The boy mechanic, book 3

Part II.--Running, Jumping and Climbing, 33

Chapter 311,846 wordsPublic domain

Skylight, Portable, for Home Portraiture, 330 Slamming of Door, Rope Pad Prevents, 440 Sled, Folding Ice, 44 Sled, One-Runner, 45 Sled, Ski, 41 Sleeping Tent, Hammock, 242 Sleeve Aids in Distinguishing Gas-Fixture Chains, 247 Slicing Board for Camp or Kitchen, 247 Slide in Top of Drawer, Desk, 356 Slide Tray, Nonbinding Tool-Chest, 371 Slide, Water-Coasting Toboggan and, 183 Sliding Board for Coasting, 14 Sliding Windows, Horizontal, Hinge Lock for, 372 Small Articles, Bench Receptacles for, 350 Small Working Pile Driver, 215 Smoker’s Cabinet or Cellarette, 32 Smoker’s Trays, Morris Chair with Newspaper Rack, 309 Smoking of Lamp Overcome by Increasing Draft, 361 Snake Game, Indian, 388 Snakes Inlaid, Turned Cane with, 325 Snapper-Shell Ash Tray, 68 Snow Blocks Made in Box Form, Fort Built of, 409 Snow, Falling, Taking Photographs in, 140 Snowshoe Toe Clips, Homemade, 418 Socket, Fuse, Inkwell Base Made from, 344 Sockets, Table, for Electrical Heating Apparatus, 396 Sod Cutter, Horse-Drawn, 229 Soiling Goods After Oiling Sewing Machine, Prevents, 402 Solder, Making String, 235 Soldering, Difficult, Alcohol Blowtorch for, 382 Soldier, Compact Toilet Outfit for, 9 Soldiers, Lead, and Similar Small Castings, Making, 455 Soldier’s or Traveler’s Kit for Sundries and Toilet Articles, 453 Sounding Glass, Mystery, 157 Space in Closet, Rigging Economizes, 433 Spacer for Curtain Rings, Cord Used as, 211 Spade Handle, Broken, Repaired with Water Pipe, 242 Spark Plugs, Extra, Box to Protect, 440 Sparks, Electric, Photographing, 399 Specimen Book, Preserving Leaves in, 10 Speed, Pedals for Typewriter Space and Shift Key Increase, 364 Spit, Water Wheel Turns over Campfire, 429 Split-Bamboo Lettering Pen, 142 Split-Bamboo Tray for Top, Folding Table with, 424 Split Needle Causes Echo on Talking Machine, 217 Splitting, Driving Nails to Prevent, 373 Spokes, Wire, in Wheels, Handy Tool for Tightening, 450 Spoon Attachment to Prevent Child from Using Left Hand, 317 Sporting Rifle and How to Use It, 47 Sportsman’s Cabinet for Guns, Equipment and Books, 434 Spray Liquid in Atomizer, Bottle Economizes, 450 Spray Nozzle Made of Acetylene Burner, 248 Spray, Pressure, Made of Old Oilcan, 212 Spring for Porch Swings, Safety, 297 Spring-Roller Curtains, Automatic Stop for, 317 Spring Roost Releases Poultry-House Door Latch, 448 Spring Wagon Seat, Homemade, 440 Springs, Coiled, Winding, 134 Springs, Discarded Buggy, for Diving Board, 429 Springs, for Play Auto, Barrel Staves as, 311 Springs, Opening, for a Tennis-Racket Clamp, 393 Springs, Repairing Shade-Roller, 338 Springy Hammock Supports Made of Boughs, 369 Sprocket Drive, Belt for, Made of Brass Strips, 160 Square Edges on Small Machine Bases, Sandpapering, 418 Squeezing Paste from Tubes, 391 Squirrel-Skin Bill Fold, 265 Stage Use, Player or, Comic Chest Expander for, 429 Stake, Nontangling Pasture, 136 Stand for Flatiron, Sheet-Metal, 182 Stand for