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How to Etch Class 121
Bonding Joists to Brick Walls 122
A Drainage Kink 122
Emergency Control of Motor I 22
A Screwdriver Handle 122
Replacing Automobile Piston-Rings 123
Steam as a Carbon Remover I 23
A Gasoline Tank Gage 124
Simple Cure for Misfiring at Low Engine Speeds. . 125
Building an Oil Reservoir . . . .' I 26
Emptying a Bottle I 26
One Geared Motor Serves Two Drives 126
A Pocket-Clip for Pencils 1 26
An Emergency Fountain Pen 130
Making a Two-Fuse Switchblock 130
Converting a Key-Socket into a Pull-Socket ... 136
Making a Washing Machine from a Barrel ... 147
A Package Tie Made of Tape 147
Making a Lawn Chair I 48
How to Make a Sewing-Screen 149
Fitting Windows with Weights 1 50
How to Remove Iodine Stains I 50
Building a Poultry House with a Skylight 151
Some Curtain Suggestions I 51
A Clothes-Line Prop that Will Not Drop or Slip . . t 52
A Hoop with a Guiding Hub 152
How to Pack Mirrors to Prevent Breaking 152
Wood Blocks for Flooring 152
Finding the Right-Sized Nail 153
An I mproved Roller-Towel 153
Improving a Kitchen Knife 153
Let Your Ice-Cream Freeze While Motoring 153
Concealed Ventilation 154
A Home-Made Table-Top Varnish 154
Removing Heat Spots from a Table 154
To Screen Doors and Windows 154
A Merry-Go-Round Swing 155
How to Make a Practical Gas-Range Lighter. ... 156
Making the Cellarway Serve Two Purposes 156
A Back-Saving Refrigerator 157
For Cleaning Leather Upholstery. 157
How to Make a Door-Mat from Old Rope-Ends. . 157
Renovating the Lawn 157
An Opposed Cylinder Steam Engine 289
A Pulley Made from Wax arid Wire 292
Making a Space with a Chain Line 292
Keeping Food Without Ice 293
Sloping a Drawing Board 293
Straightening Warped Boards 293
Convex Milling Cutters 294
Jig for Drilling Holes in Peripheries 294
Measuring Bucket for Flowing Water . , 294
Making a Bomb Thrower for Sham Battles 295
To Compress a Coil-Spring 296
The Whistling Bicycle Wheel 297
An Adjustable Tap Wrench 298
Hoisting Timbers Rapidly 298
Thret' Oil-Proof Lutes 298
Make Your Own Lazy-Betty 299
A Simple Home-Made Milking Stool 299
Reolacing Pistons by Simple Means 300
Universal Bench-Stop 300
I muroving a Towel-Roller 301
A Manager's Desk File 301
Tightening Wire on Knobs 301
Drilling Square Holes 302
A Remedy for Jarring Bottles 302
How to Make a Sleeping Hammock 303
Determining Brake Horsepower 305
Preventing Carriage Bolts from Turning 305
A Celluloid Flashlight 305
How to Make An Oil-Filter 306
String Holder and Cutter 306
Attachment for Oxy-Acetylcne Torch 307
Turning on Lathe with Calipers 307
A Home-Made Scoop 308
Protecting the Painter from Paint 308
Fiber Disk Cutter 309
Handy Folding Kitchen Tables 309
To Repeat Drawings 309
A Chcao Surveyinc Instrument 310
To Re-Silver Old Mirrors 310
Temporary Pole-Steps of Spikes 310
How to Keep Rope from Raveling 311
Regulating Shower-Bath Water 31 I
A Cheap Fly-Catcher 312
An F.ssily Constructed Fly-Trap 312
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How to Make a Toy Zeppelin 313
Putting New Life in Chisel Handles 314
A Handy Bunsen Burner 315
How to Make a Clevis Lock 315
A Simple OverHow Alarm 315
An Alarm Bell for Chemists 316
Getting 1 ron Scraps Out of Deep Holes 316
Rope and a Lever as a Pipe Wrench 316
A Safety-Holder for Hatpins 316
Taking the Yellow Out of Rubber 316
What Home Builders Really Want 317
Boring Cylinders with a Lathe 403
Measuring Ten Thousandths of an Inch 436
Icelcss Cooker and Refrigerator 456
A Typewriter Desk Made from a Kitchen Table. . 457
A Simple and Convenient Receptacle for Matches 457
A Home-Made Fire Ejttinguishcr 458
A Towel Holder 458
The Strap as a Jar Opener 458
How to Calculate Distances 459
A Convenient Shoe-Rack 459
An 1 mproved Vacuum Bottle 462
Facilitates Boiling f-*oint _. . . 462
Using Waterproof Lutes 462
How to Safeguard Mail Against Meddlers 465
A Substantial Home-Made Jack 465
A Case for Miniature Lamps 465
Making a Wood-Turning Lathe 466
A Bottle Pocket Lamp 467
Correcting Pliers which Bind 468
An Easily Constructed Holder for the Broom. . . 468
A Weed Destrover from a Spoon and Broom-Handle 468
A Child's Morris Chair 46<?
An Efficient Tin Pump -171'
Scale Reading Calipers 47 1
Soldering Iron for Light Work. -171
Making a Driving-Box Lifter 471
Guide Lines for Lettering -171
Getting a Line on Biddy 472
Boiling Water by Cooling It 472
To Find Your Depth 472
An Automatic Faucet for Tanks. . . . 473
The Use of Jigs and Fixtures 474
A Portable Colony Poultry House 476
A Screen Door-Check 477
Cooling a Ship's Laundry 477
How to Drill Holes Quickly in Wood 477
Making a Plate-Glass Drill 478
Coloring of Copper 478
A Handy Spacing Scheme 478
A Cozy Southern Farmhouse 479
To I mprove Machinist's Cement 480
Mooring Hook Locks Itself to Lyebolt 536
How to Make an Alcohol Lamp and Blow-Torch
from an Oil-Can , 593
Making Automobile Wheels Track Correctly 593
Two Good Calking Compounds for Boats 593
Accelerating the Cooling Water Circulation 594
A f^encil Sharpener with an Adjustable Blade. . . . 594
A Quick Method cf Repairing a Broken Die 594
Equipment for the Home Worker 595
To Make a Combined Drawing Table and Stand. 598 How to Protect the Surface of an Enameled Road- Sign 599
A Spanish Windlass Made from Two Broomsticks 599
Finding Your Bearings at Night Without a Compass 600
An Ingenious Attachment for a Door-Lock 600
To Make a Sanitary Cap for the Milk Bottle. . . . 600
A Bottle-Stopper of Glass and Rubber 601
How to Lighten the Finish on Woodwork 601
Repairing Worn Wheels of a Carpet-Sweeper 601
Making a Scrap-Book Out of Old Ledger Covers . 602
A Thumb-Tack Gage for a Paper-Cutting Board. 602
A Scheme for Keeping Pictures Hanging Straight. 603 Removing and Applying Valve-Stem Guides by
Pressure 604
A Simple TracingMethod for Electrical Draftsmen 606
A Bottle-Stopper Which Controls the Outpour. . 607 A Gage Which Tells the Amount of Moisture in
Wood 607
Mending Picture Frames with Laundry Soap .... 607
A Clothes-Rack for Use Indoors and Outdoors . . 608 An Easily Made Bathroom Cabinet and Medicine
Chest 608
A Blacksmiths Hand-Blower Made of Wood 609
To Convert a Pair of Shoes into Slippers . 609
Four Good Recipes for Acid-Proof Cements 609
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