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The handy boy
THE HANDY BOY
A Modern Handy Book of Practical and Profitable Pastimes
BY A. NEELY HALL
BOSTON LOTHROP. LEE &- SHEPARD CO., 1913.
Do Something and Be Something,
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INTRODUCTORY NOTES
The handy boy becomes a handy man - a skilled mechanic, a practical business man, a thorough, accurate worker. That is why it is so important for a boy to learn to be handy, and why he should be encouraged in the pursuit of playtime pastimes which will develop handiness.
"The Handy Boy" has been especially planned with a view to training the boy in the ways of doing things handily, by applying handy methods to the making and doing of hundreds of worth-while things in which he will be intensely interested. Such instruction as it contains can be put to immediate use, and that naturally will appeal more to the boy's sense of the practical than instruction which he could not possibly use for years to come, and will be of infinitely more value to him because knowledge once applied is not easily forgotten.
Handiness comes more naturally to some boys than to others, but any boy who will employ a portion of his spare time to experimenting, and to working out handy boy ideas, can acquire it. Clumsiness is simply a lack of the knack of doing things gracefully, and the boy with a tendency to be clumsy must overcome it by properly applying himself.
The man of today who excuses his inability to do this or that by admitting that he is not handy, was one of the boys of yesterday who did not bother about making kites, constructing conveniences for the house, and building boats, wagons, tree-huts, and the like. Perhaps he had a good time, but he might have had just as good a time doing something useful, and would now have the enjoyment of making the things he would like to make if he but knew how. Many boys of today are growing up with no desire to do more than what is prescribed for them to do, who, with the right kind of encouragement and suggestion might become handy men of tomorrow, prepared to do something and be something worthwhile.
Besides developing a boy's handiness, "The Handy Boy" will train him to think for himself and to use his ingenuity, and will instill in him an ambition to make the best possible use of his time always.
The suggestions contained in "The Handy Boy" have been selected after much study into what boys most enjoy making and doing, a knowledge of which the author has gained through many years of working with boys, and through corresponding with many of the hundreds of thousands of readers of his handicraft articles published in newspapers in every part of the United States and Canada, of his handicraft articles published in The Ladies Home Journal,
Woman's Home Companion, The Delineator, Good Housekeeping, The Ladies' World, Technical World Magazine, and the juvenile publications, The American Boy, Boys' Magazine, Boys' World, and Youth's World, and of his handy books, The Boy Craftsman, and Handicraft for Handy Boys.
There is woodworking, electrical and mechanical toy making, camp craft, and other forms of indoor and outdoor handicraft in "The Handy Boy," and, as in The Boy Craftsman and Handicraft for Handy Boys, the material at hand is used wherever possible in all constructive work, while suggestions are provided by which whatever money is needed for tools and materials may be earned. Thus the handy boy through " The Handy Boy " is encouraged to depend upon his own resources.
"The Handy Boy" has been especially planned with a view to training the boy in the ways of doing things handily, by applying handy methods to the making and doing of hundreds of worth-while things in which he will be intensely interested. Such instruction as it contains can be put to immediate use, and that naturally will appeal more to the boy's sense of the practical than instruction which he could not possibly use for years to come, and will be of infinitely more value to him because knowledge once applied is not easily forgotten.
Handiness comes more naturally to some boys than to others, but any boy who will employ a portion of his spare time to experimenting, and to working out handy boy ideas, can acquire it. Clumsiness is simply a lack of the knack of doing things gracefully, and the boy with a tendency to be clumsy must overcome it by properly applying himself.
The man of today who excuses his inability to do this or that by admitting that he is not handy, was one of the boys of yesterday who did not bother about making kites, constructing conveniences for the house, and building boats, wagons, tree-huts, and the like. Perhaps he had a good time, but he might have had just as good a time doing something useful, and would now have the enjoyment of making the things he would like to make if he but knew how. Many boys of today are growing up with no desire to do more than what is prescribed for them to do, who, with the right kind of encouragement and suggestion might become handy men of tomorrow, prepared to do something and be something worthwhile.
Besides developing a boy's handiness, "The Handy Boy" will train him to think for himself and to use his ingenuity, and will instill in him an ambition to make the best possible use of his time always.
