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The boy craftsman
THE BOY CRAFTSMAN
PRACTICAL AND PROFITABLE IDEAS FOR A BOY’S LEISURE HOURS
BY A. NEELY HALL
Lee and Shepard, Boston, 1905
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NOTE TO THE READER
The boy of to day is ever on the lookout for new ideas which can be adopted for his work and recreation, schemes which are practical and which are thoroughly up-to-date. They must be helpful in suggesting ways of earning money, as well as entertaining, for what boy of the present day does not feel the need of such suggestions to aid him in raising the funds necessary to carry on his work ?
In none of the books published on boy's handicraft has the question entered into consideration as to how he is to obtain the means with which to buy such materials and apparatus as the work requires. A boy should not expect to draw upon his father's purse for everything his fancy desires. It is important that he learn to earn his spending money, for in doing so he becomes independent and more careful as to how he invests it. Having had the experience of working, the average boy learns to so appreciate the value of hard-earned money that it is pretty certain he will spend it only for something with which he can earn more or which will prove useful to him in his work and play.
“The Boy Craftsman” has been undertaken with a view of helping boys with their problems of earning money, as well as furnishing recreative and entertaining work, and to this end the first portion has been devoted to suggestions for the carrying on of a number of small business enterprises, and the second and third parts to outdoor and indoor pastimes for all seasons of the year.
In “Profitable Pastimes” a boy will find work that will make easy the matter of earning money with which to buy such materials as he needs to carry out the suggestions offered in the book, while the practical knowledge acquired and the handiness developed in pursuing the several lines of work is certain to be helpful to him in later years. The tools and apparatus used are such as a boy of average ability can procure with a little husthng, and can be purchased singly, or two or three at a time, as his money permits. The materials at hand can be used in thousands of different ways, and in preparing the chapters this has been taken into consideration, these odds and ends being utilized whenever it has been possible to do so.
Carpenter work is something with which every boy must familiarize himself to a certain extent in order to do anything in the line of construction, so the fitting up of a workshop and the proper handling of tools have been described in the first two chapters, in view of making it a simple matter to perform the work embodied in the rest of the book. Technical terms and phrases have been eliminated from the text as far as possible, and where it has been deemed necessary to include them, to describe certain operations for which a boy should know the proper terms or expressions, they have generally been explained in the first chapter in which they occur. To simplify the matter of referring to the definitions of these, they have been arranged alphabetically in Chapter XXIX.
The author is always glad to hear from his young readers, and to be of assistance to them in answering any questions they wish to ask regarding their work.
In none of the books published on boy's handicraft has the question entered into consideration as to how he is to obtain the means with which to buy such materials and apparatus as the work requires. A boy should not expect to draw upon his father's purse for everything his fancy desires. It is important that he learn to earn his spending money, for in doing so he becomes independent and more careful as to how he invests it. Having had the experience of working, the average boy learns to so appreciate the value of hard-earned money that it is pretty certain he will spend it only for something with which he can earn more or which will prove useful to him in his work and play.
“The Boy Craftsman” has been undertaken with a view of helping boys with their problems of earning money, as well as furnishing recreative and entertaining work, and to this end the first portion has been devoted to suggestions for the carrying on of a number of small business enterprises, and the second and third parts to outdoor and indoor pastimes for all seasons of the year.
In “Profitable Pastimes” a boy will find work that will make easy the matter of earning money with which to buy such materials as he needs to carry out the suggestions offered in the book, while the practical knowledge acquired and the handiness developed in pursuing the several lines of work is certain to be helpful to him in later years. The tools and apparatus used are such as a boy of average ability can procure with a little husthng, and can be purchased singly, or two or three at a time, as his money permits. The materials at hand can be used in thousands of different ways, and in preparing the chapters this has been taken into consideration, these odds and ends being utilized whenever it has been possible to do so.
Carpenter work is something with which every boy must familiarize himself to a certain extent in order to do anything in the line of construction, so the fitting up of a workshop and the proper handling of tools have been described in the first two chapters, in view of making it a simple matter to perform the work embodied in the rest of the book. Technical terms and phrases have been eliminated from the text as far as possible, and where it has been deemed necessary to include them, to describe certain operations for which a boy should know the proper terms or expressions, they have generally been explained in the first chapter in which they occur. To simplify the matter of referring to the definitions of these, they have been arranged alphabetically in Chapter XXIX.
