The author wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to William E. Roberts, supervisor of manual training, Cleveland Public Schools, for valuable suggestions and inspiration; to Joseph A. Shelley, Jersey City, N. J., for suggestions on finishing kiddie car wheels; to the Eclipse Air Brush Company, Newark, N. J., for valuable information and photographs of air brush equipment; and to the American Wood Working Machinery Co., for the use of the illustrations showing the operation of the turning lathe, universal saw, and other woodworking machines.
Cleveland, Ohio, 1921.
D. M. Mitchell
CONTENTS
[PART I]
Operations in Toy Making
| [Chapter I.] Productive Work | [11] |
| 1. Suggested plan for shop organization. 2.Grouping of students. 3. The time clerk and tool-roomclerk. 4. Recording attendance. 5. Timecards. 6. Using time card. 7. Grading students.8. Preliminary discussion and preparation for shopwork.9. Bazaars, toy sales, etc. | |
| [Chapter II.] Coloring Toys | [21] |
| 10. Sanitation emphasized. 11. Preparation ofsurfaces. 12. Application of water colors. 13.Analine water stains. 14. Formulas for analinewater stains. 15. Oil stains. 16. Shellacking. 17.Varnishing. 18. Points on Varnishing. 19. Coloredvarnish. 20. Another suggestion for finishing.21. Use of paint. 22. Ingredients of good paint.23. Application of paint. 24. Preparation of surface.25. Tinting materials. 26. Mixing paints.27. Paint formulas. 28. Formulas for makingtinted paint. 29. Enameling. 30. The dippingmethod. 31. Polishing by tumbling. 32. Care ofbrushes. 33. Paint application by means of compressedair. 34. Uses of pneumatic sprayers. 35.Construction of pneumatic painting outfit. 36.Special attachments for different surfaces. 37.Cleaning pneumatic machines. 38. Directions forcleaning machine. 39. Directions for operatingpneumatic equipment. 40. Preparing colors. | |
| [Chapter III.] Common Woods Used in Toy Making | [42] |
| 41. Economy in selecting material. 42. Qualitiesof different woods used. | |
| [Chapter IV.] Use of Jigs and Fixtures | [43] |
| 43. Value of jigs and fixtures. 44. Cutting smallwheels. 45. Turning wheels. 46. Use of wheelcutter. 47. Use of coping saw. 48. Cuttingsharp corners. 49. Removing the saw-bladefrom frame. 50. Making heavy wheels. 51. Designsfor wheels. 52. Cutting wheels on band-saw.53. Boring holes in wheels. | |
| [Chapter V.] Operation of Woodworking Machines | [54] |
| 54. Importance of machine operations. 55. Operatingthe lathe. 56. Face plate turning. 57. Theuniversal saw. 58. The hand jointer. 59. Thesander. |