The suggestions contained in "The Handy Boy" have been selected after much study into what boys most enjoy making and doing, a knowledge of which the author has gained through many years of working with boys, and through corresponding with many of the hundreds of thousands of readers of his handicraft articles published in newspapers in every part of the United States and Canada, of his handicraft articles published in The Ladies Home Journal,
Woman's Home Companion, The Delineator, Good Housekeeping, The Ladies' World, Technical World Magazine, and the juvenile publications, The American Boy, Boys' Magazine, Boys' World, and Youth's World, and of his handy books, The Boy Craftsman, and Handicraft for Handy Boys.
There is woodworking, electrical and mechanical toy making, camp craft, and other forms of indoor and outdoor handicraft in "The Handy Boy," and, as in The Boy Craftsman and Handicraft for Handy Boys, the material at hand is used wherever possible in all constructive work, while suggestions are provided by which whatever money is needed for tools and materials may be earned. Thus the handy boy through " The Handy Boy " is encouraged to depend upon his own resources.
A. N. H.
CONTENTS
PART I
AUTUMN AND WINTER PASTIMES
CHAPTER I
The Handy Boy's Back-Yard Workshop
Location of the Home Workshop - A Small Shop - Building Material - Determining Size of Workshop - Drawing the Plan - A Workshop with a Lean-To Roof - Staking out the Workshop - The Way to Test the Comers - The Foundation - The Post Supports - The Sills - The Floor Joists - The Floor Boards - The Wall Frame-work - Plumbing the Framework - The Roof Rafters - The Roof Boarding - A Covering of Boards - Shingling - Shingle Gauge-Board - Tar-Paper - Boarding up the Walls - The Door and Window Frames - The Outside Trim - A Workshop with a Gable Roof - The Framework - To Determine Pitch of Roof - To Lay Out Length of Rafters - The Ridge-Pole - Putting up the Rafters - Window-Frames - A Home-Made Window-Frame and Weight-Box - A Door-Frame - A Batten Door - A Wooden Latch and Latch-String - Siding - A Workshop with a Hip-Roof - The Wall Construction - The Roof Framing - Painting - Installing a Stove - Care of Shavings, Oily Rags and Waste.
CHAPTER II
The Handy Boy's Work - Bench and Tool - Chest
A Home-Made Work-Bench - The Framework - The Bench-Vise - The Sliding-Stick - A Packing-Case Work-Bench and Tool-Cabinet - The Bench-Vise - Fastening the Work-Bench to the Floor with Hinges - An Excellent Tool-Cabinet - A Good Rack for Bits and Chisels - A Tool-Chest - Selection of Tools - The Most Important Tools - List of Tools for a Medium-Sized Tool Outfit.
CHAPTER III
The Handy Boy's Handy Ways of Doing Things
How to Acquire Handiness - Nails and How to Drive Them - Kinds of Nails - Sizes of Nails to Use - Driving Nails into Thin Wood - Starting Holes in Hard Wood - Supporting Short Nails with Pincers - What to Do When Nails Bend - Withdrawing a Nail - Right and Wrong Nailing - How to Hold your Hammer Clinching Nails - Toe-Nailing - Blind-Nailing - Screws and How to Drive Them - Fastening Cleats or Battens with Screws - Driving Screws into Hard Wood - Countersinking Screw-Heads - Spacing Screws - Withdrawing a Rusted Screw - Locking a Screw - Handy Boy Hardware - Junk Boxes - Hinges and Hinging - Attaching Hinges - A Home-Made Depth-Gauge - Drilling Hinge Screw-Holes - The
Nail Pivot Hinge - A Home-Made Box-Hinge - Ornamental Box- Hinges - Gauging with a Rule and Pencil - Gauging with a Carpenter's Square and Pencil - Dividing a Board into a Number of Equal Parts - A Jack-Knife Plumb-Bob - A Spinning-Top Plumb-Bob - A Plumb-Board - A Home-Made Level - A Post-Hole Digger - Boring Large Holes - Cutting Slots - Cutting Large Wooden Disks -
A Depth-Gauge for Boring Holes - A Hatchet-Head Anvil - Cutting Wire - A Makeshift Wrench - A Small Pipe Wrench - To Keep Tools from Rusting - To Remove Old Sash Putty - To Remove Specks of Paint from Glass - Soldering.
