How to Make an Ammeter
How to Make an Ammeter – Contributed by George Heimroth, Richmond Hill, L. I. / / Excerpt from the book: THE BOY MECHANIC VOLUME I – 700 THINGS FOR BOYS TO DO WITH 800 ILLUSTRATIONS 1913, BY H. H. WINDSOR…
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How to Make Boomerangs Out of Wood
A boomerang is a weapon invented and used by the native Australians and is a curved stick of hardwood, Fig. 1, about 5/16 in. thick, 2-1/2 in. wide and 2 ft. long, flat on one side, with the ends and…
How to Make a Bell Tent – An Inexpensive Home-Made Tent
How to Make a Bell Tent – An Inexpensive Home-Made Tent – – – – – Excerpt from the book: THE BOY MECHANIC VOLUME I 700 THINGS FOR BOYS TO DO WITH 800 ILLUSTRATIONS 1913, BY H. H. WINDSOR CHICAGO POPULAR MECHANICS…
How to Make a Copper Bowl
To make a copper bowl, such as is shown in the illustration, secure a piece of No. 21 gauge sheet copper of a size sufficient to make a circular disk 6-1/2 in. in diameter. Cut the copper to the circular…
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…
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 one end, fasten a 2-in. square piece, A, Fig. 1,…
How to Make a Tangent Galvanometer
How to Make a Tangent Galvanometer -Excerpt from the book: THE BOY MECHANIC – VOLUME I 700 THINGS FOR BOYS TO DO WITH 800 ILLUSTRATIONS 1913, BY H. H. WINDSOR CHICAGO POPULAR MECHANICS CO. PUBLISHERS – – – Secure a…
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 woods in common use, such as selected, quarter-sawed white oak…
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 string used on a violin will do—is suspended from the…
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...