Homemade Corn Sheller
Homemade Corn Sheller - Where there is but a small quantity of corn to be shelled a sheller can be made of a few scraps of wood usually found on a farm.
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Distilling Water at Home – How to Distill Water at Home Using Homemade Apparatus
An apparatus for distilling water can be very easily made from galvanized pipe fittings. The outer cooling jacket A is a piece of 1-in. pipe, 2 ft. long, threaded on both ends, and bored and tapped for 1 pipe at…
Paddle Wheel Boat Plans – How to Build a Paddle Wheel Boat By P. A. Baumeister
Paddle Wheel Boat Plans – How to Build a Paddle-Wheel Boat By P. A. Baumeister The paddle-wheel boat, illustrated herewith, was built in the spare time I had on rainy afternoons and Saturdays, and the enjoyment I derived from it…
How to Build a Skiff – Wood Boat Plans
How to Build a Skiff – Wood Boat Plans – The following is a description of an easily constructed 12-ft. skiff, suitable for rowing and paddling. This is the type used by many duck hunters, as it may be easily pushed…
Antique Baby Doll Carriage – How to Make a Baby Carriage
Antique Baby Doll Carriage A Baby Carriage than that shown in Fig. 299, with its rounded ends, arched bottom, and adjustable hood? It is easy to make. – – – Excerpt from: HOME-MADE TOYS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS, BOOKS BY…
Jack in the Box – How to Make a Jack in the Box Toy
DIY Jack-in-the-Box Toy (For Kids) 🧒 Age Group 6–10 years (adult help recommended for cutting) 🧰 Materials Needed Empty tissue box or small cardboard box with a lid Paper cup or toilet paper roll Spring (from an old pen) or…
Toy Stable Plans – A Homemade Toy Stable
A Homemade Toy Stable – If you prefer a garage instead of this stable, you may omit the stalls, and make one or two large windows in the rear wall in place of the small high windows shown. Fig.…
Shooting Gallery Game for Kids – Homemade Shooting Gallery
This interesting toy, with its funny animal targets, and a harmless pistol with which to shoot at them, will provide an endless amount of fun for a winter’s evening or stormy afternoon. Excerpt from: HOME-MADE TOYS FOR GIRLS AND…
DIY Toys for Kids – HOME-MADE TOY ELEVATORS
The elevator shown in Fig. 96 is a unique mechanical toy well worth one’s making. Release the little car at the top floor, and it will descend to the ground floor, and then return to the starting point, without you…
Toy Motor Boat – Homemade Boats for Kids
Homemade Boats for Kids – The toy motor-boat shown in Figs. 48 and 49 is propelled by a tin propeller run by a rubber-band motor. A handful of rubber-bands will cost only a few cents, and the rest of the…