Part II.--Knack of Handling Paddle, 102

Pail, Fisherman’s, with Wire-Mesh Cage, 454 Pail, Milking, Knee-Rest Holder for, 434 Pail, Tin, Safety Flue Stopper Made of, 328 Pail, Vacuum, How to Make, 315 Pail, Valve-Bottom, for Dipping Water, 344 Painter’s Knife, Scoop on, Catches Scrapings, 365 Painting, Scenic, Enlarged, Lantern Pictures as Guides for, 419 Pan, Feeding, for Poultry, 248 Pan, Frying, Made of Tin Cover, 298 Panels, Linoleum, for Homemade Chest, 425 Paper Glider, Toy, Carefully Designed, 324 Paper, Inkstand Made of Sheet of, 136 Paper Muslin, Portable Tent Made from an Umbrella and, 364 Paper, Straightening Sheets of, 456 Paper Trimmer, Photo and, Homemade Guide for, 366 Paper Warships, Toy, 293 Paper Weight, Small Desk Lamp Supported by, 424 Paper, Wire Clips Weight in Typewriter, 409 Papers, Proper Way to Wrap for Mailing, 44 Parachute, Releasing from a Kite, 354 Parade, Cart for Carrying Huge Drum in, 435 Paraffin Covers for Jars, Removable, 298 Parcel Carrier, Handy, with Caster Supports, 6 Parcel-Delivery Bicycle, Sidecar for, 407 Parcels, Device for Suspending from Overhead Hooks, 162 Paring Knife, Handy, Made from Old Hacksaw Blade, 207 Parlor Cue Alley, 341 Parlor Table, 151 Paste, Mixing, 241 Paste Pot, Utilizing Empty, 306 Paste, Squeezing from Tubes, 391 Paste Tubes, Wall Pocket for, 16 Pasteboard Box, Shortening, 337 Pasture Stake, Nontangling, 136 Patch, Leather Tire, 400 Patching Canvas Bottom of a Canoe, 430 Pattern of Gun, Choke and, 63 Patterns, Castings Without, 374 Pedals for Typewriter Space and Shift Keys Increase Speed, 364 Pen, Ordinary, Converted into Fountain Pen, 362 Pen, Revolving-Wheel Ruling, 134 Pen, Split-Bamboo Lettering, 142 Pencil and Clip, Improvised Penholder Made with, 457 Pencil and Pincushion Holder, Ornamental, 286 Pencil Holder for Workbench, 236 Pencil, Lead, Measuring Resistance with, 249 Pencil Sharpener, Cleanly, 247 Pencil Sharpener Made of Wafer Razor Blade, 361 Pencils and Penholders, Handy Tray for, 430 Pencils, Roll-Film Spools Useful in Economizing, 170 Penholder, Improvised, Made with Pencil and Clip, 457 Penholders, Pencils and, Handy Tray for, 430 Penny-in-the-Slot Newspaper Stand, 364 Pens, Grinding Writing and Lettering, 169 Periscope Which a Boy Can Make, Useful, 305 Perpetual Calendar, 43 Perpetual-Motion Puzzle, 138 Perpetual Whirligig, 400 Phonograph Needles, Fiber, Device for Sharpening, 361 Photo and Paper Trimmer, Homemade Guide for, 366 Photo-Copying Lens Increases Angle of Camera, 160 Photo Films, Drying, Rapidly, 338 Photo-Print Washing Device, Automatic, 329 Photo Prints, Lettering Without Marking Negative, 440 Photographic Developing, Film Holder for, 452 Photographic Developing Tank, Reversible, 325 Photographic Films, Stenciling with, 416 Photographic-Negative Filing System, 434 Photographic Negatives and Prints, Kinks in Washing, 181 Photographic-Print Washing Machine, 327 Photographic Printing Machine, 333 Photographic Prints, Making Glossy, 76 Photographic Trays, Making, 406 Photographic Workroom, Daylight, Red Windows in, 169 Photographing Electric Sparks, 399 Photographs in Falling Snow, Taking, 140 Photography, Bird, Camera for, 426 Photography, Putty Deadens Glossy Surface in, 360 Piano or Reading Lamp, 290 Pick-Up Material, Garden Plow Made of, 227 Picture Frame, Plier Drives Nails in Backing, 450 Picture Frame, Sailors’ Sweetheart, 268 Picture Frames, Novel Homemade, 124 Picture, Small Hook for Hanging, 276 Pictures, Camera for Taking, from Kite, 52 Pictures, Enlarged Lantern, as Guides for Scenic Painting, 419 Pictures, Novel Masks for Printing, 182 Pictures, Shielding