Common brown laundry soap worked up into a thick lather is an excellent remedy for slight burns.
Care and patience used in handling the tin and the tools will leave very little use for the above remedies in the shop.
The various problems presented in this book of tin can toys should be worked out in the order in which they are presented as each one bears a definite relation to the others. Be sure to work out the simpler problems first—even if you have had considerable experience in other forms of metal working. A number of processes particularly adapted to working tin are used in making tin can toys.
While these processes are very simple, they are somewhat unlike those involved in copper working and jewelry making, though more closely allied to the commercial metal work of to-day.
CHAPTER II
Tools and Appliances
TOOL LISTS AND COSTS—LAYING OUT AND MARKING OFF THE WORK—SHOP APPLIANCES
In this chapter the names and approximate costs of the tools and appliances are given and also suggestions as to fitting up the shop for working with the cans. Various methods are suggested for laying out the work with the ruler, square and dividers.
It must be remembered that tool prices are not fixed and that the prices quoted in the following lists are the market prices of to-day, July 29, 1918. At present, tools are much higher in price than usual owing to conditions brought about by the war. Tool prices vary with market conditions.