A windmill for developing from 1/2 to 2 hp. may be constructed at home, the expense being very small and the results highly satisfactory. The…
The ice boat is each year becoming more popular. Anyone with even small experience in using tools can construct such a craft, and the pleasure…
How to Make a Turbine Engine – In the following article is described a machine which anyone can make, and which will be very interesting,…
How to Make a Crossbow Out of Wood – In making of this crossbow it is best to use maple for the stock, but if…
How to Make a Water Bike – Water bicycles afford fine sport, and, like many another device boys make, can be made of material often…
The following description is how a miniature windmill was made, which gave considerable power for its size, even in a light breeze. Its smaller parts,…
How to Make a Rat Trap – A boy, while playing in the yard close to a grain house, dug a hole and buried an…
Secure a tin can, or a pasteboard box, about 2 in. in diameter and 2 in. or more in height. Punch two holes A, Fig.…
Balloons made spherical, or designed after the regular aeronaut’s hot-air balloon, are the best kind to make. Those having an odd or unusual shape will…
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…