Do It Yourself Projects
How to Make and Fly a Chinese Kite - The Chinese boy is not satisfied with simply holding the end of a kite string and running up and down the block…
How to Make an Ammeter - Contributed by George Heimroth, Richmond Hill, L. I. / / Excerpt from the book: THE BOY MECHANIC VOLUME I - 700 THINGS FOR BOYS…
A boomerang is a weapon invented and used by the native Australians and is a curved stick of hardwood, Fig. 1, about 5/16 in. thick, 2-1/2 in. wide and 2…
How to Make a Bell Tent - An Inexpensive Home-Made Tent - - - - - Excerpt from the book: THE BOY MECHANIC VOLUME I 700 THINGS FOR BOYS TO DO…
To make a copper bowl, such as is shown in the illustration, secure a piece of No. 21 gauge sheet copper of a size sufficient to make a circular disk…
Magnetize an ordinary knitting needle, A, and push it through a cork, B, and place the cork exactly in the middle of the needle. Thrust a pin, C, through the…
How to Make a Self-Setting Rabbit Trap Secure a good-sized box, say, 1 ft. high, 1-1/2 ft. wide, and 3 ft. long; and to the bottom, about 10 in. from…
The illustration shows the complete thermometer. The water in the glass tube is caused to rise and fall by the expansion and contraction of the air in the tin box.…
How to Make a Tangent Galvanometer -Excerpt from the book: THE BOY MECHANIC - VOLUME I 700 THINGS FOR BOYS TO DO WITH 800 ILLUSTRATIONS 1913, BY H. H. WINDSOR…
The method used by the British navy yards for waterproofing and painting canvas so it will not become stiff and cracked is as follows: One ounce of yellow soap and…