The Boy Mechanic, Book 2: 1000 Things for Boys to Do

by Unknown

It will be seen that it matters not which cover is mentioned; the performer can show just the article he desires.

CONTENTS

• Accounts, Home, Way to Keep, [282]
• Acid Siphon, [222]
• Acid Stains, Removing from Cloth, [196]
• Addressing a Roll of Papers, [369]
• Advertising Lantern Slides, How to Make, [417]
• Aerial Propeller, Model Boat with, [207]
• Aeroplane, Flying Model, for Display, [361]
• Aeroplane Frames, Braces for, [235]
• Aeroplane Kite, [111]
• Aeroplane, Model, Joints for, [275]
• Air Pencil to Make Embossed Letters, [29]
• Air Pressure, Relieving, When Closing Record Boxes, [57]
• Alarm Clock, Mission Frame for, [277]
• Alarm,
  • Doorbell, [160]
  • Drip-Pan, [178]
  • Fire and Burglar, How to Make, [411]
  • for Sleepwalker, [297]
  • Temperature, [345]
  • to Designate Filled Storage Battery, [253]
• Amateur Mechanic's Combination Lathe, [447]
• Amperage of Fuse Wire, Reducing, [322]
• Anchor Posts for Lawn Swing, [148]
• Anemometer, Electric, [367]
• Angling, [59], [69], [73], [79]
• Anti-Tangle Safety Pin, [272]
• Ants, To Keep Away from Food, [361]
• Application for Small Wounds, [304]
• Arbor, Grape, Built of Poles, [12]
• Arm, Pincushion for, [288]
• Armatures for Small Motors, [124]
• Armatures, Small, Holding for Winding, [118]
• Arrow Sticks, Planing, [319]
• Arts-Crafts Leather Work:
  • Part I, [432]
  • Part II, [439]
• Aspirator, How to Make, [146]
• Atmospheric Thermo Engine, [120]
• Attractor for Game Fish, [97]
• Automatic Valve for Funnel, [317]
• Automobile, Gasoline Consumption of, To Reduce, [436]
• Automobile Robe, How to Make, [122]
• Awning, Combined Shade and, [164]

• Babbitt Metal, Cores for Use in, [304]
• Back, Attached, for Photographic Printing Frame, [413]
• Back Stop for Workbench, [225]
• Back Thrust Prevented on Skis, [216]
• Bag, Clothespin, [42]
• Bait,
  • Live, Pail, [178]
  • Bait, Live, Used in Fishing, [261]
• Baking Bread in Hot Sand, [53]
• Baking Ovens, To Prevent from Scorching, [298]
• Baking-Pan Shoes, Adjustable, [129]
• Balance, Simple, [395]
• Ball Catch for Cabinet Doors, Homemade, [72]
• Ball-Clasp Purse, Repairing Broken, [316]
• Balloons, Toy, Inflating, [167]
• Bamboo Pole, Uses for, [173]
• Bank, Homemade Toy, [366]
• Barn Tools, Hangers for, [155]
• Barometer, Electric-Light Bulb as, [280]
• Barrel Boat, [445]
• Baseball Game, Indoor, [275]
• Basement Light, Lighting, [156]
• Bases for Electric Apparatus, Varnishing, [324]
• Basin, Freezing to Chair, [431]
• Basket,
  • A Reed, [257]
  • Waste-Paper, [320]
• Basketball, Removing from Closed-Bottom Receptacle, [266]
• Bathroom Light, To Operate Automatically, [56]
• Bathtubs, Removing Black Deposit on, [190]
• Batteries,
  • Dry, Preserving, [192]
  • Dry, Renewing, [382]
  • Dry, Testing, [266]
• Battery, Homemade Wet, [340]
• Bearings for Model Work, [238]
• Bed for a Camp, [133]
• Bed Pocket, Utility Home or Traveling, [400]
• Bed Warmer, Homemade Electric, [154]
• Bed-Cover Fasteners, [55]
• Bedroom Cabinet, [163]
• Bell, Continuously Ringing, How to Make, [381]
• Bell-Ringing Transformer, Small, Construction of, [348], [352]
• Bells, Call, Simple Methods of Connecting, [356]
• Belt, Cartridge, How to Make, [55]
• Belts, Round, Splice for, [446]
• Bench,
  • Attaching Vise Jaw to, [176]
  • Lathe, [22]
  • Molding-Sawing Block Used on, [408]
• Bench Stop,
  • Adjustable, [325]
  • for Planing Thin Boards, [254]
• Bench Vise, Homemade, [149], [244]
• Bench with Folding Seats, [158]
• Bench-Vise Nut, Broken, Substitute for, [143]
• Bicycle Horn, Mechanical, [195]
• Bicycle Oil Lamp Changed to Electric Light, [78]
