CRUMB SCRAPER
A very simple design is given here. Mark out the dimensions on a sheet of paper and lay the design on a sheet of brass. Cut the brass out to fit the design. Using the mallet, drive up the rounding part on the anvil stake to match the rounding part on the tray.
Handle of scraper: Place the handle part on a hard wood block and with the small end of the raising hammer drive down on the handle, embossing it from the outside toward the front. Give it a half hollow shape. If the edge of the handle is smoothed off with a file and made rounding, it makes a good handle for the scraper. Flatten the scraping edge so that it lies flat on the table and picks up all the crumbs on its way to the tray. Polish and finish as you did the tray.
TEA CADDY
Material: One piece 24-gauge soft brass (yellow), 11 × 31⁄4 ins. (for body). Disc 37⁄8 ins. in diameter (for bottom). Square: 43⁄4 ins. for lid. Two strips, 11 × 3⁄4 ins., one for rim of lid and one for rim of body.
Tools: Block used to make round tray (copper), drilling hammer, mallet, wooden peg, iron stake, silver solder, steel stippling tool.
Directions: Take the piece of brass 11 × 31⁄4 ins. Bend it till the edges meet to make a cylinder. Bind it round with a piece of binding wire. See that the edges come together tight. Wash with borax. Use silver solder and proceed as before with soldering. Cool in water, clean off the joint both inside and outside till the surplus silver is filed off smooth. This leaves a fine joint line which will take on the colour of brass in time and will scarcely be noticed. Round the cylinder up by placing it on a round stake or on a round wood block. Tap gently with your mallet to do this.