CHAPTER IV
The Handy Boy about the House
Making Things to Sell - Additional Shelves for a Clothes Closet - A Plate- Warmer - A Window Refrigerator - A Windmill Clothes- Dryer - A Soap-Grater - A Broom-Rack - A Bath-Room Toilet- Cabinet - A Pot Shelf.
CHAPTER V
For the Handy Boy's Room
The Ideal Room - A Writing-Desk - A Combined Desk and Book-Case - A Desk Stool - A Book and Magazine Rack - A Blacking-Case.
CHAPTER VI
Practical Gifts for the Handy Boy to Make
Materials for Making Gifts - Methods of Finishing - A Thermometer-Board- A Key-Board - A Spool-Holder - A Spool-Rack - A Simpler Spool-Rack - A Paper-Spindle - A Necktie-Rack - A Match-Box - A Post-Card Rack - A Calendar-Board and Pen-Tray - A Letter-Rack.
CHAPTER VII
Handy Boy Clocks
An Electric Alarm-Clock - A Unique Mantel Clock - A Clock Flash-Light - The Light Outfit.
CHAPTER VIII
The Handy Boy Electrician
Marvelous Achievements Obtained with Electricity - Spare Time Experimental Work - The Means by which Electricity may be Produced - The Common Forms of Batteries - The Dry-Battery Cell - The Sal-Ammoniac Battery Cell - The Bi-Chromate Battery Cell - A Plunge Battery - A Gravity Battery Cell - The Storage Battery - A Home-Made Sal-Ammoniac Battery Cell - A Larger Sal-Ammoniac Cell - Another Form of Carbon Element - A Home-Made Bi-Chromate Battery Cell - The Bi-Chromate Battery Fluid - Amalgamating a Zinc Pencil - A Home-Made Plunge-Battery - Methods of Connecting Battery Cells - Electrical Measurements - The Volt - The Ampere - The Ohm - Binding-Posts - A Home-Made Switch , - A Double-Pole Knife-Switch - A Home-Made Push-Button - An Electro-Magnet - A Home-Made Electric-Bell Outfit - The Horse-shoe Electro-Magnet.
CHAPTER IX
Electrical Toys for Handy Boys
An Electro-Magnet Derrick - The Electro-Magnet - The Derrick - The Windlass - The Hoisting Cables - How the Derrick Works - A Toy Shocking Machine - The Induction-Coil - The Primary-Coil - The Secondary-Coil - The Handles - An Interrupter - How the Interrupter Works - A Toy Electric Motor Truck - The Wheels - The Upper Shaft - The Belts - The Battery - The Seat and Canopy-Top - The Seat-Arms - The Steering- Wheel - The Levers.
CHAPTER X
Mechanical Toys for Handy Boys
A Toy Water-Motor - The Motor Case - The Water-Wheel - The Shaft - Mounting the Wheel - The Upper Shafting - Pulleys for Gearing - A Toy Merry-Go-Round - The Revolving Platform - The Base - The Center Pulley - The Horses and Riders - How the Horses Gallop - The Pulley Supports - Belts - The Control Lever -
The Tent - A Toy Aeroplane - How it Works - The Center Support - The Aeroplane Model - The Aviator - The Suspension-Cords - A Pylon.
CHAPTER XI
Mechanical Toys foe Small Handy Boys
The Simple Construction of Small Mechanical Toys - A Buzz-Saw Whirligig - Operating the Whirligig - The Clog-Dancer - A Toy Jumping- Jack - A Cricket-Rattle - The Turtle Toy - How to Make the Turtle Crawl.
CHAPTER XII
Handy Boy Ideas for Christmas
What the Handy Boy can Do at Christmas Time - A Santa Claus Airship - The Car - The Balloon Framework - The Balloon Covering - The Stays and Guy-Ropes - The Rudder - The Propeller - How to have the Airship Enter - A Santa Claus Fireplace - The Fireplace - The Mantel-Framework - The Mantel-Shelf - Fitting the Mantel-Framework in Place - The Upper Frame - The Hearth - The Covering Material - Christmas Tree Light Outfits - The Battery Lamp Outfit - The Cell Connections - The Lamp Connections - A Switch - The Circuit Lamp Outfit - Purchasing Lamps and Sockets - A Christmas Tree Standard.
