Chapter XXXV: Part II: Making the Shoe, 43

Snowshoes, Shapes of, 35
Soap Shake, 175
Soft Hat, To Keep Crease in, 254
Softening Tone of Talking Machine, 328
Soldering Acid, Brush for Applying, 283
Soldering and Riveting, 40
Soldering Small Work, Burner for, 418
Sounder for Wireless-Telegraph Messages, 384
Sounder, Telegraph, Homemade, 119
Spark Coil, Vibrator for, 309
Spice-Box Shelf, Cupboard-Door, 185
Spirit Photographs, 351
Splice for Round Belts, 446
Splinter, To Remove from Flesh, 319
Spool and Ball Puzzle, 446
Spool,
Non-Rolling, 55
Thread, Non-Rolling, 240
Twine, 191
Wire Wound on, Measuring Length of, 365
Holding on Hot Dish, 437
Skimming, 391
Spot and Colored Lights, Lantern for, 209
Spring Hinge, Small, 291
Spring, Homemade Screen-Door, 218
Springboard, 235
Springs on Chains of Porch Swing, 47
Springs, Small Coil, How to Make, 197
Sprinkler, Homemade Lawn, 366
Sprocket, Rear Bicycle, Removing, 413
Squaring Wood Stock, 99
Stain,
Brown, for Wood, 189
Old-Oak, 225
Stains,
Acid, Removing from Cloth, 196
Iodine, Removing, 55
Rust, To Remove from Clothing, 174
Vegetable, Removing, 176
Stairway Handrails, Detachable Clamp for, 452
Stamp, Electrotype, How to Make, 419
Stamp Moistener, 320
Stand,
Shoe-Shining, 240
Telephone, for Sloping Desk, 112
Washtub, 138
Staple Puller, 196, 271
Star, Five-Pointed, 226
Start Small Machine Screws, How to, 169
Stationery, How to Emboss, 454
Steam-Engine Cylinders, Small, Made from Seamless Brass Tubing, 396
Steam-Turbine Boat, Model, 323
Steam-Turbine Engine, Homemade, 180
Steel, Cleaning of Grease and Stains, 239
Steering Sled, A, 57
Stemmer, Fruit, 94
Stencil, Copper, for Marking Laundry, How to Make, 299
Stereoscopic Pictures with an Ordinary Camera, 346
Stick for Lowering Top Sash of Window, 162
Stick Holder for Chopping Block, 191
Stick Shellac, How to Make, 369
Still, Laboratory, Cooling Tube for, 187
Stilts, Adjustable, 11
Stirring Machine, Electric, 165
Stirring Stick, 456
Stocking-Stretcher Form, 190
Stone Jars, Carrying, 309
Stool, Milk, 384
Stool, Woven-Top, 256
Stop Cock, Worn, Repairing, 414
Stop, Curtain, 296
Stop, Door, 157
Stop on Chair Rocker for Baby, 153
Stopper, Inkwell, 196
Storage Battery, Filled, Alarm to Designate 253
Stove,
Camp, 97
Canoe, 103
Cook, Oil Burner for, 145
Stovepipe, Bushing in Chimney Hole, 231
Stove-Wood Carrier, 237
Strainer, Cover, 149
Strainer for Milk Pail, 53
Strap Hinge, Applying, 280
Straw Hat, To Hold on Head, 58
Strawberries, Clean, Growing, 133
Stretching a Curtain without a Frame, 158
Stretching Poultry Fencing, 253
Stretching Tight-Fitting Shoes, 377
String and Ball Trick, 273
String, Magic, 165
Stringer, Fish, 146
Submarine Photographs, 375
Substitute for,
a Hose Reel, 369
a Rubber Stamp, 102
Broken Bench-Vise Nut, 143
Candles, 247
Cleats on Boards, 322
Glaziers' Points, 293
Iron-Holder Knob, 388
Pen, 270
Penholder, 252
Drawing Instruments, 146
Suitcase, Carrier for, 114
Sulphuric Acid, Mixing, 278
Summer Dish Washing, 356
Sunlight Flasher for Garden, 179
Support, Kettle-Handle, 49
Support, Telescoping, for Hinged Shelf, 457
Supporter for Double Clothesline, 288
Supports for Camp-Fire Utensils, 371
Surprise Water Bottle, 218
Survey, Camera, Plotting a, 13
Surveying, Camera, 7
Surveying, Plane-Table, 1
Surveyor, Boy, 1, 7, 13
Surveyor's Transit, How to Make, 20
Sweatband, Hat, Reducing Size of, 132
Sweeping Compound, 430
Swimming Raft, 200
Swimming--Springboard, 235
Swing, Chair, 98
Swinging-Pendulum Trick, 280
Switches, Electric Lights Controlled from Two or More, 276

