How to Build a Rabbit Trap
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…
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September 13, 2014
How to Waterproof Canvas – method used by the British navy yards
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…
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September 13, 2014
Mission Library Table – How to Make a Mission Library Table
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…
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September 13, 2014
How to Make a Hygrometer
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…
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September 13, 2014
How to Make an Induction Coil
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…
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September 13, 2014
Wooden Porch Swing Plans – How to Make a Wooden Porch Swing
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...
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September 13, 2014
Morris Chair Plans – How to build a Morris Chair
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…
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June 16, 2014
How to Build a Roll Top Desk
How to Build a Roll Top DeskThe Desk CompleteThe materials for this roll top desk can be purchased from a mill dressed and sandpapered so the hardest part of the…
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June 16, 2014
How to make a piano bench
How to make a piano bench - Excerpt from the book: Mission Furniture - HOW TO MAKE IT - PART I POPULAR MECHANICS HANDBOOKS CHICAGO, Printed 1909
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June 16, 2014
Chicken House Plans – Building A Chicken House
Excerpt from the book:Things To Makeby Archibald WilliamsPublished - 1918This chapter should be of interest to the keeper of poultry on a small scale, for even if the instructions given…
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June 12, 2014