HANDICRAFT SERIES. 



A Series of Practical Manuals. 



Edited by PAUL N. HASLUCK, Editor of "Work.' 1 



Price SOcts. each, post paid. 



House Decoration. Comprising WHITEWASHING, PAPERHANGISG, 

 PAINTING, etc. With 79 Engravings and Diagrams. 



Contents. Colour and Paints. Pigments, Oils, Driers, Varnishes, etc. Tools 

 used by Painters. How to Mix Oil Paints. Distemper or Tempera Painting. 

 Whitewashing and Decorating a Ceiling. Painting a Room. Papering a Room. 

 Embellishment of Walls and Ceilings. 



Boot Making and Mending:. Including REPAIRING, LASTING, and 

 FINISHING. With 179 Engravings and Diagrams. 



Content*. Repairing Htels and Half-Soling. Patching Boots and Shoes. 

 Re-Welting and Re-Soling. Boot flaking. Lasting the Upper. Sewing and 

 Stitching. Making the Heel. Knifing and Finishing. Making Riveted Boots 

 and Shoes. 



How to Write Signs, Tickets, and Posters. With 170 Engravings 

 and Diagrams. 



Contents. The Fprmition of Letters, Stops, and Numerals. The Sign- 

 writer's Outfit. Making Signboards and Laying Ground Colours. The Simpler 

 Forms of Lettering. Shaded and Fancy Lettering. Painting a Signboard. 

 Ticket- Writing. Poster- Painting. Lettering with Gold, etc. 

 Wood Finishing:. Comprising STAINING, VARNISHING, and POLISHING. 

 With Engravings and Diagrams. 



Contents. Processes of Finishing Wood. Processes of Staining Wood. 

 French Polishing. Fillers for Wood and Filling In. Bodying In and Spiriting 

 Off. Glazing and Wax Finishing. Oil Polishing and Dry Shining. Re-polishing 

 and Reviving. Hard Stopping or Beaumontage. Treatment of Floors Stains. 

 Processes of Varnishing Wood Varnishes. Re-polishing Shop Fronts. 

 Dynamos and Electric Motors. With 142 Engravings and Diagrams 



Contents. Introduction. Siemens Dynamo. Gramme Dynamo. Manchester 

 Dynamo. Simplex Dynamo. Calculating the Size and Amount of Wire for 

 Small Dynamos. Ailments of Small Dynamo Electric Machines : their Causes 

 and Cures. Small Electro-motors without Castings. How to Determine the 

 Direction of Rotation of a Motor. How to Make a Shuttle-Armature Motor. 

 Undertype 50- Watt Dynamo. Manchester Type 440- Watt Dynamo. 

 Cycle Building: and Repairing:. With 142 Engravings and Diagrams. 



Contents. Introductory, and Tools Used. How to Build a Front Driver. 

 Building a Rear-driving Safety. Building Tandem Safeties. Building Front- 

 driver Tricycle. Building a Hand Tricycle. Brazing. How to Make and Fit 

 Gear Cases. Fittings and Accessories. Wheel Making. Tyres and Methods 

 of Fixing them. Enamelling. Repairing. 



Decorative Designs of All Ages for All Purposes. With 277 

 Engravings and Diagrams. 



Contents. Savage Ornament. Egyptian Ornament. Assyrian Ornament. 

 Greek Ornament. Roman Ornament. Early Christian Ornament. Arabic 

 Ornament. Celtic and Scandinavian Ornaments. Mediaeval Ornament. 

 Renascence and Modern Ornaments. Chinese Ornament. Persian Ornament. 

 Indian Ornament. Japanese Ornament. 

 Mounting; and Framing: Pictures. With 240 Engravings, etc. 



Contents. Making Picture Frames. Notes on Art Frames. Picture Frame 

 Cramps. Making Oxford Frames. Gilding Picture Frames. Methods of 

 Mounting Pictures. Making Photograph Frames. Frames covered with Plush 

 and Cork. Hanging and Packing Pictures. 

 Smiths' Work. With 211 Engravings and Diagrams. 



Contents. Forges and Appliances. Hand Tools. Drawing Down and Up- 

 setting. Welding and Punching. Conditions of Work : Principles of Forma- 

 tion. Bending and Ring Making. Miscellaneous Examples of Forged Work. 

 Cranks, Model Work, and Die Forging. Home-made Forges. The Manipula- 

 tion of Steel at the Forge. (Continued on next page.) 



DAVID McKAY, Publisher, 610 South Washington Square, Philadelphia. 