Table, Double Top for, 78
Table Legs, Loose, Fastening, 289
Table, Old, Use for, 392
Table Top, Workbench Equipment for, 383
Tablespoon End Used as Lemon Squeezer, 225
Tack Puller, Emergency, 289
Tack Puller, Homemade, 172
Tacking a Screen on Frame, 296
Talking Machine,
Needle Box for, 263
Remodeling, 151
Softening Tone of, 328
Tan Leather, To Color Black, 174
Tank-Development Methods Used in Tray Development, 428
Tannin Stains, Removing from Teacups, 255
Taper Ferrule, How to Make, 380
Taps, Small, Making, 197
Target, Electric-Lamp Reflector for, 196
Teacups, Removing Tannin Stains from, 255
Telegraph Code on Typewriter Keys, 313
Telegraph, Flash-Light, on Kite Line, 155
Telegraph Sounder, Homemade, 119
Telephone Stand for Sloping Desk, 112
Telephoto Attachment for Hand Camera, 136
Temperature Alarm, 345
Tennis Net, Tightening, 200
Tenon on Chair Post, Repairing Broken, 388
Tenoned Joint, How to Lock, 339
Tent, Wall Pockets in, 97
Testing Dry Batteries, 266
Testing Instrument, Electrical, for Experimenters, 328
Thawing Out Frozen Pipes, 387
Theaters, Child's Seat for, 437
Theatrical Night Scene with Appearance of Fireflies, 162
Thermo Engine, Atmospheric, 120
Thermometer, Outside, Illuminating, 122
Thimble, Repairing Worn, 326
Thread Spool, Non-Rolling, 240
Threads on Wood Shafts, 291
Tie a Hammock, To, 286
Tie Rack and Collar Holder, Combination, 30
Tie-Pin Holder, 294
Tightening a Tennis Net, 200
Tilting Inkstand, 300
Time Chart, Compass, 378
Time Indicator for Medicine Bottles, 138
Time Light, Electric, 362
Timing Photo Printing, 245
Timing Photograph Prints, 371
Tin Ball, Cutting from Child's Finger, 436
Tin Can Used for Watering Chickens, 144
Toasting Bread Over an Open Fire, 11
Tone of Talking Machine, Softening, 328
Tongue Holder for Boy's Wagon, 193
Tongue of a Shoe, Holding in Place, 238
Tongues, Buckle, Replacing, 331
Tool for Amateur Draftsmen, Combination, 324
Tool Holders Made of Brass Clips, 414
Tools, Homemade Graining, 206
Top, Double, for Table, 78
Torch Lights, To Prevent from Smoking, 279
Torch, Small, 326
Tourniquet, Emergency, 206
Towel Roller, 384
Towel Roller Brackets, 223
Towel Roller, Homemade, 249
Towels, Drying, in Photographer's Dark Room, 331
Toy Balloons, Inflating, 167
Toy Bank, Homemade, 366
Toy Parachute Cut-Away for Kite Lines, 372
Toy Parachutes, Kite-Line Cutaway for, 308
Toy Popgun, 240
Transferring Magazine Pictures, 153
Transformer, Small Bell-Ringing, Construction of, 348, 352
Transit, Surveyor's, How to Make, 20
Transparent Paper, To Make, 11
Trap,
Mouse, 178, 229
Muskrat, 212
Traveler, Kite-Line, 228
Tray,
Brass Pin, 392
Combination Needle and Thread, 72
Developing, Made of Tin Can, 121
Holding Prints in Liquid-Filled, 33
Milk-Bottle, 235
Tray Development, Tank-Development Methods Used in, 428
Tray-Rocking Stand, Photographic, 228
Trellis, Flower, Umbrella Used as, 164
Trellis, Raising Cucumbers on, 445
Trick,
Bottle-Opening, 223
Bottles and Glasses, 460
Card-and-Coin, 41
Corks-in-a-Box, 335
Die-and-Box, 141
Dissolving-Coin, 272
Finger-Ring, 56
Hindoo Sand, 308
Lightning-Calculation, 101
Taking Dollar Bill from Apple, 263
"Q", 360
Ring, 300
Rubber-Band-Change, 284
String-and-Ball, 273
Swinging-Pendulum, 280
Trick with Knives and Glasses, 227
Tricks Performed with Thumbs Tied Together, 281
Trousers Hanger, 391
Trout Fishing with Fly and Bait, 73, 79
Trunk Mystery, 267
Tube, Drinking, 92
Tuning Coil, Rotary, 372
Turning Brass Rings, 400
Twine Ball Holder, Simple, 239
Twine Cutter for Use at Wrapping Counter, 185
Twine Spool, 191
Typewriter Keys, Telegraph Code on, 313
Typewriting on Card Stock, 458

