INDEX TO VOLUME 91
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Painting the Automobile. . . 457
A Bubbling Fountain with Icing Reservoir 461
A Hat Hook Made of a Lead Pencil 461
Nails Which May Be Quickly Withdrawn 461
A Wire Stretcher for Repairing a Fence 461
Keeping Rope Strands from Unraveling 462
Saving Chemicals in Developing Motion-Picture
Films 462
A Shoe Lace Tie That Will Stay Tied 462
A Driver to Turn Studs in Aluminum Castings. . 463
A Lasting Paint for Heated Surfaces 463
Keeping Vise Jaws Open with a Spring 464
Making Fly Traps for Packing Houses 464
Short Cuts in Sign Painting 465
Preparing Demar Varnish 466
Rubber Plugs in Handsaw Handle 466
Using Ball of Soap to Recover Screw 466
Sheet Metal Working Simply Explained 467
Clothes-Hangers Used for Handles in Barrel Covers 468
Pocket-Knife Cigar Cutter 468
Typewriter Soldiers 468
Knock-Down Canvas Boat 469
Passing Cigarette Smoke Under Handkerchief . . . 470
An Outboard Motor 471
Making and Using a Casting Rod 472
Burning Glass Made of Watch Crystals 474
Burning a Lump of Sugar 474
Burning Out Designs in a Piece of Paper 479
Knockdown Walls to Make a Portable Summer
House 480
Using a Bicycle Pump for a Water Rheostat 601
A Flexible Spline Used for a Draughtsman Curve. 602 New Type of Acid Proof Brush for Soldering Flux 606
The Underwriter's Knot for Flexible Cords 610
Testing for Trouble That Cause* Poor Automobile
Lights 610
Making a Practical Vacuum Cleaner 611
Blackboard an Adjunct to the Amateur's Shop. . . 614
An Interesting Thermo-Magnetic Motor 614
An Undercoating for Copper to Hold Paint 614
Stropping a Razor on the Fleshy Part of the Hand 615 Warming Army Tents with Improvised Stoves. . . 615
Making a Campfire Tent with an Awning 616
Preserving Flowers in Natural Colors with Wax. . 616
How to Relinc Your Automobile Brakes 617
Cord Cutter Made from a Safety Razor Blade. ... 618 Temporary Repair on a Broken Lubricator Filling
Glass 618
Sheet Metal Working Simply Explained 619
Ingredients That Make the Best Kind of Glue . . . 620 An Inexpensive Cesspool Made of a Barrel and Cask 620 Pedal-Operated Brake for a Belt Driven Motorcycle 62 I Making a Soldering Iron Heater of Pipe and Fittings- 621 A Durable Paint for Surfaces Exposed to the
Weather 621
Clip for Carrying Pipe in the Vest Pocket 622
A Silvering Process for Glass Instruments and
Mirrors 622
Holding the T-Square on the Drawing-Board 622
Range Finder to Locate Landmarks and Signal Fires 623 A Convenient Pivoted Card File for the Desk. . . . 624
Three Methods for Finding a Chosen Card 625
Piping Automobile Engine Exhaust Gas from
Garage 626
Edging Flower Beds with Bottles 626
Repairing a Broken Test Tube or Beaker 626
Making and Using a Casting Rod 627
Making a Cabin Tent Out of Ordinary Sheeting. . 629 Holding Papers on a Movable Sloping Desk-Top. . 630
Keeping Oil from V-Belt of a Motorcycle 630
Building a Model Airplane Kite 631
Repairing a Broken Link in a Motorcycle Roller
Chain 632
Grouping Sheet Music Into Books and Binding
Them . 632
A Teeter Swing for Public or Private Playground. 633
An Experiment with Sulphate of Soda 633
Cutting Brass Tubing Rapidly on a Buzz Saw. . . . 634
A Wood Lift Built in Like a Dumb- Waiter 634
Improving Piano Tone by Makinfr Air Humid. . 635 Simple Camera Attachment for Photographic
Enlarging 635
Bracing for an Iron Pipe Fence Post 636
Attaching Linoleum to a Cement Floor 636
Casing for Carrying Tube Cements Without Damage 636
A Silver Plating Bath and How to Use It 636
A Simple Toy Motor Run with Dry Sand 638
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Wigwam Made of a Tripod 639
A Siphon Made of Gas Pipe and Fittings 640
Making a Miter Box for Cutting Trestle Legs. . . . 640
