Tips and tricks
Handicraft for handy boys
HANDICRAFT FOR HANDY BOYS
Practical Plans for Work and Play with Many Ideas for earning money
BY A. NEELY HALL
Boston, Lothrop. Lee & Shepard Co., 1911.
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Handicraft for handy boys
INTRODUCTORY NOTES
This is a companion volume to “The Boy Craftsman," and is intended for the same class of readers, - boys who want the latest ideas for making things, practical plans for earning money, up-to-date suggestions for games and sports, and novelties for home and school entertainments.
There are all sorts of Handicraft for Handy Boys in this new volume. Some of the ideas will appeal more directly to younger readers, while other ideas will be better suited to the older lads who have become more capable through experience with earlier ventures and advancement in school. At the time of the publication of "The Boy Craftsman," the author advanced the opinion that it is well to provide a boy with a book which contains not only a goodly measure of the simple work requiring little or no experience in the handling of tools, but also the proper instruction to help him grow more proficient, and such advanced work as he will then be prepared to undertake; and the success of this former volume has proven that such a book gets right next to a boy's heart, that it furnishes him with ideas for many years' work, and that it produces the best possible influence over him in encouraging him to be industrious. Every young fellow loves to plan and dream about what he is “going to do” someday, and in simply looking over the more advanced ideas in a book of this kind, he experiences, in his imaginative mind, much of the pleasures that his older brother or friend gets out of the actual work ; for this reason, no school boy is too young to enjoy such a book, and the act of placing a copy in his hands at an early age will be the means of instilling in him an ambition to make the best possible use of his time, before he has had a chance to acquire a tendency to be an idler.
As in "The Boy Craftsman," the author has planned the suggestions on an economical basis, providing for the use of the materials which a boy ordinarily has at hand, - old boards, grocery boxes, cigar boxes, barrels, tin cans, worn-out pans and tins, pails, broom-handles, spools, discarded clocks, broken chairs and other furniture, old hats and clothing, stovepipe, clothes-line, screen wire, and other things too numerous to mention, - besides many things which can be purchased for a few cents. The greater part of the ideas require very little if any outlay of money, and many suggestions for earning money have been included to make it possible for a boy to provide himself with all the tools which he requires or wishes to own, without having to call upon the home treasurer for the means for such purchases. These features were brought together for the first time in ''The Boy Craftsman," and have won the confidence of parents who realize that, in giving a book of this kind to their boys, they are providing something which will encourage self-reliance and resourcefulness rather than a dependence upon home for money for tools and working material - which is often the cause of endless worry where such cannot be furnished. The work is along such lines as will interest the boy with unlimited funds at his disposal, as well as the boy in moderate circumstances, and, inasmuch as it has been planned on a small cost basis, it should be the means of doing him more good, and help him to form a firmer foundation for later years, than something which might tend to cultivate a love for extravagance.
Much of the work is closely allied to the studies of the modern grammar and high schools, as will be seen by glancing over the table of Contents, and it is hoped and believed that this outside instruction will be the means of helping boys to appreciate the value of close application to studies.
It is impossible to make a book of this character complete, in the sense of covering every scope of work and play in which boys are interested ; for the field is practically inexhaustible, and is growing larger day by day. Every new development in the scientific world is being investigated by an eager army of boys possessing an unquenchable thirst for something new, and generally some young mechanical genius discovers how to introduce the idea into the boys' realm of work; and if costly apparatus was used in the original experiments, he "plugs away" until he finds out how this can be made, wholly or partly, with the materials boys are accustomed to work with, - the truck to be found about the house, in the shed, in alleys and in junk shops, and inexpensive stuff. This sort of original investigation should be encouraged in boys, and no better way can be found than by providing them with a book of modern and ingenious work which will appeal to their mechanical natures.
Here is an example of the pace at which boys' achievements are following the developments of the day. Every up-to-date boy is now experimenting in electrical work and wireless telegraphy, work which has put into the background experimental chemistry - not long ago one of the principal scientific pastimes, and one of the features of boys' handy books; and he is producing original forms of model aeroplanes, while aeronautics now occupies more of his attention than kite-flying, a fact which no one, a few years ago, would have believed to be possible. With the shifting of boys' interests in work and play, it is only natural for the book which contains the greatest variety of modern ideas to win the greatest amount of popularity. Whether or not this book will meet the present demands of boys, the author is willing to let his readers decide.