• Bicycle Sprocket, Rear, Removing, [413]
• Bicycle Wheel, Roller Skate on, [201]
• Binding Machine, Lantern-Slide, [207]
• Binding Magazines, [50]
• Binding Posts on Wet Batteries, Protecting from Corrosion, [252]
• Bird Cages, Seed Receptacle for, [147]
• Birds, Turn Feeding Table for, [137]
• Black Deposit on Bathtubs, Removing, [190]
• Black, Dull, for Cameras, [163]
• Blackboard for Children, [51]
• Blades,
  • Jig-Saw, [442]
  • Razor, Discarded Wafer, Use for, [124]
• Blank Books, Ruling, [290]
• Bleaching Ivory, [175]
• Block, Whetting, [375]
• Blocks, Falling, How to Make, [392]
• Blocks of Wood, Small, To Harden, [423]
• Blowgun, How to Make, [282]
• Blowpipe, Automatic, [180]
• Blowtorch, Homemade, [459]
• Board, Writing, for Children, [325]
• Boards, Planing Rough-Grain, [235]
• Boat,
  • Barrel, [445]
  • Ice and Catamaran, [27]
  • Mirror an Aid in Rowing, [121]
  • Model Steam-Turbine, [323]
  • Model, With Aerial Propeller, [207]
  • Paddle-Wheel, How to Build, [105]
• Boats
  • A Canoe Stove, [103]
  • An Oar Holder, [168]
  • Foot, How to Make, [166]
  • Hand Propeller-Wheel Attachment for Rowboat, [413]
  • Holder for Dory Rudder, [68]
  • How to Build a Paddle-Wheel Boat, [105]
  • How to Build a Skiff, [18]
  • Ice Boat and Catamaran, [27]
  • Mirror an Aid in Rowing a Boat, [121]
  • Rope Oarlocks, [201]
  • Small, Landing for, [237]
  • To Repair a Leak in a Canoe, [149]
• Bobsled,
  • Four-Passenger Coasting, [24]
  • Guide Ropes on, [155]
  • Inexpensive, [49]
• Boiling Cracked Eggs, [391]
• Bolster, How to Make, [182]
• Bolt, Night, Hinges Used to Substitute, [334]
• Book Cover, Pocket for Inside of, [238]
• Book Covering, [300]
• Book Leaves, Removing Ink Stains from, [418]
• Book, Support for Open, [438]
• Bookcase or Closet, Portable and Folding, [296]
• Bookholder, Adjustable, [224]
• Bookrack, [261]
  • Folding, [395]
• Books in Case, Holder for, [247]
• Books, Removing Finger Marks from, [200]
• Boring a Clean-Edged Hole, [406]
• Boring a Long Hole, [420]
• Bottle,
  • Cover for, [420]
  • Glass, Cutting, [186]
  • Removing Cork from, [295]
• Bottle Necks, To Prevent Corks Sticking in, [174]
• Bottle-Cap Lifter, [195]
• Bottle-Opening Trick, [223]
• Bottles,
  • Medicine, Time Indicator for, [138]
  • Poison, Simple Way to Mark, [126]
• Bottles and Glasses, Trick, [460]
• Box, Camp Provision, [95]
• Box Partitions, [454]
• Boxes, Homemade Hinges for, [100]
• Boy Surveyor:
  • Camera Surveying, [7]
  • Plane-Table Surveying, [1]
  • Plotting a Camera Survey, [13]
• Brace,
  • Drill Press on Ordinary, [427]
  • Brace, Wrist, [144]
• Braces for Aeroplane Frames, [235]
• Bracket, Shade-Roller and Curtain-Pole, [318]
• Bracket, Swinging Electric-Light, [284]
• Brackets, Towel-Roller, [223]
• Brake, Prony, for Testing Small Motors, [32]
• Brass,
  • Cleaner for, [192]
  • Frosting, [185]
• Brass Articles, Cleaning, [375]
• Brass Clips, Tool Holders Made of, [414]
• Brass Rings, Turning, [400]
• Brass Tubing, Seamless, Small Steam-Engine Cylinders Made from, [396]
• Bread, Baking in Hot Sand, [53]
• Bread, Toasting Over an Open Fire, [11]
• Breaker, Glass, [291]
• Broom for Sweeping Out Corners in Steps, [295]
• Broom Holder, Another, [99]
• Broom, Old, Shaping, [182]
• Brown Stain for Wood, [189]
• Brush for Applying Soldering Acid, [283]
• Brush Handles,
  • Protecting, from Paint, [294]
  • Utilizing Old, [417]
• Brush Hanger for Dark Room, [156]
• Brush,
  • Homemade, for Cleaning Upholstered Furniture, [188]
  • To Clean Shellac from, [319]
• Buckle Tongues, Replacing, [331]
• Bucket, Ear Repair on, [175]
• Bucket-Ball Game, [270]
• Buffer, Finger-Nail, [322]
• Bug Powder, [457]