The author is always glad to hear from his young readers, and to be of assistance to them in answering any questions they wish to ask regarding their work.
CONTENTS
PROFITABLE PASTIMES
CHAPTER I
A Boy’s Workshop
- Value of a Knowledge of Carpenter Work
- Location of Shop
- A Solid Work Bench
- The Vise
- Bench Stops
- Carpenter’s Horses
- A Bench Hook
- A Mitre Box
- A Sand Paper Block
- A Strop
- A Plumb
- Purchasing Tools
- Tool Cabinets
- Racks for Tools
- A Carpenter’s Carrying Box
- A Nail Box
- Receptacles for Supplies
- Workshop Clothes
- Care of Oily Rags and Waste
CHAPTER II
THE PROPER HANDLING OF TOOLS
- Care of Tools
- The Cross Cut Saw And Rip Saw
- Sawing
- The Back Saw, Compass Saw, and Gig Saw
- Kerfs
- The Jack Plane, Fore Plane and Smoothing Plane
- Planing
- Testing Work
- The Firmer Chisel
- Paring
- The Framing Chisel
- Chamfering and Bevelling
- The Gouge
- The Draw Knife
- Boring
- An Automatic Drill
- Hatchet and Hammer
- Driving nails
- With Drawing Nails
- Toe Nailing
- Blind Nailing
- Clinching
- The Nail Set
- Nails
- Screw Driver for Bit Stock
- Screws
- The Countersink
Sharpening Tools
- Grinding Cliisels, Gouges, Draw knives, Knives and Hatchets
- The Washita Oil stone
- Whetting
- Stropping
- Sharpening Saws.
Laying out Work
- Use of the Try
- Square
- Gauging with Rule and Pencil
- A Marking gauge
- A Mitred Try square
- The Bevel
- To Divide a Board.
CHAPTER III
The Boy about the House
- Opportunities for Work
- Outfit for Jobbing
- The Hinge lock
- Clothes-line Reel
- A Broom and Dust pan Rack
- The Fly killer
- An Ash sifter
- A Bread board
- A Plate rack
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CHAPTER IV
Suggestions for a Boy's Room
- Simple and Inexpensive Furnishings
- What the Room should Contain
- A Cosey-corner
- Pennants
- Small Posters — Pictureframes
- A Writing-desk
- Another Style of Desk
- An Ink-stand and Pen-tray
- A Couch
- A Window-seat
- A Curio-cabinet
- Book-shelves
- A Blacking-case
- A Towel-rack.
CHAPTER V
How TO MAKE A DOLL-HOUSE
- Store Doll-houses
- Profit from making Doll-houses
- The Materials Required
- The Base
- The Floors
- Partitions and Walls
- Stairways
- Balustrades
- Front and Rear Steps
- The Gambrel Roof
- The Gable-ends
- The Doors and Windows
- Outside Trimmings
- Casters
- The Chimneys
- A Mantel and Fire-place
- Andirons
- The Interior Woodwork
- Painting the House.
CHAPTER VI
Another Doll-house and a Stable
- Packing-cases and Other Material
- The Floor Plans
- The Partitions and Walls
- The Elevator-shaft
- The Windows
- The Roof
- The Chimney
- An Elevator
- The Gable-ends
- The Stairway—A Balustrade
- Other Details.
HOW TO MAKE THE STABLE
- Dimensions of Stable
- The First Story
- The Roof
- The Gable-ends
- The Stall Partitions and Feed-troughs
- Windows
- Ladder to Hay Loft
- Feed-hoist
- The Drop-front
- A Stable Door
- Painting.
CHAPTER VII
Furnishing the Doll-house
- The Walls and Ceiling
- Hardwood Floors—Carpets and Rugs
- Window-shades and Curtains
- Portieres
- Pictures
- A Coseycorner
- Buying Furnishings.
CHAPTER VIII
Doll-furniture
- Metal Furniture
- Miniature Mission Furniture
- Material
- Drawing the Patterns
- The Chairs
- The Settee
- Tables
- A Side-board
- A Mirror
- The Grandfather's Clock
- Kitchen Furniture
- The Beds
- The Dresser
- A Wash-stand
- Finishing
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- A Folding-bed
- The Dresser
- A Wardrobe.