The manual training in the first portion of the book has been provided for the benefit of the boys who have not the advantages of such instruction at school, as well as to help those who have these advantages, in providing themselves with equipment for home use. The chapter on working-drawings has been inserted to instruct boys in enough of the principles of mechanical drawing to enable them to design and work out their own ideas accurately on paper, and the numerous plans for easily made furniture, for toys and gifts, and for such handy contrivances for the house as a fireless cooker will furnish them with a good supply of ideas to make selections from for shop work. The suggestions for fitting up a boy's room and for making box furniture and gymnasium apparatus will enable boys to provide themselves with rooms furnished to suit their convenience. The chapter on a boy's wireless telegraph outfit contains practical ideas for home-made apparatus in its simplest forms, the chapter on model aeroplanes shows some of the best model flying machines, and the "auto-airship" described is a practical scheme for a boy's airship that runs along a rope cable in which the safety of a toboggan slide is combined with some of the thrilling sensations of flying through the air.
To encourage work in the open, outdoor pastimes have been treated with as much care and consideration in the selection of material as indoor work.
Designers of home-made furniture for amateurs generally omit dimensions on their working-drawings, probably figuring that the work will thus appear less complicated to them ; but designers of furniture and machines would not think of omitting these from drawings that are to be turned over to skilled workmen, so it is foolish to expect boys to get along without them. The dimensions upon the furniture-drawings in Chapter VI may make them appear complicated, but after studying the instructions for making working-drawings, any boy will find them clear and explicit and to contain only the necessary information.
With a few exceptions, the photographs used were prepared by the author, either from the models he made or from the work constructed by his readers from his plans and instructions.
The author invites correspondence, and is always glad to hear how his boys succeed with their work, and pleased to receive photographs of their handicraft for his collection.
There are all sorts of Handicraft for Handy Boys in this new volume. Some of the ideas will appeal more directly to younger readers, while other ideas will be better suited to the older lads who have become more capable through experience with earlier ventures and advancement in school. At the time of the publication of "The Boy Craftsman," the author advanced the opinion that it is well to provide a boy with a book which contains not only a goodly measure of the simple work requiring little or no experience in the handling of tools, but also the proper instruction to help him grow more proficient, and such advanced work as he will then be prepared to undertake; and the success of this former volume has proven that such a book gets right next to a boy's heart, that it furnishes him with ideas for many years' work, and that it produces the best possible influence over him in encouraging him to be industrious. Every young fellow loves to plan and dream about what he is “going to do” someday, and in simply looking over the more advanced ideas in a book of this kind, he experiences, in his imaginative mind, much of the pleasures that his older brother or friend gets out of the actual work ; for this reason, no school boy is too young to enjoy such a book, and the act of placing a copy in his hands at an early age will be the means of instilling in him an ambition to make the best possible use of his time, before he has had a chance to acquire a tendency to be an idler.
As in "The Boy Craftsman," the author has planned the suggestions on an economical basis, providing for the use of the materials which a boy ordinarily has at hand, - old boards, grocery boxes, cigar boxes, barrels, tin cans, worn-out pans and tins, pails, broom-handles, spools, discarded clocks, broken chairs and other furniture, old hats and clothing, stovepipe, clothes-line, screen wire, and other things too numerous to mention, - besides many things which can be purchased for a few cents. The greater part of the ideas require very little if any outlay of money, and many suggestions for earning money have been included to make it possible for a boy to provide himself with all the tools which he requires or wishes to own, without having to call upon the home treasurer for the means for such purchases. These features were brought together for the first time in ''The Boy Craftsman," and have won the confidence of parents who realize that, in giving a book of this kind to their boys, they are providing something which will encourage self-reliance and resourcefulness rather than a dependence upon home for money for tools and working material - which is often the cause of endless worry where such cannot be furnished. The work is along such lines as will interest the boy with unlimited funds at his disposal, as well as the boy in moderate circumstances, and, inasmuch as it has been planned on a small cost basis, it should be the means of doing him more good, and help him to form a firmer foundation for later years, than something which might tend to cultivate a love for extravagance.
