When a ring cannot be removed easily from the finger, take a string or thread and draw one end through between the ring and the flesh.Coil the other end of the string around the finger covering the part from the…
How to Make a Rat Trap – A boy, while playing in the yard close to a grain house, dug a hole and buried an old-fashioned fruit jug or jar that his mother had thrown away, says the Iowa Homestead.…
How to Cane a Chair – There are but few households that do not have at least one or two chairs without a seat or back. The same households may have some one who would enjoy re-caning the chairs if…
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 1/2 pt. of hot water are mixed with every 7…
The mission library table, the drawings for which are here given, has been found well proportioned and of pleasing appearance. It can be made of any of the several furniture woods in common use, such as selected, quarter-sawed white oak…
How to Make a Wooden Porch Swing - The material needed for making this porch swing chair are two pieces of round wood 2-1/2 in. in diameter and 20 in. long...
How to Build a Roll Top Desk The Desk Complete The materials for this roll top desk can be purchased from a mill dressed and sandpapered so the hardest part of the work will be finished. The wood must be…
How to make a piano bench - Excerpt from the book: Mission Furniture - HOW TO MAKE IT - PART I POPULAR MECHANICS HANDBOOKS CHICAGO, Printed 1909
A MISSION WASTE-PAPER BASKET Excerpt from the book:Mission Furniture – HOW TO MAKE IT – PART IPOPULAR MECHANICS HANDBOOKS CHICAGO,Printed 1909 Waste-Paper Basket to Match Library Table The basket shown in the accompanying sketch is designed to be used with…
STYLES OF CHAIRS – THE 40 STYLES OF CHAIRS (embracing the period from 3000 B.C. to 1900 A.D.) Excerpt from the book:Mission Furniture – HOW TO MAKE IT – PART IPOPULAR MECHANICS HANDBOOKS CHICAGO,Printed 1909 There are 40 distinct styles…