CHAPTER IX
A Boy's Printing-shop
- Location of Printing-shop
- Equipment
- Selection of Type
- Type-cases
- A Rack for Type-cases
- A Composing-stick
- A Composing-rule
- Justifying
- A Home-made Galley
- " Pieing "
- Proofs
- The Imposing-stone
- The Chase
- Furniture
- Locking-up a Form
- Distribution
- The Tympan
- Overlaying
- Underlaying
- Gauge-pins
- Inking the Press
- Care of Rollers
- Neatness
- Receptacles for Materials
- Care of Waste Paper and Oily Rags.
CHAPTER X
Amateur Journalism
- A Collection of Amateur Papers
- Amateur Press Associations
- Some Methods of Printing Papers
- Examples of Amateur Papers
- The Character of a Paper
- Naming
- The Frequency of Publication
- The Size of Page
- A Stereotyped Heading
- The Choice of Type
- A Cover
- Binding
- Advertisements
- The Advertisers' Dummy
- Second class Matter.
CHAPTER XI
A Boy's Dark-room
- Profit in Photography
- The Necessary Equipment
- The Bedroom as a Dark-room
- The Bath-room as a Dark-room
— Another Scheme for a Dark-room
— A Work-table
— Running Water
— A Water-tank
— A Sink
— A Washing-box
— A Drying-rack
— Another Scheme for a Drying-rack
— A Cabinet
— A Ruby-Light
— A Home-made Lantern
— A Plate-lifter
— Classifying and Preserving Negatives
— Manila Envelopes
— A Negative-case
CHAPTER XII
A Winter Enterprise
- An Opportunity for Making Money
- A Snow Plough
- A Scraper
- A Snow Shovel
PART II
OUTDOOR PASTIMES
CHAPTER XIII
A Back-yard Club-house
- How Some Boys Built a Club-house
- A Mysterious Letter
- Drawing the Plan of a Club-house
- The Material
- Fishing Studs
- Staking out the Building
- The Studs
- Boarding up the Sides
- The Roof
- The Floor
- A Window-sash
- A Batten Door
- Wooden Latch
— Calking up Cracks
CHAPTER XIV
How TO BUILD A LOG-CABIN
- The Pioneer Cabin
- The Cabin of To-day
- Selection of a Site
- Design and Size
- The Material
- Staking out the Cabin
- The Lock-joint
- The Sills
- Construction of Roof
- Ridge Boards
- A Log Chimney and Fire-place
- Calking
- A Mud Floor
- The Windows
- The Cabin Door
- Wooden Hinges
- Wooden Latch
- The Latch-string
- A Mantel-shelf
- Provision Cupboard
- Rustic Seats
- Bunks
- A Camp-table
- A Few Pointers about
- Camping—Utensils
- Other Necessities
- Provisions.
CHAPTER XV
How TO BUILD A CANVAS CANOE
- Canoeing as a Sport
- Popularity of Canvas Canoes
- Materials
- The Bow and Stern Pieces
- The Keelson
- The Mould
- Putting the Framework Together
- The Gunwales
- The Ribbands
- The Deck Beams
- The Ridge Pieces
- The Deck Braces
- The Cock-pit
- The Canvas Covering
- The Deck
- Painting
- The Cock-pit Coaming
- The Keel
- The Bilge-keels
- Outside Gunwales
- A Seat
- How to mend Punctures
- A Single Paddle.
CHAPTER XVII
Toy Guns, Targets, and Bows and Arrows
- Ancient War Engines
- New Idea for a Cross-bow
- Shingle Arrows
- A Toy Pistol
- Cardboard Bullets
- A Shot-gun
- An Elastic Sling
- A Boy's Barrel-hoop Target
- A Simpler Target
- How Points are Scored
- The Bow and Arrow
- Length of Bow
- The Bow-string
- The Arrow-shafts
- Preparing Arrow-heads
- Feathering
- A Quiver
- Proper Position for Shooting with Bow
- The Indian's Bow
- How his Arrows were made and Feathered
- The Preparation of his Arrow-heads.
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CHAPTER XVIII
An Outdoor Gymnasium
- Location for Gymnasium
- A Horizontal Bar
- Tumbling Mat
- Parallel Bars
- The Punching-bag Platform
- A Pair of Jump Standards
- A Vaulting Pole
- A Spring-board
- Hurdles
- A Running Track
- Method of Starting for Short Sprints
- Mark for Broad Jumping
- An Athletic Club —Athletic Meets.