Much of the work is closely allied to the studies of the modern grammar and high schools, as will be seen by glancing over the table of Contents, and it is hoped and believed that this outside instruction will be the means of helping boys to appreciate the value of close application to studies.
It is impossible to make a book of this character complete, in the sense of covering every scope of work and play in which boys are interested ; for the field is practically inexhaustible, and is growing larger day by day. Every new development in the scientific world is being investigated by an eager army of boys possessing an unquenchable thirst for something new, and generally some young mechanical genius discovers how to introduce the idea into the boys' realm of work; and if costly apparatus was used in the original experiments, he "plugs away" until he finds out how this can be made, wholly or partly, with the materials boys are accustomed to work with, - the truck to be found about the house, in the shed, in alleys and in junk shops, and inexpensive stuff. This sort of original investigation should be encouraged in boys, and no better way can be found than by providing them with a book of modern and ingenious work which will appeal to their mechanical natures.
Here is an example of the pace at which boys' achievements are following the developments of the day. Every up-to-date boy is now experimenting in electrical work and wireless telegraphy, work which has put into the background experimental chemistry - not long ago one of the principal scientific pastimes, and one of the features of boys' handy books; and he is producing original forms of model aeroplanes, while aeronautics now occupies more of his attention than kite-flying, a fact which no one, a few years ago, would have believed to be possible. With the shifting of boys' interests in work and play, it is only natural for the book which contains the greatest variety of modern ideas to win the greatest amount of popularity. Whether or not this book will meet the present demands of boys, the author is willing to let his readers decide.
The manual training in the first portion of the book has been provided for the benefit of the boys who have not the advantages of such instruction at school, as well as to help those who have these advantages, in providing themselves with equipment for home use. The chapter on working-drawings has been inserted to instruct boys in enough of the principles of mechanical drawing to enable them to design and work out their own ideas accurately on paper, and the numerous plans for easily made furniture, for toys and gifts, and for such handy contrivances for the house as a fireless cooker will furnish them with a good supply of ideas to make selections from for shop work. The suggestions for fitting up a boy's room and for making box furniture and gymnasium apparatus will enable boys to provide themselves with rooms furnished to suit their convenience. The chapter on a boy's wireless telegraph outfit contains practical ideas for home-made apparatus in its simplest forms, the chapter on model aeroplanes shows some of the best model flying machines, and the "auto-airship" described is a practical scheme for a boy's airship that runs along a rope cable in which the safety of a toboggan slide is combined with some of the thrilling sensations of flying through the air.
To encourage work in the open, outdoor pastimes have been treated with as much care and consideration in the selection of material as indoor work.
Designers of home-made furniture for amateurs generally omit dimensions on their working-drawings, probably figuring that the work will thus appear less complicated to them ; but designers of furniture and machines would not think of omitting these from drawings that are to be turned over to skilled workmen, so it is foolish to expect boys to get along without them. The dimensions upon the furniture-drawings in Chapter VI may make them appear complicated, but after studying the instructions for making working-drawings, any boy will find them clear and explicit and to contain only the necessary information.
With a few exceptions, the photographs used were prepared by the author, either from the models he made or from the work constructed by his readers from his plans and instructions.
The author invites correspondence, and is always glad to hear how his boys succeed with their work, and pleased to receive photographs of their handicraft for his collection.
A. N. H.
CONTENT
PART I
A UTUMN AND WINTER HANDICRAFT
CHAPTER I
The Home Workshop
Introduction - What a Boy should be able to Do - Selecting a Suitable Place for a Shop - Gas or Electric Light - Cabinet-made Benches - A Home-made Bench - A Solid Work Bench - The Bench-vise - An Iron Bench-screw - An Iron Vise - A Work Bench with Tool Drawers - A Tool Tray - Home-made Bench- stops - An Adjustable Bench-stop.