from Damp Walls, 338 Pictures, Transferring to Glass, 443 Pie-Plate Gas Heater, 423 Pigeon House, 403 Pigeon, Mechanical Toy, Made of Wood, 433 Pigeonhole, Desk-Light Arm Folds into, 452 Pile Driver, Small Working, 215 Pillar, Hollow, Porch Gate Folds into, 193 Pin Setter for Home Tenpins, 61 Pincushion Holder, Ornamental Pencil and, 286 Pincushion, Wire-Screen, 456 Pipe Lighter, Non-Blow-Out Cigar and, 321 Pipe Straps, Bottle Carrier Made of, 217 Pipe, Water, Broken Spade Handle Repaired with, 242 Pipes, Child’s Swing Built of, in Narrow Space, 358 Pipes, Repairing Leaks in, 212 Pitch or Wax, Frayed Shoe Laces Repaired with, 129 Plane, Block, Converted for Use on Circular Work, 211 Planing Thin Sticks Held in Flooring Groove, 218 Plans in a Shop, Protecting, 376 Plant, Miniature Cement, 383 Plant, Miniature Illuminating-Gas, 379 Plant Shelf, Bark-Covered Porch Light and, 432 Plants, Garden, Starting, 373 Plaster of Paris to Set Screws into Wall, 266 Plate Holder, Using as Printing Frame, 408 Play Area, Baby’s, Portable Fence for, 195 Play Auto, Barrel Staves as Springs for, 311 Play or Stage Use, Comic Chest Expander for, 429 Playground Swings, Bearing for, 276 Playing-Card Holder, 414 Playing Talking-Machine Records with the Finger Nail, 187 Plier Drives Nails in Backing Picture Frame, 450 Plow, Garden, Made of Pick-Up Material, 227 Pneumatic Door Check Made of Bicycle Pump, 169 Pocket, Flash Lamps, Improvement on, 267 Pocket, Wall, for Paste Tubes, 16 Pointer, Timing, on Watch Crystal, 364 Points of Grip, Scale on Vaulting Pole Indicates, 411 Polarity, Direct Current, Testing with Litmus Paper, 369 Polarity Indicator, Simple, 422 Pole, Fruit-Picking, with Gravity Delivery Chute, 367 Pole Supports Rug for Cleaning, 10 Polish Instrument Bases, How to, 30 Polisher, Flatiron, 399 Polishing with a Hand Drill, 354 Pop-Corn Cakes, How to Make, 153 Popular Mechanics Magazine on Bookshelf, Index for, 308 Porch Gate Folds into Hollow Pillar, 193 Porch Light and Plant Shelf, Bark-Covered, 432 Porch Swing, 167 Porch Swing, Headrest for, 367 Porch Swing Made from Automobile Seat, 425 Porch Swings, Safety Spring for, 297 Portable Fence for Baby’s Play Area, 195 Portable Fire Screen, 68 Portable Folding Boat, 135 Portable Sectional Poultry Fencing, 329 Portable Skylight for Home Portraiture, 330 Portable Tent Made from an Umbrella and Paper Muslin, 364 Portraiture, Home, Portable Skylight for, 330 Post-Card Projector and Enlarging Camera, Improvised, 209 Posts for Tennis Court, Removable, 415 Pot, Empty Paste, Utilizing, 306 Pots, Earthen Mustard, Used as Acid Jars, 391 Potted Flowers, Turntable Stand for, 308 Poultry, Concrete Water Basin for, 236 Poultry Coops, Double Roofs Provide Ideal Shade for, 180 Poultry, Feeding Pan for, 248 Poultry Fence Construction Economical of Netting, 409 Poultry Fencing, Portable Sectional, 329 Poultry-House Door Latch, Spring Roost Releases, 448 Poultry House, Trap Nest for, 455 Poultry, Live, Weighed Handily in Funnel Scale, 442 Poultry Yard, Feeding Geese in, 373 Pouring Liquids Quickly from Container, 21 Practical Memorandum for Odd Jobs, 322 Practical Uses for Old Button Clasps, 432 Practice Batting for Baseball Playing, 100 Preserve Glasses, Combined Label and Cover Pad for, 4 Preserving Leaves in Specimen Book, 10 Press, Hand-Drill, Oiler for, 276 Preventing Looseness of Drawer Handles, 357 Prevents Soiling Goods After Oiling Sewing Machine, 402 Printer, Developing-Paper, 375 Printer, Homemade Magnesium, 226 Printing Frame, Using Plate Holder as, 408 Printing Machine, Photographic, 333 Printing Pictures, Novel Masks for, 182 