Chapter II: Introduction: 5

EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN FROM FRANCE BY MRS.
CLYDE M. MYERS, R.A. 13

I. TIN CANS 19

VARIOUS KINDS OF CANS AND BOXES—PREPARING CANS
FOR THE WORK—CUTTING IN AND OPENING OUT CANS AND
BOXES

II. TOOLS AND APPLIANCES 28

TOOL LISTS AND COSTS—LAYING OUT AND MARKING OFF
WORK—SHOP APPLIANCES

III. MAKING A BISCUIT CUTTER FROM A SMALL CAN 44

CUTTING THE CAN TO SIZE FOR BISCUIT
CUTTER—PUNCHING A HOLE IN TIN—FORMING THE
HANDLE—FOLDING—MAKING A SUGAR SCOOP BY THE SAME
METHOD

IV. SOLDERING 54

SOFT SOLDER—SHEET TIN—THE PROCESS OF
SOLDERING—HEATING APPARATUS—ELECTRICAL
SOLDERING COPPERS—THE COMMON SOLDERING
COPPER—FLUXES—TINNING THE COPPER—HEATING

V. SOLDERING (_Continued_) 71

PREPARING A JOINT FOR SOLDERING—CLEANING AND
SCRAPING—SOLDERING A PRACTICE PIECE—SOLDERING
THE HANDLE TO THE BISCUIT CUTTER—A SECOND
PRACTICE PIECE—ANOTHER METHOD OF APPLYING SOLDER

VI. COOKY CUTTERS 79

THE PINE TREE DESIGN—CUTTING NARROW STRIPS OF
TIN—BENDING TO SHAPE OVER DESIGN—SOLDERING COOKY
CUTTERS—THE HANDLE

VII. TRAYS 86

TURNING OVER EDGES ON ROUND TRAYS—USING THE
FORMING MALLET—MAKING AN ASH TRAY AND MATCH BOX
HOLDER

VIII. A TRAY CANDLESTICK 94

THE CANDLE SOCKET—CUTTING A HOLE IN THE DRIP
CUP—MAKING THE HANDLE

IX. RIVETING 100

MAKING A PAIL FROM A TIN CAN—CUTTING AWAY THE
SURPLUS TIN AT THE RIM—FORMING THE LUGS FOR THE
HANDLE—RIVETING THE LUGS IN POSITION—FORMING A
WIRE HANDLE

X. MAKING A TOY AUTO TRUCK 107

FOUR WAYS OF MAKING WHEELS OF TIN CANS: MAKING
A WHEEL FROM A CAN WITH SOLDERED ENDS—MAKING
WHEELS FROM ROLLED RIM CANS—TWO TYPES OF WHEELS
MADE FROM CAN LIDS

XI. MAKING A TOY AUTO TRUCK (_Continued_) 118

FORMING THE CHASSIS—USING THE WOODEN ROOFING
FOLDER—FOLDING—USING THE VISE FOR SHORT
FOLDING—USING THE HATCHET STAKE FOR FOLDING

XII. MAKING A TOY AUTO TRUCK (_Continued_) 127

MAKING THE HOOD AND RADIATOR—CUTTING THE
VENTS—SOLDERING ON THE FILLER CAP

XIII. MAKING A TOY AUTO TRUCK (_Continued_) 135

THE DASH-BOARD—THE SEAT—ASSEMBLING THE
TRUCK—SPRINGS—SOLDERING THE WHEELS ON THE
AXLES—STRIP WASHERS

XIV. MAKING A TOY AUTO TRUCK (_Continued_) 146

TRUCK BODIES—DIFFERENT TYPES OF BODIES TO BE
FITTED TO THE SAME CHASSIS—THE TANK TRUCK—THE
STREET SPRINKLER—THE COAL OR SAND TRUCK—THE ARMY
TRUCK—THE AMBULANCE—THE FIRE ENGINE

XV. MAKING A TOY AUTO TRUCK (_Continued_) 157

THE STARTING CRANK—THE STEERING WHEEL AND
COLUMN—MUD GUARDS AND RUNNING BOARDS—LIGHTS,
TOOL BOXES, HORNS, ETC.,—DRIVERS’ CABS

XVI. BOATS 166

THE ROWBOAT—THE SAILBOAT—THE SCOW—THE
TUGBOAT—THE BATTLESHIP—THE FERRY-BOAT

XVII. A TOY LOCOMOTIVE 174

THE FRAME—BOILER—CAB—WHEELS—CYLINDERS AND
CONNECTING RODS—THE SMOKESTACK, STEAM DOME AND
WHISTLE, SAND BOX AND HEADLIGHT—CARS—A PASSENGER
CAR AND SOME OTHERS

XVIII. SIMPLE MECHANICAL TOYS 182

WATER WHEELS AND SANDMILLS—A SIMPLE
STEAM TURBINE AND BOILER—A WINDMILL AND
TOWER—AEROPLANE WEATHERVANE

XIX. CANDLESTICKS 192

WALL SCONCES AND A LANTERN

XX. CAMP AND KITCHEN EQUIPMENT 195

A COFFEE POT—BOILING PAILS—FRYING PAN—TOASTER—A
CAMP SHOWER BATH—CANTEEN OR HOT WATER BOTTLE—A
MATCH BOX

XXI. PREPARING THE TOYS FOR PAINTING 200

REMOVING SURPLUS SOLDER WITH SCRAPERS—MAKING
A HOE SCRAPER—PLUMBERS’ AND ROOFERS’
SCRAPERS—SCRAPING AND FILING—BOILING THE TOYS IN
A LYE BATH—VENT HOLES

XXII. NOTES ON PAINTING THE TOYS 206

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Army Truck Constructed Entirely from Used
Tin Cans _Frontispiece_

I. Wounded Soldiers at Work 10

II. Army Truck and Tin Cans Used to Make It 22

III. The Raw Material from Which Many of the Toys
Shown in This Book Were Made 23

IV. Scribing a Line Around a Can with the Dividers.
Cutting Along the Joint to Open a Can. Cutting
from Right to Left with the Straight Shears.
Cutting to the Line, Right to Left 22

V. Author at Work 23

VI. The Tools Needed for Tin Can Toy Making 32

VII. Biscuit Cutters. Soldering 44

VIII. Cooky Cutter, Tray Candlestick and Ash Trays
Made by the Author 84

IX. Steam Rollers 116

X. Dumping Truck and Chassis of Toy Auto Truck. 120

XI. Chassis of Toy Auto Truck and Dumping Truck. 121

XII. Wooden Roofing Folder 120

XIII. Oil Tank Truck and Toy Ford 152

XIV. Red Cross Ambulance 153

XV. Boats 170

XVI. A Simple Toy Locomotive, a Sand or Water Mill
and the First Tin Can Toy 174

XVII. Steam Tractor and Gun 175

XVIII. Aeroplane Weathervanes 188

XIX. Lantern and Fighting Tank 192

XX. A Toy Tin Can Kitchen 196

XXI. A Doll’s Bathroom and a Tin Can Laundry 197

MAKING TIN CAN TOYS