CHAPTER II
Tools and Home-made Shop Equipment
Purchasing Tools - A Handy Guide for Purchasing - The Principal Tools Required - A Small Outfit and how it may be added to - Jack-knife - Hatchet - Hammer - Tack Hammer - Crate Opener - Nail-set - Wooden Mallet - Cross-cut Saw - Rip-saw - Compass-saw - Keyhole-saw - Back-saw - Coping-saw - Bracket- saw - Scroll-saw - Jack-plane - Smoothing-plane - Fore-plane - Rabbet-plane - Dado-plane - Ratchet-brace - Auger-bits - Expansive-bit - Wood Drill Bit - Brad-awls - Scratch-awl - Hand Gimlet - Rose Countersink Bit - Automatic Drill - Spiral-ratchet Screw-driver - Hand Screw-driver - Screw-driver Bit - Firmer
Chisels - Framing or Mortising Chisel - Gouge - Cold-chisel - Draw-knife - Spoke-shave - Half-round Wood-file - Handiest Forms of Files - Two-foot Folding Rule - Try-square - Carpenter's Steel Square - Bevel - Marking-gauge - Wing Dividers - Level - Pocket Level - Odd-jobs - Cutting Pliers - Wrench - Wood Handscrews - Cabinet-maker's Clamps - Home-made Clamps - Grindstone - Oilstone - Oiler - Grocery-box Tool-chest - Tool-cabinet - Tool-rack - Open Shelves - Material Boxes - Partitioned Nail Box - Another Box - Receptacles for Nails, Screws, and Brads - Horse - Saw-bench - Chair Saw-bench - Miter-box - Bench-hook - Shooting-board.
CHAPTER III
Elementary Manual Training
Selection of Working Material - Structure of Wood - Cutting up the Log - Plain Sawing - Quarter Sawing - Knots - Cup-shakes and Heart-shakes - Checks - Seasoning - Kiln Drying - Stock or Stuff - Undressed Stuff- Dressed Stuff- Matched Stuff - Matched-and-beaded Stuff - Boards - Planks or Dimension Stuff
- Timber - Stock Sizes of Lumber - Purchasing Material - A Mill List - Estimating Cost of Material - Laying out Work - Gauging - A Planing Exercise - Winding-sticks - A Sawing Exercise - Joints and Splices - Common-joint - Butt-joint - Common-splice - Fished-splice - Halved-joint - Halved-splice - Mortise-and-tenon Joint - Pins - Wedging - Rabbet - Rabbet-joint - Grooves
- Housed-joint - Tongue-and-groove Joint - Mitered-joint - Mitered-splice - Dovetail-joint - Dovetail Half-lap Joint - Dowel- joint - Battens - Cleats - Taper - Bevel - Chamfer - Gluing up Work - Screws - Nails - Carriage-bolts.
CHAPTER IV
Wood Finishing
The Finishes best adapted to Boys' Work - Paint - Mixing Paints - Brushes - Painting - Staining - Water Stains - Oil Stains - Shellacking - Filling - Waxing - Varnishing - Rubbing - Polishing - Oiling - Sandpapering - Puttying - A Home-made Putty-knife - Caution about Oily Rags.
CHAPTER V
Working-drawings
What a Working-drawing is and its Purpose - Why Some People have Difficulty in Reading Working-drawings - Definitions of Detail Drawings, Specifications, Plans, Elevations, Cross-sections, Longitudinal Sections, and a Perspective Drawing - Scales - A Drawing Outfit - A Drawing-board - A Drafting Table - A
T-square - A 45 -degree Triangle - A 60-degree Triangle - Com- passes - A Ruling-pen - A Set of Instruments - A 12-inch Ruler - A Scale - Drawing Pencils - Pens - Drawing Ink - An Ink Eraser and a Pencil Eraser - An Erasing Shield - A Home-made Pencil Box and Inkstand - Thumb-tacks - Drawing-paper - Blue- prints - Tracing-cloth - Tracing-paper - A Home-made Printing-frame - Preparing Working-drawings - Dimension-lines, Dot-and- dash Lines, and Dotted Lines - Titles - Marginal Lines - Lettering.