Printing, Retouching Negatives for, 397 Printing Surface, Curved, for Sharp Focus in Bromide Enlargements, 186 Prints, Photographic, Making Glossy, 76 Prints, Photographic Negatives and, Kinks in Washing, 181 Projector, Post-Card, and Enlarging Camera, Improvised, 209 Propeller Blades, How to Make Quickly, 395 Protect Extra Spark Plugs, Box to, 440 Protecting an Air Pump Against Denting, 412 Protecting Light in a Gymnasium, 337 Protecting Plans in a Shop, 376 Protecting Wall Back of Range or Sink, 354 Protection from Mosquitoes, Camp Shelter Affords, 181 Protector, Book and Document, 294 Pruning and Brush-Cutting Knife, 449 Pulley and Weight Exerciser Homemade in the Orient, 365 Pulley Slings, Canoe or Boat Stored in, 361 Pump, Bicycle, Cleaning Type Cases with, 451 Pump, Detachable Motor-Driven Tire, Made of Foot Pump, 454 Pump, Small Rotary, Easily Made, 451 Push Button, Doorbell, on Screen Door, 150 Push Buttons, Miniature, 251 Putty Deadens Glossy Surfaces in Photography, 360 Putty, Good, How to Make, 396 Putty, To Prevent Sticking to the Hands, 314 Putty, To Remove from Hands, 387 Puzzle, Moth-Ball, as Window-Advertising Novelty, 444 Puzzle, Perpetual-Motion, 138

Quick-Acting Bench Vise, 85

Rabbits, Tile Trap for, 184 Rack, Sewing, Attached to Rocker, 291 Radiator Cover, Summer, Serves as Cupboard in Winter, 297 Radiator Ornament, Lighted Whirling Fan Used as, 260 Radiator Valve, Ship’s-Wheel Device for, 259 Raft, Woodsman’s Log, 185 Rain Alarm with Drop-of-Water Contact, 161 Raising and Lowering Curtain at a Distance, 22 Raising the Temperature of a Room, 356 Rake Handle, Bicycle-Handle Grip on, 372 Rake, Hoe or, Second Handle on, Saves Stooping, 160 Range or Sink, Protecting Wall Back of, 354 Rat Trap, Self-Setting, 31 Ratchet Wheels, Small, Making in a Lathe, 266 Rattle in Motorcycle Stand, Stopping, 414 Rattling of Door, Eccentric Drawbolt Stops, 457 Rattling of Windows, To Stop, 417 Razor Blade, Wafer, Pencil Sharpener Made of, 361 Reading Lamp, Piano or, 290 Readings, Temperature, Transposing, 376 Rear Seat for Motorcycle or Bicycle, 446 Receptacles, Bench, for Small Articles, 350 Receptacle for Shellac Varnish, 346 Record-Cleaning Pad Fixed to Talking Machine, 444 Record Time of Appointments and Other Events, Clock Device to, 322 Recording Annunciator Target, 310 Records, Disk Talking-Machine, Played Eccentrically, 328 Records, Talking-Machine, Playing with the Finger Nail, 187 Rectangular Opening to Use over Camera View Finder, 125 Red Lens Hinged to Flash Light, for Dark-Room Use, 6 Red Lights, Green and, Signal Telegraph with, 176 Red Windows in Daylight Photographic Workroom, 169 Reed Furniture, Woven, 261, 269 Reed Handle, Repairing Broken, 187 Reel for Use with Seed-Planting Guide String, 422 Reflected-Light Illumination with Homemade Arrangement, 128 Reflector and Mirror, Combination Indirect-Light, 460 Reflectors, Light, White Blotting Paper Improves, 196 Refrigerator, Making Use of in Winter, 344 Refrigerator, Window, 323 Refuse-Catching Drawer, Wood Box with, 114 Register, Hot-Air, Catch-All Screen Inside, 432 Reinforcing a Strained Auto-Truck Frame, 454 Reinforcing the Ends of Rubber Handlebar Grips, 452 Relay of inexpensive Materials, Homemade, 332 Releasing a Parachute from a Kite, 354 Removable Drawer Stop, 10 Removable Headrest for Chair, 432 Removable Paraffin Covers for Jars, 298 Removable Posts for Tennis Court, 415 Removal Marker for Card Index, 372 Removal of Wall Paper, Kink for, 295 Remove Putty from Hands, 387 Removing Sag from Couch Spring, 430 Repair Rubber Gloves, How to, 286 Repairing a Brass Candlestick, 372 Repairing a