Umbrella Holder for Display Purposes, 170
Umbrella Used as Flower Trellis, 164
Upholstered Furniture, Homemade Brush for Cleaning, 188
Upholstering, Cleaning Dirt from Tufts in, 175
Utensil Cover, Opening for Steam in, 288
Utensils,
Camp-Fire, Supports for, 371
Paper-Pulp, Mending, 375

Vacuum Experiment, Interesting, 250
Valve, Automatic, for Funnel, 317
Vane, Wind, 99
Varnish, Removing, 126
Varnished Candles Burn Longer, 321
Varnishing Bases for Electric Apparatus, 324
Vase, Hanging, 102
Vaulting-Pole Attachments, 164
Vaulting-Pole Holder, 361
Vegetable Slicer, 254
Vegetable Stains, Removing, 176
Vent for Pouring Heavy Liquids, 387
Ventilator, Window, to Prevent Drafts, 248
Vessels, Laboratory, Finger Protection on, 170
Vibrator for Spark Coil, 309
Vignetter, Photo 238
Vise,
Bench, Homemade, 149
Clamp Used as, 410
Homemade Bench, 244
Attaching to Bench, 176
Vise Screw, Small, How to Make, 295
Vise Used as Caliper Gauge, 172
Voltmeter, Pocket Direct-Current, 397