CHAPTER VI
Easily Made Furniture
A Good Test of a Boy's Skill - What Boys generally want to Make - Plan for Earning Money - The Juvenile Manufacturing Company - Choice of Material - A Whisk-broom Holder - A Clock-shelf - A Necktie Rack - A Towel-rack - Book-racks - An Extension Book-rack - Popularity of Tabourets and Plant Stands - A List of Material showing Exact Finished Dimensions - A Tabouret - Leveling up Uneven Legs - Another Tabouret - A Plant Stand - A Footstool - Upholstering Material and how to Upholster - A Bench - Two Magazine Racks - A Music-cabinet - An Umbrella-stand - A Roman Chair - A Mission Chair - A Mission Writing-desk - An Electric Lamp - How to wire up the Lamp with a Socket and Drop-cord - A Drafting Table - A Desk Table.
CHAPTER VII
Handy Contrivances for the House
Things a Boy can make and Sell - How to sell Home-made Articles - A Fireless Cooker - The Fireless Cooker used by the United States Army - A Pot-cover Rack - A Bottle-rack - How to cut Large Holes - A Flat-iron Rest - A Flat-iron Rack - A Sleeve-board - A Knife-box - A Scrub-pail Platform - A Towel- roller - An Ice-pick and Ice-chisel Rack - How to finish House- hold Conveniences.
CHAPTER VIII
A Boy's Room in an Attic
A Dividing Partition - A Plumb-line - A Plumb-board - Lockers - Wainscoting - A Large Clothes Closet - Trousers Hangers - Doors - The Entrance-door Transom - An Old-fashioned Cabin Latch - An Oil Heater or Stove - A Wash-stand - A Broom- handle Towel-rack - Lighting the Room - A Home-made Hanging Lamp - Furnishing the Room - Home-made Picture-frames - The Furniture - A Pirate Chest - A Window Seat - Suggestions for Boys who have no Attic.
CHAPTER IX
Box AND Barrel Furniture
The Possibilities for Making Things out of the Materials at Hand - A Writing-desk - A Shelf for Books - An Office Chair - A Waste-basket - An Arm Rocker - A Barrel Table - A Chiffonier - How to finish Box Furniture. Home-made Gymnasium Apparatus for a Boy's Room - A Chest-weight - A Striking-bag - A Striking-bag Platform - A Chinning-bar - A Hitch-and-Kick - A Wand - A Rack for Dumb-bells, Indian Clubs, and Wand.
CHAPTER XI
Cigar-box Toys and Gifts
Articles to give away and to Sell - Material - Finish - Cutting - An Express-wagon - A Cart - An Auto Delivery-wagon - A Jack-in-the-Box - A Round-seated Chair - A Round Center- table - A Dining-table - A Square-seated Chair - A Doll's Cradle - A Key-board - A Corner Clock-shelf - A Whisk-broom Holder
- A Kitchen Match-box - A Cottage Pipe-rack and Match-box - A Cottage Match box - Suggestions for Other Gifts.
CHAPTER XII
Clockwork Toys
The Necessary Materials - How to prepare the Clockwork - A Merry-go-round - The Standard - The Tent - The Tent-poles - The Horses - The Sleighs - The Shafts - The Girl and Boy Riders - The Platform - How to operate the Merry-go-round - Other Animals for the Merry-go-round - A Miniature Ferris Wheel - The Standard - The Station Platform - How to make the Wheel - How to make the Cars - The Car Axles - How to mount the Wheel - Steps to the Platform - The "Flying Airships" - The Standard - The Mast - The Cars - How to increase the Speed of the Clockwork.
CHAPTER XIII
Brass Craft
The Tools and Materials Required - Enlarging Designs by Squares - Piercing - Polishing the Brass - A Home-made Antique Green Lacquer - A Tea-pot Stand - A Calendar Board - A Pen Tray - A Lamp-shade - Chain Fringe - A Candle-shade - Shade- holders - A Candle-stick - A "Paul Revere" Lantern.
