The Boy Mechanic, Book 2: 1000 Things for Boys to Do, Volume 1

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Contents

1. Plane-Table Surveying By Harold G. McGee
2. Machine for Sketching Pictures
3. Camera Surveying By Harold G. McGee
4. To Make Transparent Paper
5. Toasting Bread over an Open Fire
6. Adjustable Stilts
7. Grape Arbor Built of Poles
8. Forcing Fruit Blossoms for Decorations
9. Corner Cleaner Attached to a Scrubbing Brush
10. Plotting a Camera Survey By Harold G. McGee
11. How to Build a Skiff
12. Double-Swing Gate with Common Hinge
13. Testing Out Induction Coils
14. How to Make a Surveyor's Transit By Bennett Blacklidge
15. To Enlarge or Reduce Plots
16. A Lathe Bench
17. Cleaning and Polishing Shoes
18. Shaving Cabinet Mounted on an Adjustable Pedestal
19. Four-Passenger Coasting Bobsled By R. H. Allen
20. To Prevent Drill from Catching As It Passes through Metal
21. An Ice Boat and Catamaran By Robert K. Patterson
22. Mind-Reading Effect with Cards
23. An Air Pencil to Make Embossed Letters
24. An Endless Dish or Floor Mop
25. Combination Tie Rack and Collar Holder
26. Skates Made of Wood
27. An Ice Glider By Mildred E. Thomas
28. Prony Brake for Testing Small Motors
29. A Mystic Fortune Teller
30. Holding Prints in a Liquid-Filled Tray
31. Cellar-Door Holder
32. An Emergency Pencil Compass
33. Renewing Carbon Paper
34. How to Clinch a Finishing Nail
35. To Prevent Washbasin Bottom from Wearing Out
36. Snowshoes: How to Make and Use Them By Stillman Taylor
37. Soldering and Riveting By John D. Adams
38. A Whistle
39. Card-and-Coin Trick
40. How to Make a Costumer
41. Window Catch Used for Locking an Extension Table
42. Relieving Pressure on Heated Canned Foods for Opening
43. Clothespin Bag
44. Snowshoes: How to Make and Use Them By Stillman Taylor
45. Combination Settee Rocker and Cradle
46. A Snowball Thrower By Albert Bates, Jr
47. Springs on the Chains of a Porch Swing
48. Homemade Water Meter
49. A Snowball Maker
50. An Inexpensive Bobsled
51. Motor Made of Candles
52. Kettle-Handle Support
53. How to Make a Monorail Sled
54. Binding Magazines
55. A Blackboard for Children
56. How to Make a Ski Staff
57. A Game Played on the Ice
58. An Electric Display for a Show Window
59. Strainer for a Milk Pail
60. Baking Bread in Hot Sand
61. How to Make Small Cams
62. Display Holder for Coins
63. Holder for Skates while Sharpening
64. A Homemade Direct-View Finder for Cameras
65. A Non-Rolling Spool
66. How to Make a Cartridge Belt
67. Removing Iodine Stains
68. Bed-Cover Fasteners
69. Collar Fasteners
70. Operating a Bathroom Light Automatically
71. A Finger-Ring Trick
72. Preventing Marks from Basting Threads on Wool
73. Skating Merry-Go-Round By Henry Burich
74. Relieving Air Pressure When Closing Record Boxes
75. A Steering Sled
76. To Hold a Straw Hat on the Head
77. Carrying Fishhooks in a Cane Pole
78. Drying Small Laundered Articles
79. Decorative Wood Panels
80. Fishing-Rod Making and Angling By Stillman Taylor Part I—A One-Piece Casting Rod
81. Automatic Watering System for Poultry Yards
82. Changing Pip on a Card
83. To Make a Special Envelope
84. Automatically Extinguishing a Candle
85. Clothespin Newspaper Holder
86. Holder for a Dory Rudder
87. Trimming Photographs
88. A Metal Polish
89. Fishing-Rod Making and Angling By Stillman Taylor
90. Homemade Ball Catch for Cabinet Doors
91. Combination Needle and Thread Tray
92. Repairing Worn Escapement Wheel of a Clock
93. Fishing-Rod Making and Angling By Stillman Taylor
94. Catch to Hold Two Joining Doors Open
95. Bicycle Oil Lamp Changed to Electric Light
96. Lifter for Removing Eggs from Hot Water
97. Double Top for a Table
98. Fishing-Rod Making and Angling By Stillman Taylor
99. Houses Made of Poles By Lola A. Pinchon
100. An Electric Water Heater
101. Camps By F. S. Charles
102. A Drinking Tube
103. Washing Photographic Prints
104. Camp Furnishings By Chelsea Curtis Fraser
105. A Fruit Stemmer
106. A Homemade Fountain Pen
107. Destroying Caterpillars on Grapevines
108. A Camp Provision Box
109. Wall Pockets in a Tent
110. Camp Stoves
111. Attractor for Game Fish
112. Simple Photographic-Print Washer
113. How to Make an Electric Fishing Signal
114. A Chair Swing
115. Another Broom Holder
116. Squaring Wood Stock
117. A Wind Vane
118. How to Make a Flutter Ring
119. A Kitchen Utensil Hanger
120. Homemade Hinges for Boxes
121. To Remove Odors from Ice Boxes
122. Preventing Window Sash from Freezing to the Sill
123. A Hanger for the Camp
124. Locking Several Drawers with One Lock
125. A Lightning-Calculation Trick
126. An Adjustable Nutcracker
127. Substitute for a Rubber Stamp
128. A Furniture Polish
129. A Hanging Vase
130. Filing Soft Metals
131. Locking Screws in Door Hinges
132. To Remove Grease from Clothing
133. A Canoe Stove By F. V. Williams
134. To Prevent Washboard from Slipping in Tub
135. Clips to Hold Magazine Pages Together
136. Slide-Opening Cover for a Plate Holder
137. Magnetic-Suspension Pendulum
138. Use for Pencil Stubs
139. How to Build a Paddle-Wheel Boat By P. A. Baumeister
140. A Camp Loom
141. A Milk-Bottle Carrier
142. How to Make a War Kite By Park Snyder
143. Paper Glider That Loops the Loop By C. A. Thompson
144. A Water Filter
145. A Combination Electrically Operated Door Lock
146. Lock for a Fancy Hairpin
147. An Aeroplane Kite By W. A. Reich
148. Distilling Apparatus for Water
149. Telephone Stand for a Sloping Desk
150. Tandem Monoplane Glider By George F. Mace
151. Carrier for a Suitcase
152. Light in a Keyhole
153. How to Make a Monoplane Glider By William Grotzinger
154. Exerciser for a Chained Dog
155. A Laboratory Gas Generator
156. Holding Small Armatures for Winding
157. Footstool for Cement Floors
158. Homemade Telegraph Sounder
159. Laboratory Force Filter
160. Beginner's Helper for Roller Skating
161. Atmospheric Thermo-Engine
162. A Mirror an Aid in Rowing a Boat

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