Except when noted otherwise, these tools may be purchased at any good hardware store.
Supplementary Tool List
| 1 hand drill, capacity ⅟₃₂ to ³⁄₁₆ inch drills | $1.75 |
| 4 twist drills, ⅟₁₆, ⅛, ³⁄₁₆, ¼ inch diameters | $ .10 to .20 |
| 1 pair large tinners’ shears, 12 or 16 inch | 1.50 |
| 1 pair curved tinners’ shears, 8 inch | 1.25 |
| 1 pair double cutting shears, 8 inch (optional) | 1.85 |
| 1 pair side cutting pliers, 5 inch | .75 |
| 1 pair spring dividers, 6 inch | .75 |
| 1 pair outside calipers, 6 inch | .75 |
| (Spring dividers and outside calipers may sometimes be obtained at the 5-and-10 Cent Stores.) | |
| 1 small soldering copper, weight about 4 ounces | .35 |
| 1 half-round file, 8 inches (fine cut) | .25 |
| 1 round file, 8 inches long, ¼ inch diameter | .20 |
| 1 small cold chisel, ¼ inch in width at cutting edge | .15 |
| 1 large cold chisel, ¾ inch at cutting edge | .25 |
| (An old wood cutting chisel is just as good for cutting tin.) | |
| 3 nail sets, ⅟₁₆, ⅛, ³⁄₁₆ inch in diameter at point, each | .10 |
| (These nail sets may also be used as punches or ground to chisel points. Small chisels and nail sets may be obtained at the 5-and-10 Cent Stores.) | |
| 1 carpenters’ scratch awl | .25 |
| (An ice pick of the same type will do as well.) | |
| 6 small clamps of different sizes | .10 to .25 |
| (These clamps may usually be found at the 5-and-10 Cent Stores.) | |
| 1 hatchet stake, 9-inch blade | 1.75 |
| (Obtained only from tinners’ and sheet metal workers’ supply houses. A small substitute may be made from a 10-cent hatchet. Purchase the hatchet stake if you can afford it.) | |
| 1 bench drill | $7.50 |
| (The bench drill is by no means necessary for any of the models described in this book, but it is a very convenient tool to have in the shop. With this tool, a hole may always be bored at right angles to the work. The hand drill will answer every purpose if one cannot afford this tool.) |
Laying Out and Marking Off the Work.—Before attempting to begin actual work with the cans, it may be well to consider various ways of measuring to certain dimensions and transferring these measurements to the surface of the tin, and laying out and marking off the work for cutting, folding, etc.
The tools needed for this work are few and simple. A ruler, a marking awl, a small try square, and a pair of spring dividers are all one needs for this part of the work. The ruler may be of wood or metal and should be at least 12 inches in length with the inch divisions marked on it. A plain straight rule of hard wood such as is used in the grade schools will do very well.
PLATE VI
The tools needed for tin can toy making
The marking awl may be purchased at any good tool house or hardware store or an ice pick will do very well if sharpened to a good point so that a line may be easily scratched in the surface of the tin with the point. A large stiff needle may be forced in a pen handle to make an excellent marking awl or a common steel knitting needle may be used if the point is sufficiently sharp. Metal workers always scratch their dimension lines in the surface of the metal as pencil lines are easily rubbed away by the hands when working with the metal.