CHAPTER XIV
A Boy's Wireless Telegraph Outfit
Marconi and his Experiments - What Some Boys have Accomplished - The Chicago Wireless Club - Code Cards, Call Lists, and Aerogram Blanks - Amateur Commercial Stations - Fundamental Principles of Wireless Telegraphy - The Aerial - Masts for the Aerial - Insulating the Aerial - Grounding the Aerial - The Receiving Outfit - Telephone Receivers - Detectors - A Microphone Detector - A Razor-blade Microphone Detector - A Silicon Detector - A Tuning-coil - A Fixed Condenser - A Potentiometer - The Transmitting Outfit - An Induction-coil - A Spark-gap - A Storage Battery - Dry Batteries - A Wireless Key - A Knife Switch - A Good Arrangement for the Instruments - Operation of Instruments - How to receive a Call - How to make a Call - Codes - A Good Way to learn a Code - Electrical Measurements - Connection of Dry Batteries.
CHAPTER XV
Stunts for a Boys' Vaudeville Show 256
The Best Kind of Stunts for a Boys' Show - Sam Dow, the Strong Man - Holding out a Chair upon which a Boy is Seated - The Dumb-bell Lifting Feat - Juggling with Heavy Balls - Bone-head - The Magical Mortar - The Professor - The Wonderful Hat Trick - Other Mortar Stunts - The Professor's Final Exhibition - The Dummy Assistant - Falsetto, the Boy with a Wonderful Voice - The Ventriloquist - How to make the Ventriloquist's Doll - Willie Shute, the Crack Shot of the World - The Targets - His Blunderbuss - A Program Board - Admission Tickets.
CHAPTER XVI
Moving Pictures
A Simple Moving-picture Machine - The Wooden Base - The Cylinder - The Clown and Ball Pictures - The Circus Horse and Hound Pictures - How to operate this Toy - The Automobile - The Revolving Wheels - The Boxing-match.
CHAPTER XVII
A Snow Battleship
A New Idea for a Snow Fight - The Central Station - The Hull - A Torpedo Tube - The Superstructure Deck - The Conning-tower - The Forward Turret - The Midship Turret - The Mast - The Fighting-tops - Rapid-fire Guns - The Crosstree - A Coach-whip Pennant - Paper Signal Flags - A Union Jack – A National Ensign - The Funnels - The Ventilators - The Main-battery Guns - The Secondary-battery Guns - Arrangement of Ammunition Stores - Duties of the Captain - A Naval Battle-Rules for the Battle - A Flag of Truce - The "Torpedo Boats" - Repairing the Ships after a Battle - Marksmanship.
CHAPTER XVIII
A Coaster and a Bob-sled
A Coaster - How to lay out the Runners - Shoes for Runners - Connecting the Runners - The Seat - Sled Handles - The Foot-bar - Painting the Sled. A Bob-sled - The Four Runners - Connecting the Runners - The Sled Seats - The Plank Seat - How to hinge the Seat to the Stern Sled - Check-chains - The Steering Foot-bar - The Steering Lines - Handle-bars - A Seat Cushion - Painting the Bob-sled.
PART II
SPRING AND SUMMER HANDICRAFT
CHAPTER XIX
Model Aeroplanes
Spring Activities - "Aeroplane Time” - Length of Model Aero- plane Flights - Junior Aero Clubs - Model Aeroplane Meets - Types of Machines Used - Support of Aeroplane - A Cardboard Bird Glider - A Simple Monoplane Model - Center-pole - Planes - A Glider Race - An Easily Made Propeller - Shaft and Shaft
Bearing - Motive Power - Winding up the Motor - A French Monoplane Model - Center-pole - Propeller - Running-gear - Skids - Planes - Adjustment of Planes - An Antoinette Mono-plane Model - Center-pole - Propeller - Wings - Tail - Fin - Rudder - Running-gear - A More Elaborate Monoplane Model - Center-pole - Material for Binding - Running-gear - Propeller - Shaft and Bearing - Motor - Planes - Bracings - Rudder - Finish - Flights this Monoplane is capable of Making - Field for Experimenting.