Replacing Tongue in a Fancy Brass Hook 640
A Window Ventilator Which Eliminates Drafts. . 761 Flaps Used on Inner Tubes to Prevent Pinches. . . 761
Keeping Insects Away from Lunch Boxes 762
The Construction of an Automatic Centering Tool 762 Caution in Turning Corners to Prevent Tire Injury 762 Making a Cigar Stand on the Top or Side of a Hat 762
Smoke Your Own Fish 763
Simple Ejector for Removing Water from an Ash
Pit 765
Automobile Footboard Used as a Roller Board. . . 765 A New Way to Make a Hydraulic Test for Steam
Boilers 765
Some Common Abrasives 766
Half-Soling Rubber Overshoes to Give Longer Wear 768
Simple Designs for Sheet Metal Working 769
Table Leg Sliders Made of Shotgun Shell Wads . . . 770
Blue Print Drying Rack to Hang Over Sink 770
Simple Die Casting for the Home Shop 771
Expansion Shield for Screws Made of Sheet Lead . . 77 1
Painting on Cemented or Concrete Surfaces 771
Two-Speed and Reverse Countershaft for a Small
Lathe 773
The Damage Caused by Running Tires Deflated. . 773 A Jack to Keep Automobile Weight from Tires. . . 774 Camera Focusing Screen for Fine Detail Work. . . 774 Lathe Centers Used as a Clamp for Gluing a Box. . 774 Applying a Change-Speed Device to an Automobile
Clutch 775
Softening Carbon with Steam in the Automobile
Engine . . 7 76
Testing Gasoline Engine Compression 776
Preventing Hinge Rods from Loosening on an
Automobile Hood 777
The Proper Camber for Front Wheels 777
Making a Re- Winder for a Motion Picture Film . . 778
A Hard Finish for a Lunch Counter Top 778
A Storage House for Potatoes 779
A Paste Lubricant for Starting Screws and Nails. . 781 To Keep the Ends of Rafters from Spreading .... 782 Making a Substantial Cardboard Pulley for Belts . 782 An Insulator and Fire Protector for a Stovepipe. . 782 A Solution for Electro-Plating with Aluminum . . . 782 A Lead Pencil Sharpener with Dust Collector Box . 783 A Stain for Giving Wood a Brilliant Rose Color . . 783
Repairing a Fast-Pin Hinge Riveting 783
Drawing Perspective Views 783
Removing the Point of a Broken Center Drill .... 784 Safe Method of Joining Airplane Sections or Wings 784 A Closet Rod Which Will Accommodate Several
Suit Hangers 784
Repairing a Broken Link in a Motorcycle Chain . 784
Etching Photographs on the Surface of Glass 784
A Modest Home at a Modest Price 785
Grouping Sheet Music Into Books 786
Testing for Trouble That Causes Poor Automobile
Lights . . 796
Chemical Flasks Made from Electric Light Bulbs. 921 A Concrete Mixer Made Out of an Old Mower. . . 921 Comic Photograph Made with Film Negatives. . . 922 Protection Curtain for a Mechanic's Work Bench . 922
Testing the Strength of Norway Iron 922
Coating for Window Glass to Keep Off the Frost . . 923
Instruction Marker for Photographic Plate 923
Drill Holder for the Tailstock of a Lathe 923
Some Useful Hints for the Owner of a Phonograph 923 The Balanced Aquarium for the Proper Care of Fish 924
V-Block with Clamps for Small Drill Press 924
Making a Sprinkler Hose Nozzle for the Boiler Room 925
Making a Gage for an Oil Storage Tank 926
Finishing a Book Trough in Natural Wood 926
An Individual Strap-Hanger for a Crowded Car. . 927 A Garage Air-Compressor Made from Automobile
Engine 927
An Emergency Repair on a Leaking Water Pipe. . 927
Door Catch Made of a Spring Shoe Tree 928
Reshaping Artists' Paint Tubes for Refilling 928
Tearing a Pack of Cards in Half with Ease 928
Construction of a Bob-Sled 929
Boring Mill Tool-Holder for Saving Expensive Steel 932
An Improvement on an old Card Trick 932
Newspaper as a Substitute for Chalk Talk Board . . 932
Treadle for an Automobile Foot Accelerator 932
Coal Is Dear. Learn How to Burn It 933
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