• Bugs Attracted by Light, Catching, [263]
• Bumper, Rubber, on Water Faucet, [406]
• Bunsen Burner,
  • Homemade, [318]
  • Small, [308]
• Burglar Alarm, Fire and, How to Make, [411]
• Burlap, Needle for Sewing, [151]
• Burner
  • for Soldering Small Work, [418]
  • Homemade Bunsen, [318]
  • Small Bunsen, [308]
• Bushing a Stovepipe in a Chimney Hole, [231]
• Buttonhole Cutter, [414]
• Buttonholes, Guide for Making, [264]

• Cabinet, Bedroom, [163]
• Cabinet Doors, Homemade Ball Catch for, [72]
• Cabinet, Shaving, Mounted on Adjustable Pedestal, [23]
• Cabinet Work, Joint for, [251]
• Calcium Deposits on Glass, Removing, [189]
• Calculation Trick, Lightning, [101]
• Caliper Gauge, Vise Used as, [172]
• Camera,
  • Hand, Telephoto Attachment for, [136]
  • Homemade, Enlarging, [219]
  • Mechanical, [233]
  • Mile-O-View, [213]
  • Multiplying, Attachment for, [221]
  • Ordinary, Stereoscopic Pictures with, [346]
• Camera Shutter, Electrically Operated, [234]
• Camera Support, [324]
• Camera Survey, Plotting a, [13]
• Camera Surveying, [7]
• Cameras,
  • Dull Black for, [163]
  • Homemade Direct-View Finder for, [54]
• Camp,
  • Bed for, [133]
  • Hanger for, [101]
  • Lantern for, [276]
• Camp Furnishings, [93]
• Camp Loom, [107]
• Camp Provision Box, [95]
• Camp Stoves, [97]
• Camp-Fire Utensils, Supports for, [371]
• Camphor, Experiments with, [391]
• Camps, [90]
• Cams, Small, How to Make, [53]
• Can Covers, Tight-Fitting, Removing, [391]
• Candle Sconce, Horn, [298]
• Candle-Shade Holder, [250]
• Candle, To Automatically Extinguish, [67]
• Candles,
  • Decorating, [426]
  • Motor Made of, [49]
  • Substitute for, [247]
  • Varnished, Burn Longer, [321]
• Candy-Floss Machine, How to Make, [268]
• Cane-Seat Cleaner, [318]
• Canned Foods, Heated, Relieving Pressure for Opening, [42]
• Canoe Stove, [103]
• Canoe, To Repair Leak In, [149]
• Canvas, Preventing Mildew on, [247]
• Canvas Shoes, Cleaner for, [289]
• Carbon Paper, Renewing, [34]
• Card,
  • Changing Pip on, [67]
  • Magic Change, [133]
• Card Stock, Typewriting on, [458]
• Card-and-Coin Trick, [41]
• Cards, Mind-Reading Effect with, [29]
• Carrier,
  • for Fishhooks, [269]
  • for Suitcase, [114]
  • Milk-Bottle, [107]
  • Stove-Wood, [237]
• Carrying Stone Jars, [309]
• Carrying Two Pails in One Hand, [382]
• Cartridge Belt, How to Make, [55]
• Cartridge Shells Used for Electrical Contacts, [285]
• Case, Holder for Books in, [247]
• Casein Glue, [212]
• Casting Rod, One-Piece, [59]
• Castings for Engine Pistons, Pipe Caps Used as, [408]
• Catamaran, Ice Boat and, [27]
• Catapult, [132]
• Catch,
  • Ball, for Cabinet Doors, [72]
  • Safety, for Flour Bin, [454]
  • to Hold Two Joining Doors Open, [77]
• Caterpillars on Grapevines, Destroying, [94]
• Cellar-Door Holder, [34]
• Cement Floors, Footstool for, [119]
• Cement, Shellac, [50]
• Center Gauge, Prick-Punch, [453]
• Centering Gauge, [253]
• Chain, Novelty, [191]
• Chair,
  • Bottoms, Reinforcing, [191]
  • Freezing Basin to, [431]
  • Head Rest for, [309]
  • Legs, To Fasten, [243]
  • Post, Repairing Broken Tenon on, [388]
  • Repairing Rocker on, [196]
  • Rocker, Stop on, for Baby, [153]
  • Rockers, Safety Tips on, [296]
• Chair Swing, [98]
• Chairs, Refinishing, [376]
• Chalk Trays, Covering for, [274]
• Chart, Compass Time, [378]
• Cherry Pitter, [309]
• Chickens, Tin Can Used for Watering, [144]
• Child's Finger, Cutting Tin Ball from, [436]
• Child's Playhouse, [265]
• Child's Seat for Theaters, [437]
• Chime Clock, Electric, [332]
• Chinese Pagoda, [278]
• Chisel Edges, Grinding, [322]
• Chisel Handle, Protector Cap for, [430]
• Chisel Holder for Whetting, [317]
• Chisel Rack, [248]
• Chopper, Poultry-Food, [291]