CHAPTER XX
A Boy's Auto-airship
A Safe and Practical "Boy-carrying'' Airship - The Framework of the Balloon - Barrel-hoop Ribs - Rib-bands - Stays - The Balloon Envelope - Construction of the Car - The Propeller - A Starting Platform - A Push-off Platform - The Rope Cable - Attachment of Car - Windlass for pulling back the Airship to Starting Platform - An Auto-airship Club.
CHAPTER XXI
Camping Equipment 337
Prices of "A" and Wall Tents - How to make an "A" Tent - The Ridge-pole and Uprights - Tent Stakes - Pitching a Tent - A Tent Ground-cloth - A Pine Twig Mattress - A Sleeping-bag - Other Equipment - An Electric Flash Lamp - Packing - A Safety Match-box - A Duffle Box - Food Supplies - If you are to be Cook - Making an Open Fire - The Backwoodsman's Camp Fireplace - Pothooks - A Sheet-iron Camp Stove - A Dutch Oven - A Camp Fireless Cooker - To build a Fire - Camp Furniture - A Camp Chair - A Camp Table - A Good Table Bench - A Comfortable Box Bench - Box Cupboards.
CHAPTER XXII
A Home-made Punt
Dimensions - Material - The Side Boards - The Stem- and Stern-pieces - The Bottom Boards - An Inner Keel Board - Seats - Rowlocks - Thole-pins - The Painter - Finishing.
CHAPTER XXIII
A Home-made Sharpie
Dimensions - The Side-pieces - The Stem-piece - The Stern-piece - The Stretcher - To put the Pieces Together - The Bottom Boards - The Skeg - An Inner Keel Board - Seats - Finishing the Bow - The Painter - An Easily Made Rudder - The Rowlock Blocks - Rowlocks or Thole-pins - Finishing.
CHAPTER XXIV
Pushmobiles and Other Home-made Wagons
Where to get Wheels - What a Pushmobile Is - The Flushing Pushmobile Club - The Vanderbilt Cup Race - Description of a Pushmobile Race - Organizing Pushmobile Clubs - To construct a Pushmobile - The Iron Axles - The Wooden Axles - The Wagon-bed - The Steering-wheel - The Hood - The Radiator-front - The Seat - Headlights - Side Lamps - A Clock-case Side Lamp - Painting - The License Number - A Racing Pushmobile. An Auto Wagon - The Steering-wheel - Another Steering-gear - The Seat - A Trip Gong - A Simple Push Wagon - The Wagon-bed - The Rear Wheels - The Axle for the Front Wheels.
CHAPTER XXV
Bird-houses
Designing the Bird-house and choosing a Location for It - Materials out of which to make Bird-houses - A Box Bird-house - Another Box Bird-house - A Bird Tower - A Tin-can Bird Tower - A Bird Castle - A Bird Ark - A Wall Bracket Bird Ark - A House and Swing - A Hanging House - A Shelter.
CHAPTER XXVI
Houses for Pets
A Dog-house - A Rabbit-hutch - Galvanized Poultry-netting, Twist Wire Cloth, and Wire Cloth for Fronts of Hutches and Cages - A Breeding Hutch - A Two-story Rabbit-hutch - A Rabbit Yard - A Cage for White Rats - An Elevated "Race-track" - Painting - Floor Covering - Drinking Receptaclec - A Pigeon cote.
CHAPTER XXVII
A Castle Club-house and Home-made Armor
Material - The Framework - The Floor Joists - The Corner Turrets - Boarding up the Walls - To cut the Openings - The Roof - If the Roof Leaks - The Battlement - Secret Treasure Vaults - The Drawbridge - To counterbalance the Drawbridge - A Windlass - A Moat. Home-made Armor - A Helmet - A Shield – A Sword.
CHAPTER XXVIII
A Boys' Band of Home-made Instruments
The Neighborhood Parade - Materials out of which to make the Imitation Instruments - A Cornet - A Trombone - A Bass Horn - A Fife - A Bass Drum - Cymbals - The Drum-stick - Snare-drums - The Drum Major - A Splendid "Bearskin" Cap - The Drum Major's Staff - The Major's Whistle - Uniforms - Organizing a Band - How the Band will be useful in the Home Circus, Vaudeville, and Other Shows - A Boy Scout Band.
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