Potted Flowers, Turntable, 308 Stand for Test-Tube Flower Vase, 21 Staples, Tinned, for Bell-Circuit Wiring, 420 Star-Kite, Eight-Pointed, 159 Starting Garden Plants, 373 Steam-Propelled Motorcycle Made by Mechanic, 191 Steam Tractor, Model, Made by Boy, 410 Steel Fishing Rods, Enamel for, 349 Steel Wool as Aluminum-Ware Cleaner, 162 Steel Wool, Uses for, 348 Steering Gear, Coaster, Made from Cream-Freezer Drive, 161 Stenciling with Photographic Films, 416 Stepmother for Incubator Chicks, 130 Stick, Mixing, That Breaks Up Lumps, 54 Sticking to Hands, Preventing Putty, 314 Sticks Held in Flooring Groove, Planing Thin, 218 Stool, High, How to Make, 378 Stools, Small, and Foot Rests, Variety of, 261 Stooping, Second Handle on Rake or Hoe Saves, 160 Stop, Bench, 395 Stop for Spring-Roller Curtains, Automatic, 317 Stop, Removable Drawer, 10 Stopper for a Bunghole, 254 Stopper, Oilcan, 349 Stopping Rattle in Motorcycle Stand, 414 Storage Compartment, Hall Seat with, 312 Storage of Camp Equipment, Care and, 304 Storage of Wood for Cabinetwork, 389 Stove, Emergency Alcohol, 350 Stove, Fifty-Cent Electric, 260 Stove, Gas, for the Dining Table, 373 Stove, Gasoline, Denatured Alcohol to Start, 413 Stove Lighter with Feeding Wick Guards Against Burns, 459 Stove, Small Cooking, Economical Use of Wood Alcohol in, 210 Stoves, Emergency Camp, Quickly Made, 449 Straightening Sheets of Paper, 456 Strained Auto-Truck Frame, Reinforcing, 454 Strap, Carrying, and Lock for Hand Cases, 328 Straw Hat, Old, Bird House Made of, 181 Stretcher for Drying Small Fur Hides, 421 Strength of a Giant, Showing, 108 Striking of Clock, Electrical Device Transmits, 14 String-Cutting Ring Made of Horseshoe Nail, 5 String Solder, Making, 235 String, To Uncork a Bottle with, 402 Strips, Device for Corrugating, 421 Strop, Shoe-Polishing, 344 Stump, Ornamenting Old Tree, 123 Stumps, Tree, Lawn Seats Built on, 141 Submarine Camera, 219 Submarine, Toy, Made of Shade Roller, 441 Substitute for Gas-Stove Oven, 45 Substitute for Ground Glass in Camera, 236 Substitute for Rivets in Couches, 371 Suitcase Extension, Homemade, 360 Suitcase Holder for Running Board of Automobile, 329 Summer Camp, Diving Tower for, 274 Summer Radiator Cover Serves as Cupboard in Winter, 297 Summer Veranda, Taborets and Small Tables for, 269 Sundial Plate, Horizontal, Laying Out, 436 Sundries and Toilet Articles, Soldier’s or Traveler’s Kit, 453 Sunshade and Seat, Movable, for Garden Workers, 148 Support for Flower Centerpiece, Wire-Mesh, 344 Support for Wagon Pole Aids in Hooking Up Team, 5 Support, Springy Hammock, Made of Boughs, 369 Sweetheart, Sailor’s, Picture Frame, 268 Swimmers, Webfoot Attachments for, 381 Swing, Child’s, Built of Pipes in Narrow Space, 358 Swing, Circular, 177 Swing Made of Hickory Sapling, 335 Swing, Porch, 167 Swing, Porch, Headrest for, 367 Swing, Porch, Made from Automobile Seat, 425 Swinging Bags on Arms of Scarecrow, 340 Swings, Playground, Bearing for, 276 Swings, Safety Spring for Porch, 297 Switch, Cylinder Reversing, 297 Switch, Lightning, for Wireless Aerials, 415 “Switchboard” Protects Milker from Cow’s Tail, 128