Broken Canoe Paddle, 158 Repairing a Broken Fly-Screen Frame, 356 Repairing a Broken Metal Cross, 389 Repairing a Broken Reed Handle, 187 Repairing Burned-Out Incandescent Globes, 236 Repairing Sectional Spun-Metal Candlestick, 382 Repairing Shade-Roller Springs, 338 Replacing a Broken Coffee Pot Knob, 226 Reproducing Flowers and Leaves in Colors, 152 Resistance, Measuring with a Lead Pencil, 249 Retouching Negatives for Printing, 397 Reversible Photographic Developing Tank, 325 Reversing Switch, Cylinder, 297 Revolving Card or Ticket Holder, 369 Revolving Outdoor Lunch Table, 363 Revolving-Wheel Ruling Pen, 134 Revolving Window Display, 229 Rheostat, Small, for Experiments and Testing, 206 Rheostat, Water, for Small Electrical Devices, 196 Rifle, Sporting, and How to Use It, 47 Rigging Economizes Space in Closet, 433 Rigging, Simple, Lawn Mower Sharpened Efficiently with, 448 Ring-and-Egg Trick, 84 Ring, Mystic Climbing, 22 Ring, String-Cutting, Made of Horseshoe Nail, 5 Rip in Tire Tubes, Checking, 354 Rivets in Couches, Substitute for, 371 Road Maps, Celluloid Cover for, 295 Roadster with Motorcycle Engine, Homemade, 437 Rocker, Developing or Etching-Tray, 218 Rocker, Sewing Rack Attached to, 291 Rod for Picking Fruit, Tin Can on, 54 Rods, Round, for Fish Poles, Making, 40 Rods, Turning Long Wood, 349 Roll-Film Spools Useful in Economizing Pencils, 170 Roll Films, New Method of Developing, 339 Roll-Paper Feed for Typewriter, 207 Roller, Shade, Toy Submarine Made of, 441 Roller Skates, Homemade, 377 Roller Truck for Use in Scrubbing, 210 Rolling Can, Come-Back, 298 Roofs, Double, Provide Ideal Shade for Poultry Coops, 180 Room, Dark, Loading Box to Dispense with, 268 Room, Electric Fan Aid to Heating, 426 Room, Raising Temperature of, 356 Roost, Spring, Releases Poultry-House Door Latch, 448 Rope and Lever, Emergency Lifting Device of, 334 Rope, Emergency Oarlock of, 218 Rope Pad Prevents Slamming of Door, 440 Rope, Sheepshank, Knot Used to Recover, 168 Rope, Weighted, Holds Flag Upright, 451 Roses Tinged Blue by Chemicals, 406 Rotary Pump, Small, Easily Made, 451 Round and Flat Edges, Ruler with, 350 Round Rods for Fish Poles, Making, 40 Rowing, Oars Flattened to Make Easier, 319 Rubber Balloons, Toy, Filling with Hydrogen, 30 Rubber Band, Making Scale Enlargements with, 175 Rubber Band Prevents Tangling of Telephone Cord, 367 Rubber Bands Made from Old Inner Tubes, 268 Rubber Faucet Plug, Coffee Grinder Repaired with, 129 Rubber Gloves, How to Repair, 286 Rubber Pads for Opening Screw Watch Bezel, 448 Rubbers, Drying Rack for Shoes and, 454 Rudder for a Toboggan, 323 Rug, Heavy, Hanging on Line for Beating, 389 Rug, Pole Supports, for Cleaning, 10 Ruler with Round and Flat Edges, 350 Ruling Pen, Revolving-Wheel, 134 Ruling Uniform Cards or Sheets, Aid in, 420 Running Board of Automobile, Suitcase Holder for, 329 Rust, Keeping Tools Bright and Free from, 212 Rustic Trellis to Shade Door or Window, 175 Rustic Well for a Bazaar or Fair Booth, 182

Safeguarding Contents of Unsealed Envelopes, 363 Safety Brake, Coaster with, 273 Safety Chopping Block, 187 Safety Cover for Valves on Gas Stove, 298 Safety Flue Stopper Made of Tin Pail, 328 Safety Pins, Novel Uses for, 445 Safety Spring for Porch Swings, 297 Sag, Removing from Couch Spring, 430 Sail-Rigged Wind Motor, 172 Sailing the Open Paddling Canoe, 86 Sailors’ Sweetheart Picture Frame, 268 Sal-Ammoniac, Renewing Dry Batteries with, 14 Salt-and-Pepper Holder, Camper’s, 115 Sandpapering Square Edges on Small Machine Bases, 418 Sanitary Drinking Tube, 69 Sanitary Holder for Thread and Dental Floss, 46 Sapling, Hickory, Swing