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Page 

 An Easily Constructed Bricic Incinerator for 



Garbage 122 



A Built-in Writing Desk Made oi Bread Board 123 



Holder for the Starting Crank of an Auto 123 



A Homemade Sawdust Burning Heating or Cook 



Stove 125 



The Animated Match Box on the Back of the Hand 125 

 Tire Damage Caused by Driving in Street Car 



Tracks 125 



Automatic Match Safe for Holding Box Matches 126 

 Inserting Hard Fiber Plugs in Automobile Clutches 126 



Making a Talking Machine 127 



A Simple Method of Securely Fastening Umbrella 



Handles 131 



Laying Out and Finishing a Plain Blanking Die .131 



Starting Manifold Papers in a Typewriter 131 



Self-Supporting Roof for Small Public Garage. ... 133 



An Auxiliary Chuck for a Carpenter's Brace 134 



Simple Designs for Hand-Made Mechanic's Tools. 134 



Making a Motor-Sled 135 



A Tell-Tale Keyless Collapsible Letter Box 138 



Blowing a Pocket Gear Off from a Transmission . 138 

 Homemade Copying Paper for Manifold Work ... 138 

 How to Make a Good Lining for Stove Fireplaces 138 



Simple Designs for Sheet Metal Working 139 



Attaching a Cord to the Glass of Nose Spectacles 141 

 How to Engrave Your Name on Steel or Iron Tools 141 

 Taking Care of Shoes to Make Them Wear Longer 141 

 Portable Scaffold for Putting on Vertical Siding . . 142 

 Solution for Removing Rust from Drawing Instru- 

 ment 142 



A Simple Ventilator for the Window Sill 146 



Joining Pieces of Rubber with Heat and a Glass 



Rod 146 



Making a Night Light of Battery Cpll and Minia- 

 ture Lamp 147 



An Emergency Battery for an Automobile 148 



A Winding Machine with a Revolution Counter. . . 148 



How to Insulate the Ends of Chair Posts 1 50 



Making an Electric Heated Blue Print Dryer 150 



A Fire-Proof Whitewash That Will Not Rub Off . . 153 



A Small Motor Used to Open Large Doors I6C 



A Sled Brake Which Will Not Throw You Headlong 224 



A Simple Trousers Supporter 237 



Simple Home Tests for Tea and Coffee 276 



A Bench Holder for a Large Pair of Tinner's Snips 281 



An Indestructible Paper Weight and Blotter 282 



A Screen Cover for an Ordinary Flower Holder. . . 284 

 Removing the Stains of Silver Nitrate in Cloth. . 284 

 Soldering a Crack in an Old-Style Copper Bathtub 284 



Asbestos Used in Place of Copper 286 



Making an Oak Footstool in Mission Style 286 



How to Make a Force Pump of Pipe and Fittings . 286 



Homemade Pair of Skis 287 



How to Make Knitting Needles in a Speed Lathe . 287 

 Making a Lock Washer from a Coil of Spring Wire 288 

 Caring for Rubbers to Make Them Wear Longer . 288 



A Practical Ventilator for the Dairy Barn 289 



Making Briquettes for an Alcohol Stove 289 



Homemade Hot Air Intake for a Carbureter 290 



Burning Holes in Patterns 291 



Tempering a Chisel to Cut Stone or Bricks 291 



Hand Sled f^ropeller Made of Buggy Wheels 292 



How to Straighten a Bent Rim on a Headlight. . . 292 

 How to Make an Aquarium for Tropical Fish. . . . 293 



A Secure Fastening for an A-Shape Sign 294 



Making Thatch-Like Effects at Eaves with Shingles 294 



Simple Designs for Sheet Metal Working 295 



Rubber Roofing Used for Packing in Steam Joints 296 

 A Block of Wood for Holding the Clothes Line Taut 299 

 Making a Barometer from an Electric Globe. . . 299 

 A Windshield for the Motorcycle Messenger . . . 299 



How to Make a Strong Glue 300 



Another Card Trick — The Inseparable Jacks and 



King. 300 



Making Simple Life Slides for Microscopic Work. . 300 



Cane Chair Seats and How to Weave Them 301 



A Rifle Range 303 



A Speed Indicator Will Count the Turns for Your 



Coil 307 



The Electro-Deposition of Copper on Insects and 



Flowers 307 



An Electric Bell Signal to Indicate Falling Snow. . 307 

 Signal Light to Show Gas Turned Off at Oven. . . . 308 

 Thermostat Made from a Brass and Iron Strip. . . 309 

 Coating a Tin Oil Can to Prevent Rust 312 



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A Telegraph Sounder Made from Old Bell Parts. . 315 