• Chopping Block, Stick Holder for, [191]
• Clamp,
  • Detachable, for Stairway Handrails, [452]
  • Emergency, [203]
  • Picture-Frame and Triangle, [230]
  • Used as Vise, [410]
• Clapper, Whirligig, [453]
• Clean Jewelry, How to, [287]
• Cleaner,
  • Cane-Seat, [318]
  • for Brass, [192]
  • for Canvas Shoes, [289]
  • Lamp-Chimney, [125]
  • Wall-Paper, [266], [273]
• Cleaning
  • an Oilstone, [237]
  • Brass Articles, [375]
  • Clothes by Boiling Them, [289]
  • Dirt from Tufts in Upholstering, [175]
  • Gold and Platinum, [191]
  • Painted or Frescoed Walls, [187]
  • Pearl Articles, [133]
  • Steel of Grease and Stains, [239]
• Cleaning Bath for Silverware, [355]
• Cleats on Boards, Substitute for, [322]
• Clips to Hold Magazine Pages Together, [103]
• Clock,
  • Electric Chime, [332]
  • Repairing Worn Escapement Wheel of, [72]
• Closet, Bookcase or, Portable and Folding, [296]
• Closet Holders for Linen, [192]
• Cloth,
  • Delicate, Removing, Perspiration Stains from, [414]
  • Removing Acid Stains from, [196]
• Clothes, Cleaning by Boiling, [289]
• Clothes Peg,
  • Cork-Covered, [182]
  • Wood, [406]
• Clothes Rack, [166]
• Clothesline,
  • Double, Supporter for, [288]
  • for Small Goods, [194]
  • Hanging Taut, [451]
• Clothesline Posts, Folding Arms for, [394]
• Clothesline Reel, [249]
• Clothesline Reel, Homemade, [423]
• Clothespin Bag, [42]
• Clothespin, Wire, [387]
• Clothing,
  • To Remove Grease from, [102]
  • To Remove Rust Stains from, [174]
• Coaster Brake, Repairing, [422]
• Coaster, Homemade Roller, [159]
• Coasting Bobsled, Four-Passenger, [24]
• Coat and Trousers Hangers, [442]
• Coil Springs, Small, How to Make, [197]
• Coil, Water-Heating, in Furnace Pipe, [294]
• Coils, Induction, Testing Out, [19]
• Coin Box, Mystery, [402]
• Coin, Worn, Reading Date of, [347]
• Coins, Display Holder for, [53]
• Cold-Chisel Guide, [189]
• Collar Fasteners, [56]
• Collar Holder, Combination Tie Rack and, [30]
• Coloring Electric-Light Globes, [438]
• Colors, Setting, in Fabrics, [223]
• Comb Cleaner, [188]
• Compass,
  • Operation of, [387]
  • Pencil, Emergency, [34]
• Compass Time Chart, [378]
• Condenser, Variable, [129]
• Connecting Call Bells, Simple Methods of, [356]
• Construction of Simple Wireless Telephone Set:
  • Part I, [337]
  • Part II, [341]
• Construction of Small Bell-Ringing Transformer:
  • Part I—Fundamental Principles, [348]
  • Part II—Construction, [352]
• Cooking Food in Paper, [168]
• Cooler for Milk and Butter, [405]
• Cooling Tube for Laboratory Still, [187]
• Coop, Poultry, [247]
• Copying Stand for Photographic Enlarging and Reducing, [232]
• Cord, Flexible, Adjuster for Electric Flatiron, [406]
• Cores for Use in Babbitt Metal, [304]
• Cork,
  • Large, Fitting in Small Bottle, [339]
  • Removing, from Bottle, [295]
• Cork Puller, [173], [252]
• Cork-Covered Clothes Peg, [182]
• Corks-in-a-Box Trick, [335]
• Corks, To Prevent Sticking in Bottle Necks, [174]
• Corn Sheller,
  • Hand, [347]
  • Homemade, [150]
• Corner Cleaner Attached to Scrubbing Brush, [12]
• Corner Joints, Picture-Frame, [176]
• Corners in Steps, Broom for Sweeping Out, [295]
• Corrosion, Protecting Binding Posts on Wet Batteries from, [252]
• Costumer, How to Make, [42]
• Couch-Cover Corner, Tying Rosette in, [310]
• Countersink for Wood, Homemade, [154]
• Coupling, Shaft, [347]
• Court-Plaster, Liquid, [246]
• Cover,
  • Detachable Hinged, for Kettles, [123]
  • for Bottle, [420]
  • for Magazines, [344]
  • Slide-Opening, for Plate Holder, [104]
• Cover Strainer, [149]
• Covering for Chalk Trays, [274]
• Covering for Gas-Stove Top, [420]
• Cradle,
  • Combination Settee Rocker and, [46]