Made of, 335 Scale Enlargements, Making with a Rubber Band, 175 Scale Funnel, Live Poultry Weighed Handily in, 442 Scale on Vaulting Pole Indicates Points of Grip, 411 Scaler, Fish, 154 Scales and Name Plates, Imitation-Celluloid, 353 Scarecrow, Cat-and-Bells, 426 Scarecrow, Swinging Bags on Arms of, 340 Scenic Painting, Enlarged Lantern Pictures as Guides for, 419 Scissors Blades, Keeping Apart Lengthens Their Service, 454 Scoop Made of Box End, 433 Scoop on Painter’s Knife Catches Scrapings, 365 Scraper for Dishes, 337 Scraper for Tennis Court, 311 Scrapings, Scoop on Painter’s Knife Catches, 365 Screen, Catch-All, Inside Hot-Air Register, 432 Screen-Door Check, Homemade, 392 Screen Door, Device Frightens Flies at, 425 Screen Door, Doorbell Push Button on, 150 Screen, Fluorescent, How to Make, 92 Screen, Focusing, for Enlarging Cameras, 388 Screw, Experimental Lead, How to Make, 31 Screw Hooks, Putting in Neatly, 312 Screw Watch Bezel, Rubber Pads for Opening, 448 Screwdriver Made from Buttonhook, 362 Screws, Driving in Hard Wood, 94 Screws, Plaster of Paris to Set into Wall, 266 Script on a Trophy Cup, Onlaying, 188 Scrubbing and Floorwork, Caster Board for, 293 Scrubbing, Roller Truck for Use in, 210 Searchlight, Pivoted, Made of Old Milk Strainer, 139 Seat, Automobile, Porch Swing Made from, 425 Seat, Combination Workshop, 370 Seat, Folding Ground, with Back Rest, 190 Seat for Garden Workers, Movable Sunshade and, 148 Seat, Fuel Box in, Filled from Floor Trapdoor, 332 Seat, Hall, with Storage Compartment, 312 Seat, Homemade Spring Wagon, 440 Seat, Rear, for Motorcycle or Bicycle, 446 Seats, Lawn, Built on Tree Stump, 141 Second Handle on Hoe or Rake Saves Stooping, 160 Secret Trinket Case for the Bookshelf, 296 Section Liner, Homemade, 280 Sectional Poultry Fencing, Portable, 329 Sectional Spun-Metal Candlesticks, Repairing, 382 Secure, Making Chest Lock More, 94 Seed-Planting Guide String, Reel for Use with, 422 Seeding Bare Spots on Lawns, 167 Seeing an Alternating Current in a Mirror, 392 Self-Setting Rat Trap, 31 Set of Electric Chimes, 368 Sewing Basket, Hourglass, 137 Sewing Machine, Emery Needle Cushion in, 197 Sewing Machine, Needle Threader for, 134 Sewing Machine, Prevents Soiling Goods After Oiling, 402 Sewing-Machine Thread, Preventing from Tangling, 382 Sewing Rack Attached to Rocker, 291 Sewing Stand with Workbag in Top, 293 Shade and Curtains, Bedroom, Arranged for Thorough Ventilation, 128 Shade, Ideal, Double Roofs Provide for Poultry Coops, 180 Shade-Roller Springs, Repairing, 338 Shade Roller, Toy Submarine Made of, 441 Sharpener, Table-Knife, 22 Sharpening Fiber Phonograph Needles, Device for, 361 Shaving-Brush Holder, 76 Shaving Lamp and Mirror for Camp, 162 Sheath for Hunter’s Knife, Locking, 428 Shed, Double Lock for, 157 Sheepshank Knot Used to Recover Rope, 168 Sheet-Metal Stand for Flatiron, 182 Sheet Music, Tabs for Turning Quickly, 368 Sheets of Paper, Straightening, 456 Sheets, Typewritten Bound, Inserting or Correcting on, 419 Sheets, Uniform Cards or, Aid in Ruling, 420 Shellac Varnish, Receptacle for, 346 Shelves, Wall, Easily Constructed, 108 Shield for Heater in Chick Brooding House, 295 Shielding Pictures from Damp Wall, 338 Shipment, Convenient, Trunk Bookcase for, 217 Ship’s-Wheel Device for a Radiator Valve, 259 Shoe Laces, Frayed, Repaired with Pitch or Wax, 129 Shoe-Polishing Strop, 344 Shoes and Rubbers, Drying Rack for, 454 Shoes, Tan, To Keep from Turning Dark, 377 Shop, Protecting Plans in, 376 Shop Use, Ironing or, Gas-Hose Bracket for, 366 Shortening a Pasteboard Box, 337 Shotgun and How to Use It: