HANDICRAFT SERIES (continued]. 



Electro- Plating. With Numerous Engravings and Diagrams. 



Contents. introduction. Tanks, Vats, and other Apparatus. Batteries, 

 Dynamos, and Electrical Accessories. Appliances for Preparing and Finishing 

 Work. Silver-Plating, Copper-Plating. Gold-Plating. Nickel-Plating and 

 Cycle- Plating. Finishing Electro-Plated Goods. Electro-Plating with Various 

 Metals and Alloys. Index. 



Clay Modelling and Plaster Casting. With 153 Engravings and 



Diagrams. 



Violins and Other Stringed Instruments. With about 180 



Illustrations. 



Contents. Materials and Tools for Violin Making. Violin Moulds. Violin 

 Making. Varnishing and Finishing Violins. Double Bass and a Violoncello. 

 Japanese One-string Violin. Mandolin Making. Guitar Making. Banjo 

 Making. Zither Making. Dulcimer Making. Index. 



Glass Writing, Embossing, and Fascia Work. (Including 



the Making and Fixing of Wood Letters and Illuminated Signs.) With 



129 Illustrations. 



Contents. Plain Lettering and Simple Tablets. Gold Lettering. Blocked 

 Letters. Stencil Cutting. Gold Etching. Embossing. French or Treble 

 Embossing. Incised Fascias, Stall-plates, and Grained Background. Letters 

 in Perspective ; Spacing Letters. Arrangement of Wording and Colors. Wood 

 Letters. Illuminated Signs. Temporary Signs for Windows. Imitation 

 Inlaid Signs. Imitation Mosaic Signs. Specimen Alphabets. Index. 



Photographic Chemistry. With 31 Engravings and Diagrams. 



Photographic Studios and Dark Rooms. With 180 Illus- 

 trations. 



Contents. Planning Studios. Building Studios. Portable and Temporary 

 Studios. Studios Improvised from Greenhouses, Dwelling Rooms, etc. 

 Lighting of Studios. Backgrounds. Scenic Accessories. Dark-Rooms. Portable 

 Dark-Rooms. Dark-Room Fittings. Portable Dark Tent. Index. 



Motor Bicycle Building. With 137 Illustrations and Diagrams. 



Contents. Frame for Motor Bicycle. Patterns for Frame Castings. Build- 

 ing Frame from Castings. Making 3^ H. P. Petrol Motor. Spray Carburettor 

 for 3.^ H. P. Motor. Ignition Coils for Motor Cycles. Light-weight Petrol 

 Motor for Attachment to Roadster Bicycle. Spray Carburettor for Light- 

 weight Motor. Index. 



Rustic Carpentry. With 172 Illustrations. 



Contents. Light Rustic Work, Flower Stands, Vases, etc. Tables, Chairs 

 and Seats. Gates and Fences. Rosery Work, Porch, Swing Canopy Aviary, 

 Footbridges Verandahs. Tool Houses, Garden Shelters, etc. Summer Houses, 

 Dovecot. Index. 



Pumps and Rams: Their Action and Construction. 



With 171 Illustrations. 



Contents. Suction Pumps and Lift Pumps. Making Simple Suction Pumps, 

 Pump Cup Leathers, Pump Valves, Ram or Plunger Pumps. Making Bucket 

 and Plunger Pump. Construction of Plumbers' Force Pump, Wooden Pumps, 

 Small Pumps for Special Purposes, Centrifugal Pumps, Air Lift, Mammoth, 

 and Pulsometer Pumps, Hydraulic Rams. Index. 

 Domestic Jobbing. With 107 Illustrations. 



Contents. Cutlery Grinding, Sharpening and Repairing. Simple Soldering 

 and Brazing. China Riveting and Repairing. Chair Caning, Furniture Re- 

 pairing, Glazing Windows, Umbrella Making and Repairing. Index. 

 Tinplate Work. With 280 Illustrations and Diagrams. 



Contents. Tinmen's Tools, Appliances and Materials. Elementary Ex- 

 amples in Tinplate. Hollowing Tinplate. Simple Round Articles in Tinplate. 

 Saucepan Making. Square and Oval Kettle Making. Oil Cooking Stove. 

 Set of Workshop Oil Cans. Fancy Paste Cutters. Lamps and Lanterns. 

 Index. 



Other Volumes in Preparation. 



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