  • Homemade, [273]
• Crease in Soft Hat, To Keep, [254]
• Crochet Hook, [325]
• Croquet Arches, White Rubber on, [121]
• Croquet Mallets Protected by Metal Rings, [225]
• Croquet Playing, Night, [251]
• Crystallization Shown on Screen, [216]
• Cucumbers, Raising on Trellis, [445]
• Cup,
  • Paper Drinking, [188]
  • Paper Drinking, How to Make, [346]
• Curling-Iron Heater, [126]
• Curtain Hanger, [274]
• Curtain Stop, [296]
• Curtain, Stretching, without Frame, [158]
• Cushion, Screen and Storm-Door, [422]
• Cuspidor Carrier, [279]
• Cut Press, Homemade, [327]
• Cut, Starting Saw, [252]
• Cutter, Buttonhole, [414]
• Cutter for Lace Leather, [376]
• Cutter Made of Wafer Razor Blade, [240]
• Cyclemobile, [135]
• Cylinders, Small Steam-Engine, Made from Seamless Brass Tubing, [396]

• Dampness, Keeping Out, [134]
• Dark, Locating Droplight in, [123]
• Dark Room,
  • Brush Hanger for, [156]
  • Photographer's, Drying Towels in, [331]
• D'Arsonval Galvanometer, [415]
• Date of Worn Coin, Reading, [347]
• Decorating Candles, [426]
• Decoration, Forcing Fruit Blossoms for, [12]
• Decorative Wood Panels, [58]
• Demagnetize a Watch, How to, [290]
• Demagnetizer, Watch, How to Make, [150]
• Dents in Wood, Raising, [381]
• Desk, Sloping, Telephone Stand for, [112]
• Develop Roll Film, Easy Way to, [425]
• Developing Machine, [236]
• Developing Tray Made of Tin Can, [121]
• Developing-Tray Rocker, [224]
• Dibble, Homemade, [246]
• Die-and-Box Trick, [141]
• Dip, Bright, for Metal, [250]
• Dip-Plating Process, [323]
• Dish or Floor Mop, Endless, [29]
• Dish Washing, Summer, [356]
• Dishpan, Sink a Substitute for, [197]
• Disk-Armature Motor, [336]
• Disk-Throwing Pistol, [244]
• Display, Flying Model Aeroplane for, [361]
• Display Holder for Coins, [53]
• Displaying Dye Colors, [244]
• Displaying Magazines, Holders for, [320]
• Dissolving Coin Trick, [272]
• Distance Chart for Wireless Stations, [269]
• Distance Marker for Printing Photographs, [226]
• Distilling Apparatus for Water, [112]
• Dog, Chained, Exerciser for, [117]
• Dogs, Lathe, [319]
• Door, Double Latch for, [451]
• Door Fastener, [163]
• Door Hinges, Locking Screws in, [102]
• Door Knobs, Attaching to Locks, [322]
• Door Stop, [157]
• Doorbell Alarm, [160]
• Doorbell, Musical, [329]
• Doors, Two Joining, Catch to Hold Open, [77]
• Doorway, Fastening Portière Pole in, [227]
• Dory Rudder, Holder for, [68]
• Dovetail Joint, Laying Out, [247]
• Dowel-Turning Tool, [285]
• Drafts, Window Ventilator to Prevent, [248]
• Draftsmen, Amateur, Combination Tool for, [324]
• Drawer,
  • Automatically Closing, [173]
  • Combination Lock for, [169]
  • Ordinary Table; Secret Compartment in, [364]
• Drawer Guide, Nonsticking, [383]
• Drawers, Several, Locking with One Lock, [101]
• Drawing Instruments, Substitutes for, [146]
• Drawing Pen, To Start Ink Flowing from, [446]
• Dressing, Shoe, Waterproof, [325]
• Drill Press,
  • Homemade, [431]
  • Homemade Hand, [242]
  • on Ordinary Brace, [427]
• Drill,
  • Small Vertical, How to Make, [426]
  • To Prevent from Catching as It Passes through Metal, [26]
• Drilling Thin Metal, [406]
• Drinking Cup,
  • Paper, [188]
  • Paper, How to Make, [346]
• Drinking Glasses, Separating, [164]
• Drinking Tube, [92]
• Drip-Pan Alarm, [178]
• Drip Pan, Locating Under Refrigerator, [307]
• Driver, Screweye, [231]
• Driving Screws, [310]
• Droplight, Locating in Dark, [123]
• Dropper and Cork for Medicine Bottles, [248]
• Dry and Warm Climates, Refrigerator for, [357]
• Dry Batteries,
  • Preserving, [192]
  • Renewing, [382]
  • Testing, [266]
• Dry Cell, How to Make, [421]
• Drying Seeds, [288]
• Drying Small Laundered Articles, [58]