CHAPTER XIII
The Handy Boy's Moving - Picture Theater
Moving-Pictures at Home - A Development of the Panorama Show - A Splendid Proscenium - The Stage Framework - The Picture Rollers - The Picture "Film" Guide Sticks - Attaching the Proscenium - The Picture " Films " - Preparing a Scenario - Preparing the Pictures - Scenery - A Street Scene - A Roof Scene -
A Forest Scene - The Captured Dog Scene - Pivoting Figures for Moving - The Imitation Moving-Picture Projector.
CHAPTER XIV
The Handy Boy Magician
Magic Splendid Material for a One-Boy Show - Patience and Practice - A Side-Table - A Larger Table - A Magic Wand - The Egg-and-Handkerchief Trick - The Climbing Bar of Silver - The Marked Coin Trick - The Chinese Paradox - Making 14 Coins Increase to 20 - Breaking a Match, then Restoring It – Transforming the Contents of a Glass.
CHAPTER XV
More Handy Boy Magic
The Magician's Patter - The Paper Shower Trick - A Clown Assistant - The Hand-Untying Trick - The Cabinet Trick - Turning Paper into Coffee – The Disappearing-Doll Trick - The Cabinet - The Doll - A Packing-Box Table - Performing the Doll Trick.
CHAPTER XVI
Newspaper Playhouses for Handy Boys
How Newspapers are Prepared for Building - A Log-Cabin - Preparing a Paper Log - Building the Cabin Walls - The Roof Frame-work - The Stick Chimney - Tepees for an Indian Village - A Kettle Tripod - The Kettle - The Make-Believe Camp-Fire - Other Things which can be Built with Paper Tubes.
CHAPTER XVII
Handy Boy Snow Tunnels
A New Coasting Idea - The Tunnel Framework - The Tunnel Walls - Rolling Large Snow Balls - Tracks - Installing a Semaphore Signal System - Construction of the Semaphores - A Telltale - Lanterns for Coasting after Dark.
CHAPTER XVIII
Handy Boy Coasters
The Right Sort of Lumber - A Double-Runner Coaster - The Sled Runners - The Connecting Cross Braces - The Sled Seat - The Handle-Bars - Runner Shoes - A Single-Runner Coaster - The Runner - The Seat Board - Runner Shoes.
PART II
SPRING AND SUMMER PASTIMES
CHAPTER XIX
Handy Boy Model Aeroplanes
A Sport for the Boy with a Mechanical Turn of Mind - Recent Developments - The Materials Used in Building Models - The Wells Model Aeroplane - The Fuselage - The Thrust Bearings - The Bow Hooks - The Main Plane - The Elevator - The Fin - The Propellers - Preparing Propellers - The Propeller Blank - The Propeller-Shafts - The Motors - The Nealy Model Aeroplane - The Fuselage - The Thrust Bearings - The Elevator - The Main Plane - The Propellers - The Propeller-Shafts - The Motors - The Selley Model Aeroplane - The Fuselage - The Planes - The Propellers - The Models Built by Percy Pierce - The Hydro-Aeroplane.
CHAPTER XX
The Handy Boy's Motor Winder, and Other Ideas
The Egg-Beater Motor Winder - How It Winds the Motors - Care in Winding - Position to Take for Launching Models - The Wells Distance Measuring Instrument - The Graduated Stick - The Tripod - The Sight Plate - The Hair-Line Slide - Flags - Operating the Measuring Device - Model Aeroplane Contests - Rules for Governing Model Contests - Stability in Model Aeroplanes.
CHAPTER XXI
Handy Boy Kites
The Popularity of Tailless Kites - The Conyne Kite - The Kite Sticks - Framing the Sticks - The Bridle - Covering the Frame-work - Flying-Line - The Malay Kite - The Kite-Sticks - The Bow-Stick - Framing the Sticks - Covering the Framework - The Bridle Attachment - The Box-Kite - The Kite Sticks - The Side Frames - Covering the End Cells - Assembling the Kite - Attaching the
Bridle - Kite-Reels - A Simple Kite-Reel - A Good Hand Kite-Reel - A Body Kite-Reel.