T-Squares, Making, 101 Table, Bird, Cat-Proof, 76 Table Box for Campers, 124 Table, Combination Camp-Kitchen Cabinet and, 126 Table, Dining, Gas Stove for, 373 Table, Folding Card, Handy for Invalid in Bed, 308 Table, Folding, with Split-Bamboo Tray for Top, 424 Table, Ironing Board for Use on, 315 Table, Jig-Saw, for Vise, 93 Table-Knife Sharpener, 22 Table Lamp, Inexpensive, Made of Electrical-Fixture Parts, 127 Table Mats, Asbestos, Reinforced with Wire Netting, 421 Table, Octagonal Mission Center, 7 Table, Old, Used as Wall Workbench, 440 Table, Parlor, 151 Table, Revolving Outdoor Lunch, 363 Table Sockets for Electrical Heating Apparatus, 396 Table Stands for Hot Dishes, Attractive, 210 Table, Window Frame and, for Dark Room, 320 Tables, Small, and Taborets for the Summer Veranda, 269 Taborets and Small Tables for the Summer Veranda, 269 Tabs for Turning Sheet Music Quickly, 368 Take-Down Emergency Oars, 395 Taking Pictures from Kite, Camera for, 52 Talking-Machine Cabinet, Automatic Electric Light on, 162 Talking-Machine Cabinet, Homemade, 310 Talking Machine, Disk, as China Banding Wheel, 10 Talking Machine, Kinks for, 179 Talking-Machine Needles, Uses for Worn, 329 Talking Machine, Record-Cleaning Pad Fixed to, 445 Talking-Machine Records, Disk, Played Eccentrically, 328 Talking-Machine Records, Playing with the Finger Nail, 187 Talking Machine, Split Needle Causes Echo on, 217 Tan Shoes, To Keep from Turning Dark, 377 Tandem, Three-Wheel, Bicycles Driven as, After Breakdown, 410 Tangling of Telephone Cord, Rubber Band Prevents, 367 Tangling, Preventing Sewing-Machine Thread from, 382 Tank, Miniature Fighting, 202 Tank, Reversible Photographic Developing, 325 Target Box, Illuminated Indicating, 180 Target, Recording Annunciator, 310 Teakettle Cover Held by Dent in Edge, 5 Team, Support for Wagon Pole Aids in Hooking Up, 5 Teaspoon, Catching Large Fish with, 401 Tee, Golf, Made of a Shotgun Shell, 430 Telegraph Recorder with Spool-and-Pencil Indicator, 171 Telegraph, Signal, with Green and Red Lights, 176 Telegraph Sounder, Battery Buzzer Converted into, 141 Telephone Cord, Rubber Band Prevents Tangling of, 367 Telescope, Interesting Water, 228 Temperature of a Room, Raising, 356 Temperature, Proper, Heater Keeps Developer at, 190 Temperature Readings, Transposing, 376 Temporary Binder for Magazines, 370 Tender, Bicycle Carried on Automobile, 190 Tennis-Court Backstop, Knock-Down, 189 Tennis-Court Marker, Wheelbarrow as, 397 Tennis Court, Removable Posts for, 415 Tennis Court, Scraper for, 311 Tennis Courts, To Keep Grass and Weeds Out of, 149 Tennis Nets, Tightening Lever for, 158 Tennis-Racket Clamp, Opening Springs for, 393 Tenpins, Home, Pin Setter for, 61 Tension Weight, Emergency, Used on Typewriter, 457 Tent, Hammock Sleeping, 242 Tent, Homemade Shoulder-Pack, 131 Tent, Portable, Made from an Umbrella and Paper Muslin, 364 Test Exposures for Bromide Enlargements, 411 