• Drying Towels in Photographer's Dark Room, [331]
• Dustpan, Long Handle for, [243]
• Dye Colors, Displaying, [244]

• Ear Repair on a Bucket, [175]
• Ebony, Imitating on Oak, [193]
• Edging Flower Beds, [165]
• Egg Boiler, [190]
• Egg-Frying Pan, [388]
• Egg Separator, Homemade, [153]
• Eggs,
  • Cracked, Boiling, [391]
  • Lifter for Removing from Hot Water, [78]
• Electric Anemometer, [367]
• Electric Apparatus, Varnishing Bases for, [324]
• Electric Bed Warmer, Homemade, [154]
• Electric Chime Clock, [332]
• Electric Display for Show Window, [52]
• Electric Fishing Signal, How to Make, [98]
• Electric Fixtures, Curved, Pulling Wire through, [173]
• Electric Flatiron, Flexible-Cord Adjuster for, [406]
• Electric Fountain, [401]
• Electric Furnace,
  • How to Make, [373]
  • Small, How to Make, [229]
• Electric Gas Lighter, [376]
• Electric Heater, How to Make, [407]
• Electric Horn, [409]
• Electric Incubator, [343]
• Electric Indicator, Wind Vane with, How to Build, [305]
• Electric Lamp Flasher, How to Make, [370]
• Electric Lamp Reflector for Target, [196]
• Electric Light, Bicycle Oil Lamp Changed to, [78]
• Electric Light Bracket, Swinging, [284]
• Electric Light Bulb as Barometer, [280]
• Electric Light Globes, Coloring, [438]
• Electric Light Globes, Paper Shades for, [316]
• Electric Light Mystery, [168]
• Electric Lights Controlled from Two or More Switches, [276]
• Electric Motor, Simple, How to Build, [359]
• Electric Score Board for Indoor Games, [277]
• Electric Shaving Mug, [385]
• Electric Stirring-Machine, [165]
• Electric Switch for Exposing Photographic Printing-Papers, [181]
• Electric Test for Fixtures, [288]
• Electric Time Light, [362]
• Electric Water Heater, [89], [243]
• Electrical Apparatus—
  • Alarm to Designate Filled Storage Battery, [253]
  • Armatures for Small Motors, [124]
  • Bed Warmer, Homemade, [154]
  • Bell, Continuously Ringing, How to Make, [381]
  • Bell-Ringing Transformer, Construction of Small, [348], [352]
  • Disk-Armature Motor, [336]
  • Doorbell Alarm, [160]
  • Door Lock, Combination Electrically Operated, [110]
  • Dry Cell, How to Make a, [421]
  • Electric Display for Show Window, [52]
  • Electric Fishing Signal, [98]
  • Electric Stirring Machine, [165]
  • Electric Water Heater, [89]
  • Electrotype Stamp, How to Make an, [419]
  • Galvanometer, D'Arsonval, [415]
  • Galvanometer, Simple, How to Construct a, [389]
  • Fire and Burglar Alarm, How to Make a, [411]
  • Holding Small Armatures for Winding, [118]
  • Musical Doorbell, [329]
  • Pocket Direct-Current Voltmeter, [397]
  • Quickly Made Rheostat, [178]
  • Reversing Switch for Small Motors, [378]
  • Rheostat, How to Make a Small, [393]
  • Rotary Tuning Coil, [372]
  • Series Motor, How to Make a Small, [403]
  • Simple Methods of Connecting Call Bells, [356]
  • Small Shocking Machine, [363]
  • Telegraph Sounder, Homemade, [119]
  • Temperature Alarm, [345]
  • Variable Condenser, [129]
  • Vibrator for Spark Coil, [309]
  • Wet Battery, Homemade, [340]
  • Wire Expansion Meter, [410]
  • Wireless Telephone Set, Construction of Simple, [337], [341]
• Electrical Contacts, Cartridge Shells Used for, [285]
• Electrical Testing Instrument for Experimenters, [328]
• Electrically Ignited Flash Light for Making Photographs, [239]
• Electrically Operated Camera Shutter, [234]
• Electrically Operated Door Lock, Combination, [110]
• Electrodes, Furnace, of Lead Pencils, [441]
• Electrolytic Interrupter, How to Make, [241]
• Electroplating, Inlaying-Metals by, [171]
• Electroplating without a Tank, [234]
• Electrotype Stamp, How to Make, [419]
• Ellipsograph, Homemade, [429]
• Emboss Stationery, How to, [454]