CHAPTER XXII
Handy Boy Camp Craft
The Handy Boy is not Long a Tenderfoot in Camp - Materials to Take Along for Making Things in Camp - The Wall Tent - A Home-Made Wall Tent - A Burlap Tent - The Wall Supports of the Wall Tent - The Upper Portion of the Tent - The Lean-To Tent - A Fire Screen - Making a Lean-To Tent - Trenching Around Outside of Tent - A Backwoodsman's Camp Cot - Making an Open Fireplace - A Campfire Crane - A Sheet-Iron Camp Stove - A Camp Fireless Cooker - A Log Bridge - A Pier - A Refrigerator - A Wash-Shelf - A Camp Broom - A Camp Shovel - An Electric Flash-Lamp - A Camp Candle-Stick.
CHAPTER XXIII
Handy Boy Scout Craft
"Hikes" - A Scout Knapsack - Material for Knapsack - Duffle-Bags - Knife Sheaths - Packing the Knapsack - A Flexible Rubber Cup - Getting a Drink without a Cup - A Folded Paper Cup - Signs of the Trail - Blazed Trails - Twig Signs - Knotted-Grass Signs - Stone-Heap Signs - Your Watch as a Compass - Getting Lost in the Woods.
CHAPTER XXIV
The Handy Boy's Signal Lantern
Communicating after Dark - The Lantern Box - How the Flashes are Made - The Shutter - The Key Lever Stick - The Key Connections - The Candle Light - The Back of the Lantern Box - Operating the Lantern - The Morse Code.
CHAPTER XXV
Handy Boy Tree - Huts
The Advantage of a Tree-Hut over a Ground Hut - The Aerial Foundation - A Ladder - The Platform Framework - The Floor Joists - The Struts - The Floor Boards - How to Construct the Walls in Sections - Erecting the Walls - A Board Roof - The Window Opening - The Door - A Newel-Post at Top of Ladder - A Dumb-Waiter - The Dumb-Waiter Car - The Lifting Cables - The Shaft-Opening The Cable Sheave - The Counterbalance for the Car - The Upper Lifting Cable - The Lower Lifting Cable - The Wire Guides - A Railing for Protection.
CHAPTER XXVI
The Handy Boy's Aerial Conveyor
What it may be Used for - How it Operates - The Device for Raising and Lowering the Cable Ends - Attaching the Cable - The Lifting Rope - The Conveyor Car.
CHAPTER XXVII
The Handy Boy's Sail-Wagon
A Fair Substitute for a Sail-Boat - The Wagon-Bed - The Bow Wheels - The Stern Wheels - The Tiller, Tiller-Post and Connections - The Mast-Step - The Mast - A Cat-Boat Rig.
CHAPTER XXVIII
Handy Boy Skatemobiles
How the Skatemobile Came to be Invented - Skatemobile Races - How the Skatemobile is Made with but a Single Skate - A Popular Type of Skatemobile - The Reach-Board - Separating the Roller-Skate Wheels - How the Skate Wheels are Attached - The Hood - The Handle-Bars - A Seat - Other Forms of Skatemobiles - A Head-light.
CHAPTER XXIX
Handy Boy Roller - Skate Sails
A New and Delightful Sport - The Square Sail - The Sail Covering - The Rope Stays - Fastening the Sail to the Spreader - The Hand-Straps - Method of Handling the Sail - The Three-Cornered Sail - The Connecting Socket - The Sail Cloth - Method of Holding the Sail.
CHAPTER XXX
The Handy Boy Gardener
A Home-Made Wheelbarrow - The Barrow Wheel - A Wooden Wheel - The Framework of the Wheelbarrow - The Legs - The Wheelbarrow Box - The Umbrella Bower - A Small Trellis - A Trellis for Sweet Peas - Flower-Boxes - A Window Flower-Box - Painting the Flower-Box - A Plant-Box.
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