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Aug AULIOYS B UO PJAOM 9} Ul sdEI/g Sutjsasaquy yoy aq] — doys mab 24OOD “AL Gsja1q £q ydesBojoyg . sy . .,Y McGOWEN-MAIER & CO. Cxricaco, Iu. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 790100 ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDAN FOUNDATIONS R 1935 L ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN COPYRICHT, 1911, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ae? e re te a e ¢ te ececeet ¢ eecce c € erree Ld e et Ce e ¢ et ¢ ¢€ ef ete e » @% @ et 68 @ € t er € ° eceee eereet eee € e e*e ¢ e ¢ e eere emere ee ee ¢ eeaese @ ecaetce# eee @eecee Cee oa vv _ PREFACE There is a period in a boy’s life, roughly speaking between the ages of ten and sixteen, when his in- terests and energy turn in the direction of making things. It may be called the creative period, and with many of us it ends nearer sixty than sixteen. At one time it will take the form of a mania for building boats; again it may be automobiles or aeroplanes. . The boy is very susceptible to suggestion. A great automobile race occurs, and for weeks the building and racing of toy automobiles goes on apace. The papers are filled with accounts of an aero meet. Immediately the boy’s energy turns to the study and manufacture of aeroplanes. This abounding interest in the real things of life is perfectly normal and should be encouraged rather than discouraged; but the boy needs guidance, if this energy is to be properly directed. He needs strengthening in his weak points, otherwise he may become superficial and “‘scattering”’ in his work, and fail to stick to a thing until, overcoming all obstacles, he succeeds & doing the one thing he set out to do. He may PREFACE acquire the bad habit of never finishing anything, though continually starting new schemes. The ability of the average boy is far beyond the general estimate, but intelligent supervision is needed. The pocket knife is his natural tool, yet not one boy out of a thousand realizes its possibili- ties. An attempt has been made in this volume to suggest some of these, especially for boys living in the city, where a little work shop for himself, unfor- tunately, is too often a luxury. The two boys here depicted form a composite picture of several thousand American boys whom it has been the pleasure of the author to guide. The ability to design new things, and to adapt general rules to personal requirements, is to be encouraged at all times, and this idea has been exemplified in the following pages. wus La. Hew Hee Se 3B et XUII. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. CONTENTS Introductory . The Knife and Its Possibilities — First Ex- periments . Mechanical Drawing . Mechanical Drawing (Continued) Toys Moving Toys . Designing Moving Toys . The Model Aeroplane The Monoplane . Chip Carving and Knife Work Chip Carving (Continued) Chip Carving (Continued) The Shop , , The Equipment for a Shop . Building a Lumber Rack Mills and Weather Vanes Tools — Saws Tools — Planes Squaring up Stock Boring Tools Miscellaneous Tools PAGE 23 31 40 50 58 68 75 97 109 120 123 143 150 157 169 176 185 193 199 CHAPTER XXIII. XXIV. XXV. / XXVI. XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. XXX. XXXI. XXXII. XX XIII. XXXIV. XXXV. XXXVI. XXXVI. XXXVIIL XXXIX. XL. XLI. _ XLil. XLII. CONTENTS Making Nail Boxes Bird Houses . Simple Articles for Household Use The Mitre Box and Picture Frame’ . Making Toilet Boxes . Brackets and Book Racks Construction . The Use of the Gouge Coat Hanger and Towel Rollers . Clock Cases Foot Stools The Tabourette The Dovetail Joint Inlaying The Checkerboard Tool Cases and Chests . Book Cases and Magazine Racks The Medicine Cabinet Mission Furniture The Chest , The Drawing Outfit . Woodwork for Outdoor Sports — The Ten. nis Court, Tennis Court Accessories The Pergola . Poultry Houses Housing of Outdoor Pets . Outdoor Carpentry Staining, Polishing, and Finishing. PAGE 206 2138 221 228 235 242 250 258 266 276 291 301 $13 319 332 339 347 354 361 377 381 $99 425 441 451 457 481 CONTENTS Durability: Decay and Wood... Mathematics of Woodwork Lumber No. 1 Lumber No. 2 Lumber No. 3 Lumber No. 4 Broad-leaved Trees Trees with Simple Leaves Preservation of 492 498 510 517 524 532 543 556 ILLUSTRATIONS The Shop — The Most Interesting Place in the World on a Stormy Day . . Frontismece FACING PAGE The Boy and his Jack Knife. . . . 8 The Correct Way to Hold the Chisel . . 118 Using the Jack Plane , , , . 146 learning to Use the Crosscut Saw . , . 170 Tools of the Seventeenth Century. . . 178 Using the Veining Tool . , ; ; . 208 Assembling and Finishing . . , . . 874 Staining and Polishing. . . . . 484 CARPENTRY AND WOODWORK