Wagon, Boy's,
Sail for, 134
Tongue Holder for, 193
Wall Pockets in Tent, 97
Wall-Paper Cleaner, 266, 273
Walls,
Painted or Frescoed, To Clean, 187
Tile and Brick, Fastening Screws in, 292
Walnuts, Hulling, 162, 295
War Kite, How to Make, 108
Wash Bottle for Laboratory Use, 458
Washbasin Bottom, To Prevent from Wearing Out, 34
Washbasin Holder, 289
Washboard, To Prevent from Slipping in Tub, 103
Washer, Simple Photographic-Print, 97
Washing Board, Rubbing Slats for, 263
Washing Photographic Prints, 168
Washtub Stand, 138
Wastebasket, Wire, Rim of Wrapped with Felt, 158
Waste-Paper Basket, 320
Watch Demagnetizer, How to Make, 150
Watch, How to Demagnetize, 290
Water Bottle, Surprise, 218
Water, Distilling Apparatus for, 112
Water Filter, 109
Water Heater, Electric, 89, 243
Water Heating Coil in Furnace Pipe, 294
Water Meter, Homemade, 48
Water Motor, How to Make, 303
Water, Surplus, Scraping Off on Grindstone, 188
Water Wheel, How to Make, 301
Watering Plants at Roots, 286
Watering System, Automatic, for Poultry Yards, 66
Watering Window Plants, Hose Attachment for, 298
Waterproof Shoe Dressing, 325
Welding Small Resistance-Wire Connections, 158
Wet Batteries, Protecting Binding Posts on from Corrosion, 252
Wet Battery, Homemade, 340
Wheel, Mysterious Revolving, 152
Whetting Block, 375
Whetting, Chisel Holder for, 317
Whip, Repairing Broken, 326
Whirligig Clapper, 453
Whistle, 41
Whistle, Homemade, 454
Whitewash, To Make Stick to Surfaces Coated, 233
Wind Vane, 99
Wind Vane with Electric Indicator, How to Build, 305
Winding, Holding Small Armatures for, 118
Windmill for Light Power, 307
Windmill, Power, 311
Window Casing, Mirror Hinged to, 355
Window Catch Used for Locking Extension Table, 42
Window Glass, Loose, Holder for, 149
Window Lock, 320
Window, Plant Shelf for, 324
Window Sash, To Prevent from Freezing to Sill, 101
Window Sash, Upper, Shade Roller Attached to, 246
Window-Seat Sewing Box, 186
Window-Shade Guides, 286
Window, Stick for Lowering Top Sash of, 162
Window Ventilator to Prevent Drafts, 248
Wing Nut, How to Make, 182
Wing Nuts, Homemade, 446
Winter Sports, Devices for--
Bobsled, Coasting, Four-Passenger, 24
Bobsled, Guide Ropes on, 155
Bobsled, Inexpensive, 49
Game Played on Ice, 52
Ice Boat and Catamaran, 27
Ice Glider, 31
Monorail Sled, 50
Propellers for Hand Sled, 334
Pushmobile Racer for Ice, 428
Skates Made of Wood, 30
Skating Merry-Go-Round, 57
Ski Staff, 51
Skis, Back Thrust Prevented on, 216
Skis, Homemade, 420
Snowball Maker, 48
Snowball Thrower, 47
Snowshoes, How to Make and Use Them, 35, 43
Steering Sled, 57
Wire Clothespin, 387
Wire Expansion Meter, 410
Wire Mesh Used as Shelf, 250
Wire, Pulling through Curved Electric Fixtures, 173
Wire Wound on Spool, Measuring Length of, 365
Wireless-Lighted Lamp Deception, 260
Wireless Stations, Distance Chart for, 269
Wireless Telegraph Messages, Sounder for, 384
Wireless Telephone Set, Simple, Construction of, 337, 341
Wood, Brown Stain for, 189
Wood Clothes Peg, 406
Wood, Holding in Sawbuck, 177
Wood, Homemade Countersink for, 154
Wood Lathe, How to Make, 434
Wood Panels, Decorative, 58
Wood Postal Cards, 292
Wood, Raising Dents in, 381
Wood Scraper Handle, 452
Wood Shafts, Threads on, 291
Wood, Skates Made of, 30
Wood Stock, Squaring, 99
Wood, To Harden Small Blocks of, 423
Wood Turning, Artistic, 128
Woods, Fine, Furniture Polish for, 216
Workbench, Back Stop for, 225
Workbench Equipment for Table Top, 383
Worktable, Photographic, for Small Quarters, 215
Wounds, Small, Application for, 304
Woven-Top Stool, 256
Wrench for Different-Size Nuts, 379
Wringer, Mop, How to Make, 171
Wrist Brace, 144
Writing Board for Children, 325
Writing Name Reversed on Paper Placed on Forehead, 392

Do You Know a Boy Who is Waiting for this Book?

He may have the few tools and materials to be found in every household, or he may possess his own complete chest of tools and well-equipped workshop, but something is lacking--He needs ideas--suggestions of things to make or do. He is tired of all the things that he and his companions have been able to think of. Now there are hundreds of other boys scattered all over this big country who have many new and interesting ideas he has never thought of, but how can this one boy ever get in touch with all these others? In just one way--through the pages of

Book I

The Boy Mechanic

The Great Book of 700 Things For Boys To Do

These original, practical suggestions have been furnished by hundreds of boys who have actually built and experimented with the devices they are now telling other boys how to build. In no other way could a book containing such a wide and interesting variety of contents have been prepared, for no one author or staff of writers, for that matter, could have possibly gleaned such a wealth of ideas from their own observation and experience.

A Few Practical Features:

A large number of the things described may be made from old cast-off articles which the average boy has at his disposal.

Many articles involving the purchase of only a few cents worth of material will be found fully as serviceable as similar ones costing several dollars.

Scores of handy things the family can use in the home are described.

Finally, this book will develop and interest the boy along mechanical lines and educate him at his play.