• Embossed Letters, Air Pencil to Make, [29]
• Emery-Cloth Holder, [386]
• Engine, Homemade Steam-Turbine, [180]
• Engine Pistons, Pipe Caps Used as Castings for, [408]
• Engine, Thermo, Atmospheric, [120]
• Enlarging Camera, Homemade, [219]
• Enlarging Photographs, [217]
• Enlarging Pictures, [269]
• Envelope and Stamp Moistener, [431]
• Envelope, Special, To Make, [67]
• Eraser Holder, [175]
• Eraser, Ink, [395]
• Escapement Wheel of Clock, Repairing Worn, [72]
• Exerciser for a Chained Dog, [117]
• Exerciser, Homemade, [299]
• Expansion Meter, Wire, [410]
• Experiment,
  • Interesting, [302]
  • Interesting Vacuum, [250]
• Experimenters, Electrical Testing Instrument for, [328]
• Experiments with Camphor, [391]
• Exterior Sliding Fly Screen, [231]
• Extracting a Broken Screw, [134]
• Extractor, Sliver, [250]
• Eye Shield for Microscope, [153]

• Fabrics, Setting Colors in, [223]
• Falling-Blocks, How to Make, [392]
• Fastener,
  • Door, [163]
  • Bed-Cover, [55]
  • Collar, [56]
• Fastening Loose Table Legs, [289]
• Fastening Screws in Tile and Brick Walls, [292]
• Faucet, Water, Rubber Bumper on, [406]
• Feeding-Table, Turn, for Birds, [137]
• Felt, Mending Break in, [192]
• Fencing, Poultry, Stretching, [253]
• Ferris Wheel, Playground, [161]
• Ferrule, Taper, How to Make, [380]
• Figures, Puzzle with, [289]
• File, Inexpensive, [286]
• Filing Flat Surfaces, [296]
• Filing Soft Metals, [102]
• Film-Developing Machine, Adjustable, [208]
• Film, Roll, Easy Way to Develop, [425]
• Filter,
  • Automatic, [148]
  • Force, Laboratory, [119]
  • in a Pump Spout, [189]
  • Water, [109]
• Finder for Cameras, Homemade Direct-View, [54]
• Finger Marks, Removing from Books, [200]
• Finger Nail Buffer, [322]
• Finger Protection on Laboratory Vessels, [170]
• Finger-Ring Trick, [56]
• Fire and Burglar Alarm, How to Make, [411]
• Fireflies, Theatrical Night Scene with Appearance of, [162]
• Fish,
  • Game, Attractor for, [97]
  • Preventing Loss of, from Covered Baskets, [208]
  • To Hold While Removing Scales, [309]
• Fish Rake, [423]
• Fish-Scaling Knife, [182]
• Fish Stringer, [146]
• Fishhooks,
  • Carrier for, [269]
  • Carrying in, Cane Pole, [58]
• Fishing, Live Bait Used in, [261]
• Fishing-Rod Joints, Holding Together, [201]
• Fishing-Rod Making and Angling:
  • Part I—A One-Piece Casting Rod, [59]
  • Part II—Various Two and Three-Piece Rods, [69]
  • Part III—Trout Fishing with Fly and Bait, [73]
  • Part IV—Trout Fishing with Fly and Bait, [79]
• Fishing Signal, Electric, How to Make, [98]
• Fishing, Trout, with Fly and Bait, [73], [79]
• Fitting Large Cork in Small Bottle, [339]
• Five-Pointed Star, [226]
• Fixtures,
  • Electric Test for, [288]
  • Gas and Electric, Locating in Dark, [437]
• Flash Light, Electrically Ignited, for Making Photographs, [239]
• Flash Light Telegraph on Kite Line, [155]
• Flasher,
  • Electric Lamp, How to Make, [370]
  • Sunlight, for Garden, [179]
• Flashing Hook, [246]
• Flat Surfaces, Filing, [296]
• Flatiron, Electric, Flexible-Cord Adjuster for, [406]
• Flatiron Holder, Ornamental Metal, [150]
• Floor or Dish Mop, Endless, [29]
• Floor Polisher, Homemade, [125]
• Floor Push Button, [144]
• Flour Bin, Safety Catch for, [454]
• Flower Beds, Edging, [165]
• Flower Trellis, Umbrella Used as, [164]
• Flowers, Preserving, in Color and Form, [127]
• Flutter Ring, How to Make, [100]
• Flying Model Aeroplane for Display, [361]
• Flymobile, How to Make, [139]
• Flypaper Holder, [423]
• Folding Arms for Clothesline Posts, [394]
• Folding Bookrack, [395]
• Food, Cooking, in Paper, [168]
• Food, To Keep Ants Away from, [361]
• Foot Boats, How to Make, [166]
• Footstool for Cement Floors, [119]
