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…
Mount a wire on a board which is used for a base and should be 3/8 by 4 by 8 in., as shown in the sketch. A piece of catgut—a string used on a violin will do—is suspended from the…
A small shocking coil, suitable for medical purposes, may be constructed of materials found in nearly every amateur mechanic’s collection of odds and ends. The core, A, Fig. 1, is a piece of round soft iron rod about 1/4 in.…
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...
The stock necessary to make a morris chair of craftsman design as shown in the engraving can be purchased mill-planed and sandpapered on four sides as given in the following list: 4 posts 1-3/4 by 3 by 26 in. 2…
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
Excerpt from the book:Things To Makeby Archibald WilliamsPublished – 1918 This chapter should be of interest to the keeper of poultry on a small scale, for even if the instructions given are not followed out quite as they stand, they…
The preparation and putting together of the parts of a ladder having round, tapered rungs let into holes in the two sides is beyond the capacity of the average young amateur; but little skill is needed to manufacture a very…