INDEX TO VOUMK S!) 



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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 