• Form, Stocking-Stretcher, [190]
• Fortune Teller, Mystic, [32]
• Fountain Attachment for Ordinary Pen, [326]
• Fountain, Electric, [401]
• Fountain for Ordinary Pen, [173]
• Fountain-Pen Barrels, Mending Broken, [442]
• Fountain Pen, Homemade, [94]
• Frame for Printing Post Cards from Negatives, [170]
• Frames, Small Mitered, Gluing, [193]
• Freezing Basin to Chair, [431]
• Freezing, To Prevent Poultry Water from, [355]
• Frosting Brass, [185]
• Frosting Glass, [243]
• Fruit Blossoms for Decoration, Forcing, [12]
• Fruit-Jar Opener, [272]
• Fruit Jars, Screw-Top, Opening, [125]
• Fruit Presser, [279]
• Fruit Stemmer, [94]
• Funnel, Automatic Valve for, [317]
• Furnace, Electric, How to Make, [373]
• Furnace Electrodes of Lead Pencils, [441]
• Furnace Pipe, Water-Heating Coil in, [294]
• Furnace, Small Electric, How to Make, [229]
• Furnishings, Camp, [93]
• Furniture—
  • Bedroom Cabinet, [163]
  • Bookrack, [261]
  • Chair Swing, [98]
  • Combination Settee Rocker and Cradle, [46]
  • Costumer, How to Make, [42]
  • Double Top for Table, [78]
  • Folding Bookrack, [395]
  • Footstool for Cement Floors, [119]
  • Jardinière Pedestal, [255]
  • Leaded-Glass Panels for, [443]
  • Mission, Joint for, [384]
  • Reed—A Reed Basket, [257]
  • Shaving Cabinet, [23]
  • Woven-Top Stool, [256]
• Furniture Polish, [102], [458]
• Furniture Polish for Fine Woods, [216]
• Fuse Wire, Reducing Amperage of, [322]

• Galvanometer,
  • D'Arsonval, [415]
  • Simple, How to Construct, [389]
• Game,
  • Bucket-Ball, [270]
  • Indoor Baseball, [275]
  • Played on Ice, [52]
  • Ring-Throwing, [287]
  • Indoor, Electric Score Board for, [277]
• Garden-Bed Scarecrow, [365]
• Garden Roller, [293]
• Garden, Sunlight Flasher for, [179]
• Gas and Electric Fixtures, Locating in Dark, [437]
• Gas Generator, Laboratory, [118]
• Gas Lighter, Electric, [376]
• Gas Pipe, Paper, [262]
• Gas Stove Top, Covering for, [420]
• Gasoline Consumption of Automobile, To Reduce, [436]
• Gate, Double-Swing, with Common Hinge, [19]
• Gate Fasteners, [396]
• Gate, Self-Closing, [211]
• Gauge,
  • Attachment for Pocket Rule, [233]
  • Centering, [253]
  • Homemade Marking, [294]
  • Prick-Punch Center, [453]
  • Rule, [459]
• Gear-Cutting Machine, [424]
• Generator, Gas, Laboratory, [118]
• Geometric Principle In Line Division, [326]
• Glass Bottle, Cutting, [186]
• Glass Breaker, [291]
• Glass,
  • Frosting, [243]
  • Removing Calcium Deposits on, [189]
  • Removing Paint from, [298]
• Glasses,
  • Drinking, Separating, [164]
  • Trick Bottles and, [460]
• Glaziers' Points, Substitute for, [293]
• Glider,
  • Ice, [31]
  • Monoplane, How to Make, [115]
  • Paper, That Loops the Loop, [109]
  • Tandem Monoplane, [113]
• Glue, Casein, [212]
• Glue-Spreader Holder, [153]
• Gluing Small Mitered Frames, [193]
• Go-Cart, Runner for, [287]
• Gold and Platinum, Cleaning, [191]
• Graduate Holder, [218]
• Graduate, Homemade, [192]
• Graduates, Renewing Markings on, [316]
• Graining Tools, Homemade, [206]
• Grape Arbor Built of Poles, [12]
• Grapevines, Destroying Caterpillars on, [94]
• Grass Rake, [196]
• Grease,
  • Removing from Paint, [157]
  • To Remove from Clothing, [102]
• Green-Corn Holder, [167]
• Grinder, Kraut and Root, [297]
• Grinding a Plane Iron, Guide for, [279]
• Grinding Chisel Edges, [322]
• Grinding Scissors, [148]
• Grindstone, Scraping Surplus Water Off on, [188]
• Guard, Pruning-Saw, [197]
• Guide,
  • Cold-Chisel, [189]
  • for Grinding a Plane Iron, [279]
  • for Making Buttonholes, [264]
  • for Mill File, [321]
• Guide Ropes on Bobsled, [155]
• Guides, Window-Shade, [286]
• Gun, Pea-Shooting, [438]
• Gunstocks, Polishing, [452]