How to Make a Simple Water Filter – The Small Filter
How to Make a Simple Water Filter - The Small Filter - excerpt from the book "The Scientific American Boy" by A. Russell Bond
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How to Make a Secret Compartment in Ordinary Table Drawer
It is frequently desired to have some handy place for storing valuables where there is but little chance of discovering them. Secret drawers in tables usually require special and expensive changes, but with only a few simple changes on a…
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…
Household Tips And Tricks – More than Three Hundred Helpful Household Tips And Tricks
Excerpt from the book:MOTHER’S’ REMEDIESOver One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada.By DR. T. J. RITTERPUBLISHED BY G.H. FOOTE PUB. CO. DETROIT MICH 1921 HOUSEKEEPERS’ ALPHABET Apples.–Keep in a dry place, as cool…
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…
How to Make a Canoe – THE BOY MECHANIC VOLUME I
How to Make a Canoe - A practical and serviceable canoe, one that is inexpensive, can be built by any boy, who can wield a hammer and saw, by closely following the instructions and drawings, given in this article.
How to Make an Easel
A strong and substantial easel may be made at home with very little expense and no great difficulty. Smooth down with a plane, four pieces of pine, 1 in. thick, 4 in. wide and 4 ft. long, until suitable for…
How to Make a Gymnastics Bar – The Horizontal Bar
How to Make a Gymnastics Bar – Gymnastic apparatus costs money and needs to be housed, because it will not stand the weather. Gymnasiums are not always available for the average boy who likes exercise and who would like to…
Caning Chairs – How to Cane a Chair
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…
Homemade Compass – How to Make a Homemade Compass
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 cork at right angles to the needle and stick two…