CHAPTER XIX
A Back-yard Circus
- The Ancient Roman Circus
- The Circus of To-day
- How Several Boys gave a Circus
- Preparing the Yard for a Circus
- Making the Ring
- Good Circus Seats
- A Tent
- Decorating the Tent
- A Ticket Office
- A Turnstile
- The Side Show
- Cages for Side Show
- Animated Animals
- The Elephant
- The Giraffe
- The Two-legged Wild Horse
- The Wild Man of Borneo
- A Monkey's Make-up
- The Ring Master
- The Clown's Suit
- The Attendants
- Ideas for a Performance
- A Slapper
- Looping the Hoop on a Giraffe
- A Chariot—Parades
- The Advertising Signs.
CHAPTER XX
Suggestions for Fourth of July
- The First Fourth of July Celebration
- Pyrotechnics Costly and Dangerous to Make
- The Making of Harmless and Inexpensive Fireworks
- A Fire-cracker Cannon
- To fire the Cannon
- A Fire-cracker Mortar
- Mimic Battles with Paper Soldiers
- Another Toy Cannon
- To fire the Cannon
- Firing Fireworks from Kites
- Firing a Pack of Fire-crackers from a Kite
- Shooting Niggerchasers
- Japanese Lanterns hung from Kite-strings
- A Shootingtorch
- A Final Set-piece.
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CHAPTER XXI
Halloween
- Ancient Superstitions and Origin of Halloween
- A Magazine Bean-blower
- A New Style of Tick-tack
- A Clockwork Ticktack
- The Goblin-man
- The Disappearing Rope.
CHAPTER XXII
A Back-yard Toboggan-slide
- One Advantage of a Small Slide
- Location
- Length
- The Platform
- Framework
- Railing around Platform
- A Ladder
- Making a Swift Slide
- A Home-made Sled
- The Runners
- Reenforcing the Runners.
PART III
INDOOR PASTIMES
CHAPTER XXIII
A Miniature Theatre
- An Interesting Entertainment
- A Picture-frame Proscenium
- The Stage Framework
- The Gridiron
- The Stage Floor
- The Drop-curtain
- Lighting the Theatre
- The Footlights
- Floodlights
- Colored Lights
- Spotlights
- Admission Tickets and Programmes.
CHAPTER XXIV
Scenery, Properties, and Mechanical Effects
- Materials for Scenery
- An Ocean Scene
- Additional Waves
- Frames for Drops
- A Mid-ocean Scene
- A Seashore Scene
- A Field Scene
- The Trees
- A Blockhouse Scene
- Pine Boughs for Trees and Shrubbery
- Moss for Mounds and Hills
- Rustic Bridges
- A Pond or Lake
- A Street Scene
- An Interior
- War Drama
- Paper Soldiers
- Scheme for Marching Soldiers
- Separate Standards
- A Jointed Figure
- Stage Properties
- Tents
- An Indian Teepee
- Battleships
- Trains and Wagons
- Mechanical Effects
- Thunder
- Rain
- Wind
- Lightning
- The Roar of Cannon.
CHAPTER XXV
Making a Toy Railway
- The Trolley-line
- Supports for Trolley-line
- Power for Operating Railway
- Tracks
- The Cars
- A Gondola Car
- A Street Car
- Other Cars
- Operation of Railway—A Station.
CHAPTER XXVI
Clockwork Automobiles
- Procuring a Set of Clockworks
- An Automobile Touring-car
- The Frame
- Preparation of Clockworks
- The Belt
- Testing the Machine
- The Cardboard Sides
- Wheels
- Mud-guards
- Lamps
- The Steering-wheel
- A Horn
- The Brake
- The Chauffeur
- Painting the Machine
- An Automobile Delivery Wagon
- The Cardboard Sides
- The Wheels
- Other Portions
- Painting the Wagon
- A Clockwork Railway.
CHAPTER XXVII
Work to do with a Knife
- How Boots were Marked in a Penitentiary
- A Home-made Fountain Pen
- The Magic Pin-wheel
- To Operate the Pin-wheel
- A Wooden Chain and Rattle
- The Chain
- The Rattle
- Finishing the Chain and Rattle.
CHAPTER XXVIII
Cork Toys
- Materials Required
- Cork Animals
- A Pig
- A Horse
- The Elephant
- The Giraffe
- A Porcupine
- Other Animals
- The Korka-bird
- A Duck
- Canoes
- Small Sail-boats
- Cork Furniture
- A Chair
- The Sofa
- A Small Tabouret
- A Toy Logcabin.
CHAPTER XXIX
Definitions of Terms and Phrases
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