Amateur Craftsman's Cyclopedia Of Things to Make

346 Pages·1937·64.01 MB·English

by  Editors of Popular Science

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• PREFACE •
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almosetv erya mateucrr aftsmkaene psr e­ ofi tpso pularaimtoyn gh omec raftsmen.
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theraer ea ssembliendt hisb ooka carefulclhyo sen book.A rticlwersi ttbeyn many oft hel eadincgo n­
groupo f home workshop constarrutcitciloenTs h.e tributtoor s havet,h erefore,
PopulSacri eMnocnet hly
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legoef u sintgh efi new orko ft hef ollowaiuntgh ors:
CharlHe.sA lder ArthuLr. F ord E.G .L ivingston DudleWy. Read
HalvoArn derson KendalFlo rd CliffoAr.Ld o ng DanieRle ynolds
GeoffrAyr nold EdwardB . Fox EdwinM . Love JohnF .R eynolds
JosepJh. A ultman Jame sA . Franklin NortoSn. L ove WilliaHm. Robba
WalteBra ch OscaFrr eeman G.W . Lownds ClarHk. Rutter
EvanW . Baker S.A . Fritsch IvanS .L uckman JohnF .R yan
Roy H. Baldridge Roy Frost ArthuEr. M acNeill A.R .S aunders
H. Bast HarryB .F uge AlberQt.M aisel CharlDes. S avage
W. W. Baumeister MarwoodG ardner HarlanSd. M arden FrankS chneider
W. T.B axter J.D . Garfield D.C .M arshall CarlG .S enf
FrankW . BentleJyr,. M. W. Girard AlexandMearx well B.G .S eielstad
J.L .B ird G.S .G irardJert., CaptE.. A rmitagMec Cann H. T. Shrum
RoberPt. B ishop TheodorGeo mmi GeorgMec Clelland Hi Sibley
C.E lmerB lack FranklHi.n G ottshall CharlHe.s Mcintosh GeorgAe. S mith
StelBloan ner BilGlr edick A. G.M cNeill CarlS orensen
H. J.C . Brodie C.R . Green LeonarFd. M erril J.I .S owers
A.C .B rownJ,r . J.S .H agans ArthuMri ller HarryR .S tabler
Sam Brown LeoG .H all Hugh Millikin R.C .S tanley
WilliaEm. Brown GeorgBe. H arran W. E. Mitchell EltoSnt errett
M. S.B urleigh WilliaHma rvest PhiliMpo oney RogerB. S tevens
WalteEr. B urton B.G .H atch RalphT .M oore W.E .S tewart
D. A.B utler E.D . Hay B.W . Morant W. H. Stewart
J.B . Carter JackH azzard WalteKr. Moss HarolPd. S trand
W. C. Cheney R.J .H einen FrederiWc.k M otton H.L .S wan
H.G . Cisin GeralCd. H ennesy T.E .M urdock WilfreBd. Talman
DonalWd. Clark HowardR .H eydorf KennetMhu rray PhilRi.pT arr
J.W . Clement HermanH jorth C. L.N ewcombJ,r . MerlTee rrill
EltonC . Cline LeslMie. Holbrook GeorgWe. Neidermair EdwardT hatcher
HoltC ondon I.M . Howard F.L .N owosatka JohnN eilT iffany
JosepCh. C oyle DavisH umphrey RoberJt. N ye T.W . Tizzard
BruceN . Crandall DickH utchinson LawrencNe. O lsen D.R .T ompkins
WillarCdr andall RonalLd. I ves DelmaWr. Olson E.F .T roup
E.L .C rum WilliaJma ckson ThomasB .O wens WilliaJm.T urnbulJlr,.
NormanV .D avidson FrankE .J ohnson JohnP atterson F.N .V anderwalker
MauricHe. Decker GarreItt.J o bnson J.L .P eacooJkr,. StanlVeoyl chok
RufusE .D eering GaylorJdo hnson EmilP earson RaymondB .W ailes
CharlFe.sD eenvester F.U .J udd L. C.P eltier E.F .W aldron
Micheldee Santis K. F.K eith P.T .P otter RalphG .W aring
Jo bnH . DodgeJ,r . C.A .K ing N.F .P owers MarcuDs .W eeksJ,r .
DonalRd. Doremus W. S.K rehbiel CharlPersi ce WilliaTm. W eld
.FranHk. D unn PaulG .L ackey DonalAd. P rice RossW heelton
JosepEh. E dwards CharlAe.sL aird D.W . Prince W. C.W ilhite
AlfreCd. E itel LudwiSgt anlLeayn dmicbl EdwinP utzer OtiAs. R.W ood
C. K. Frankhauser AlfrePd.L ane GuyA .R afuse RicharKd. Wood
W. T.F ergusoJnr,. W. E.L ecount EdwardP .R amage L.H .Y oung
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CONTENTS
I.CR AFTWORK
9
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II.G AMES AND TOYS
29
II.I OUTDOOR SPORTS.
49
IV.M ODEL MAKING .
91
V. WOODWORKING
.1 21
VI. FURNITURE
.1 47
VII.P AINTINGA ND FINISHING
.1 73
VII.I SHIPSHAPE HOME
.1 91
IX.M ETAL WORK .
219
.
X. WORKSHOP HINTS
231
.
XI.PH OTOGRAPHY
.2 69
XIIE.L ECTRICITAYN D RADIO
.2 83
XIII. HOME SCIET CE
.3 09
APPENDIX
.3 36
INDEX
.3 39
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