Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber’s Notes

Text printed in italics, bold face and small capitals in the source
document have been transcribed between _underscores_, between =equal
signs= and as ALL CAPITALS respectively. ~V~ represents a V-shape
rather than the character V.

More Transcriber’s Notes may be found at the end of this text.

_“WORK” HANDBOOKS._

BOOT MAKING AND MENDING

“WORK” HANDBOOKS.

A Series of Practical Manuals.

_Edited by_ PAUL N. HASLUCK, _Editor of “WORK.”_

=House Decoration.= Comprising WHITEWASHING, PAPERHANGING, PAINTING,
etc. With 79 Engravings and Diagrams. 1s.; post free, 1s. 2d.

_Contents._--On Colour and Paints. Pigments. Oils, Driers, Varnishes, etc. Tools used by Painters. How to Mix Oil Paints. Distemper or Tempera Painting. Whitewashing and Decorating a Ceiling. Painting a Room. Papering a Room. Embellishment of Walls and Ceilings.

=Boot Making and Mending.= Including REPAIRING, LASTING, and
FINISHING. With 179 Engravings and Diagrams. 1s.; post free, 1s. 2d.

_Contents._--Repairing Heels and Half-Soling. Patching Boots and Shoes. Re-Welting and Re-Soling. Boot Making. Lasting the Upper. Sewing and Stitching. Making the Heel. Knifing and Finishing. Making Riveted Boots and Shoes.

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_Contents._--The Formation of Letters, Stops, and Numerals. The Sign-writer’s Outfit. Making Signboards and Laying Ground Colours. The Simpler Forms of Lettering. Shaded and Fancy Lettering. Painting a Signboard. Ticket-Writing. Poster-Painting. Lettering with Gold, etc.

=Wood Finishing.= Comprising STAINING, VARNISHING, and POLISHING.
With Engravings and Diagrams. 1s.; post free, 1s. 2d.

_Contents._--Processes of Finishing Wood. Processes of Staining Wood. French Polishing. Fillers for Wood and Filling In. Bodying In and Spiriting Off. Glazing and Wax Finishing. Oil Polishing and Dry Shining. Re-polishing and Reviving. Hard Stopping or Beaumontage. Treatment of Floors. Stains. Processes of Varnishing Wood. Varnishes. Re-polishing Shop-Fronts.

=Dynamos and Electric Motors.= How to Make and Run them. With 142
Engravings and Diagrams. 1s.; post free, 1s. 2d.

_Contents._--Introduction. Siemens Dynamo. Gramme Dynamo. Manchester Dynamo. Simplex Dynamo. Calculating the Size and Amount of Wire for Small Dynamos. Ailments of Small Dynamo Electric Machines: their Causes and Cures. Small Electro-motors without Castings. How to Determine the Direction of Rotation of a Motor. How to Make a Shuttle-Armature Motor. Fifty-Watt Undertype Dynamo. Four-Hundred-and-Forty-Watt Manchester Type Dynamo.

=Cycle Building and Repairing.= With Engravings and Diagrams. 1s.;
post free, 1s. 2d.

_Contents._--Introductory, and Tools used. How to Build a Front Driver. Building a Rear-driving Safety. Building Tandem Safeties. Building Front-driver Tricycle. Building a Hand-driven Tricycle. Fittings and Accessories. Making a Gear Case. Brazing Cycle Work. Wheel Building. Enamelling Cycles. Miscellaneous Repairs.

CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED, _Ludgate Hill, London_.

BOOT MAKING AND
MENDING

INCLUDING
REPAIRING, LASTING, AND FINISHING

_WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS AND DIAGRAMS_

EDITED BY
PAUL N. HASLUCK

EDITOR OF “WORK” NEW SERIES, AUTHOR OF “HANDYBOOKS FOR
HANDICRAFTS,” ETC. ETC.

SIXTH THOUSAND

CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED
LONDON, PARIS & MELBOURNE
1898

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WORK.

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