Test-Tube Flower Vase, Stand for, 21 Test Tube, Mucilage Brush and Container Made of, 335 Testing and Caring for Files, 400 Testing Direct Current Polarity with Litmus Paper, 369 Testing Dry Cells with Light Bulb, 267 Theft, Guarding Camp Chest Against, 362 Thermometer, Joining Broken Liquid Column, 366 Thread and Dental Floss, Sanitary Holder for, 46 Thread Fabric, Electric Counting Glass for, 321 Thread, Sewing-Machine, Preventing from Tangling, 382 Threader, Needle, for Sewing Machine, 134 Threading a Darning Needle, 153 Three-Caster Truck for Moving Crates and Furniture, 419 Thresher, Small, of Practical Use, 444 Ticket Holder, Revolving Card or, 369 Ticking of a Watch or Clock, Muffling, 223 Tightening Lever for Tennis Nets, 158 Tightening Wire Spokes in Wheels, Handy Tool for, 450 Tile Trap for Rabbits, 184 Tilting Top for Camera Tripod, 242 Time, Blotter Attached to Wrist Saves, 295 Timing Pointer on Watch Crystal, 364 Tin Can, Camp Lantern Made of, 406 Tin Can, Case for Fishhooks Made of, 267 Tin Can, Cheese Grater and Ash Tray Made from, 225 Tin Can on Rod for Picking Fruit, 54 Tin Cover, Frying Pan Made of, 298 Tin Pail, Safety Flue Stopper, 328 Tinned Staples for Bell-Circuit Wiring, 420 Tinware, Cleaning with Milk, 44 Tire, Motor-Car, Changing Without a Jack, 210 Tire Patch, 400 Tire Pump, Detachable Motor-Driven, Made of Foot Pump, 454 Tire Pump Made of Gas Piping, 419 Tire Tubes, Checking a Rip in, 354 Tires, Baby-Cab, Changing Wheels Equalizes Wear on, 446 Tires, Economy in Motorcycle, 188 Toboggan and Slide, Water-Coasting, 183 Toboggan, Coasting, Making a, 11 Toboggan Made of Old Buggy Shafts, 410 Toboggan, Rudder for, 323 Toe Clips, Homemade Snowshoe, 418 Toilet Articles, Sundries and, Soldier’s or Traveler’s Kit for, 452 Toilet Outfit, Compact, for the Soldier, 9 Tool-Chest Slide Tray, Nonbinding, 371 Tool Drawer, Convenient, Under Chair Seat, 169 Tool Handles, Ferrules for, 157 Tool, Handy, for Tightening Wire Spokes in Wheels, 450 Tool, Oiling, for Clocks, 107 Tool Rack, Yardstick on, 417 Tool Sockets in Edge of Drawing Board, 435 Tool, Weeding, 248 Tools, Keeping Bright and Free from Rust, 212 Toothbrush, Uses for Old, 428 Tooth Powder Used on Tracing Cloth, 346 Top of Drawer, Desk Slide in, 356 Top, Split-Bamboo Tray for, Folding Table with, 424 Top, Tilting, for Camera Tripod, 242 Tossing Card at Mark Accurately, 69 Towel, Disappearing, 154 Tower, Diving, for the Summer Camp, 274 Toy Alligator of Wood, Mechanical, 460 Toy Electric Motor, Quickly Made, 252 Toy Horse That Walks, 363 Toy Machine Gun Fires Wooden Bullets, 408 Toy Paper Glider Carefully Designed, 324 Toy Paper Warships, 293 Toy Pigeon, Mechanical, Made of Wood, 433 Toy Rubber Balloons, Filling with Hydrogen, 30 Toy Submarine Made of Shade Roller, 441 Toy Tractor Built with Dry Cell and Motor, 9 Toy, Wire-Walking, 180 Toys and Boxes Made at Home, Decorative, 299 Tracing-Cloth Drawings, Mounting on Muslin, 418 Tracing Cloth, Tooth Powder Used on, 346 Track System, Homemade Electric Locomotive Model and: