, [57]
Jeweler’s, [57], [60]
Sconce, a Venetian iron, [82]
Screw cutting taps and dies, [57], [62]
Screw drivers:
Carpenter’s, [6]
Machinist’s, [60], [63]
Screws, how to drive, [11]
Scroll sawing, [24]-[37]
Designs for, [29], [30]
Woods to use, [36]
Scroll saws:
Hand, [25]
Foot-power, [30]-[35]
Cricket, [30]
Lester, [32]
Fleetwood, [33]
Scroll sawyer’s tools, [27]-[29]
Designs, [30]
Hardware, [37]
Seams in metal work, [70]
Self-inking printing presses, [158]
Sharpening tools, [63]
Shellac varnish, [96], [197]
Shears, tinner’s, [57], [60]
Sheet metal work, See [Metal work], [70]
Silhouettes, [126]
Silvering glass, [226]
Silver prints, photo, [133]
Sketching, see [Drawing]
Skiagraphs, [151]
Snibs for wood carvers, [46]
Soap bubbles, vicious, [284]
Soirée, a, [274]
Solder, [60], [66], [72]
Soldering metals, [71]
Spark coil, [292]
Spirit photographs, [153]
Spinning coins, Virgil’s theory of, [254]
Spiral, how to draw a, [120]
Staining wood, [54], [55]
Stanley planes, [4]
Steam engine, [300]-[310]
Steel, [64]
How to blue, [74]
Letters and figures, [193]
Glass cutters, [203]
Steel rule, machinist’s, [57], [61]
Steel square, machinist’s, [57], [61]
Stencils, [198]-[201]
Stencil inks, how to make, [200], [201]
Stereoscope, [289]
Stereographs, [289]
Stereopticon, [151]
Stradivari, Antonio, [270]
Swing, to make a, [235]
Taps and dies, screw cutting, [57], [62]
Thermometer scale, Fahrenheit, [65]
Theory of spinning coins, [254]
Thumb tacks, [113]
Tin, [65]
Tin-foil, [65]
Turner’s snips, [57], [60], [63]
Toaster, a Venetian iron, [78]
Tomato cans, musical, [255]
Toning photo prints, [133], [134]
Tool chest, how to make a, [22]
Tools:
Carpenter’s, see [Carpenter’s tools]
Woodworking, [2]
Wood turning, [40]
Metal working, [57]-[63]
Venetian bent iron work, [76]
Repoussé work, [84]
Engraving, [99]
Drawing, [112]
Toys, how to make:
Policeman’s puzzle, [227]
Automobile truck, [228]
Wheelbarrow, [231]
Coaster, [231]
Swing, [235]
Stick horse, [237]
Pony and cart, [239]
Goose, [241]
Dancing Sambo, [243]
Wireless pup, [245]
Tracings, how to make, [124]
Transfer pictures, [128]
Travelogue, giving a, [287]
Triangle for drawing, [113]
Trick photography, [153]
Try square, carpenter’s, [6]
T square for drawing, [113]
T tube, how to make, [213]
Tubaphone, the peculiar, [264]
Turning lathe, scroll saw, [33]
Turning wood, [24], [37], [41]-[43]
Turning tools for wood, [40]
Type:
Styles of, [163]-[166]
Cases, [167]
How to set, [169]
How to distribute, [173]
How to clean, [173]
See also [Printing]
Type form, how to lock up, [171]
Type-metal, [66]
Uncanny wheel, [286]
Venetian bent iron work, [76]-[84]
Toaster, [78]
Egg boiler, [79]
Plate holder, [81]
Vulcanizing rubber, [186], [187]
Vise, carpenter’s, [21]
Wood carver’s, [46]
Machinist’s, [60]
Washita oil-stone for carpenters, [7]
For carvers, [46]
Washita slip stone, [13]
Watch holder, how to carve a, [48]
Wheelbarrow, to make a nifty, [233]
Wireless pup, to make a, [245]
Wireless set, to make a, [293]
Wireless telegraphy, demonstrating, [293]
Wood:
How to turn, [41]
Coloring and staining, [54], [55]
Wood burning, [24]
See also [Pyrography]
Wood carver’s tools, [44]-[46]
Wood carving, [24], [44]-[51]
Wood filler, how to make, [11]
Wood turning, [24], [37]
Lathe for, [37]-[40]
Tools, [40], [41]
Woods:
For carpentry, [15]
For scroll sawing, [36]
For carving, [47]
Woodworking joints, [17]
Woodworking tools, See [Carpenter’s tools]
Work bench, how to make a, [20]
Working drawings:
For carpentry, [18]
How to make plan, [115]
Isometric perspective, [116]
See also [Drawings]
Xylophone, curious, [263]
Zinc, [65]