A Secret Code of Colors for Transmitting Messages 3 I 5 

 Only Uncut Diamonds Are Used to Dress Emery 



Stones 315 



Practicing the Telegraph Code Without a Battery 315 



Make Logs of Your Old Newspapers and Save Fuel 4 I 5 



How to Waterproof Boots 439 



Using a Piece of Wool to Detect Dye in Jam 441 



Rubber Roofing Used for Packing in Steam Joints. 441 



Deodorizing Naphthaline for Medicinal Purposes . 441 



Trick of Brushing Ten-Cent Piece from the Palm 441 



Positive Traction Wheel for Motor Plow 442 



Things to Be Considered When Washing an Auto- 

 mobile 442 



A Holder for Empty and Full Milk Bottles 443 



A Work Bench Clamp to Hold Boards for Planing 443 



Solution for Cleansing Polished Brass Quickly. . . 443 



How to Make a Watch Charm of Marble 444 



Small Steam Engine Used as an Air Compressor . 444 



Portable Board Roller for Circular Saw Feed 444 



Disappearing Clothes Rack for the Closet 445 



A Combination Straight and Folding Step Ladder 445 



Rustic Seat Made from an Old Stump 446 



Admitting Air to a Pullman Car Without Creating 



a Draft 446 



A Test to Determine When Butter Is Not Butter. . 446 



Hotbeds in Which to Start Early Plants 447 



Properly Lubricating Automobile Spring Bolts. . . . 448 



How to Economize in the Use of Coal Gas 449 



A Glass of Water. Some Magic Passes, and Lo! 



The Water Is Wine 450 



A Cheap Toboggan 451 



The Mystery of Freezing Water Instantaneously . 451 

 Stop to Prevent Snow Entering Under a Garage 



Door 451 



Exterminating Ground Hogs with Dynamite 452 



Canvas Is Painted More Quickly When Wet 452 



A Carafe Used by the Eskimo of the North . . 452 



Attachments for Using a Vise as a Punch Press . . . 453 



Little Ways in Which You Can Save Gasoline . . 454 



Cutting Adhesive Cloth to Make Bandage Supports 455 



Combination Tandem Seat and Tool Box 455 



Chemical Composition to Make Noninflammable 



Benzine 456 



A Leaky Valve Tire and Its Method of Repair. . . 456 



Cements for Securely Fastening Celluloid Parts . 456 



Making a Substitute for Brass Paper Weights . . 456 



Simple Designs for Sheet Metal Working 457 



Deodorizing Benzine for Dry Cleaning Purposes . . . 459 



A Book Shelf and Trough Made of Soft Wood . . 460 

 Glass Cements for Commercial and Domestic 



Purposes 460 



An Elastic Varnish for Coating Blue Prints 450 



A Small Sewage Disposal Plant 451 



Lighting an Alcohol Lamp with a Glass Rod 455 



To Prevent Mildew in a Damp Clothes Closet. . 465 

 Cleaning a Bowling Ball Quickly Without Injury 



to Surface 466 



A Primer for Carrying in a Motorcycle Tool Box . 466 



Supplying a Rib-Holding Piece to an Umbrella 466 

 A Speed Indicator Will Count the Turns for Your 



Coil 467 



The Electro-Deposition of Copper on Insects and 



Flowers 467 



Making Silver Contact Points for a Spark Coil . . 468 

 Solution for Cleansing Polished Brass Quickly . 468 

 A Few Tips on Splicing Fuse for Discharging Dyna- 

 mite 476 



Killing Woodchucks with Dynamite Fumes 476 



Mounting Unbreakable Watch Crystals 586 



Simple Construction of a Useful Range Finder. . . 601 



Self-Contained Hot Water Foot Warmer 602 



Circulating Air in a Room to Warm It Evenly. . . . 602 



Inward Flaring Cover for an Oil and Plumbago Can 602 



Portable Brush Burner Carried on a Truck 603 



Its Easy to Blast Trees or Timbers with Dynamite 603 



Cement Flower Boxes Made in Mud Molds 604 



A Revolving Washtub Stand Made of Cart Wheels 605 



Proper Cooling for Engines of Motor Boats 605 



Dissecting a Rubber Plant to Make It Grow 606 



Cold Rolled Steel and Cold Drawn Steel 606 



Buckboard Driven by Motor Wheel 607 



Priming an Automobile Engine to Start It Easily 610 



Affixing New Bearing Surface to Crankshaft 611 



Small Wood-Working Clamps Made of Skate Parts 61 1 



Bottle Cork Becomes Medicine Dropper 611 



How to Repair a Worn Wash Bowl Plug 611 



