Part II.--Cooking in the Woods, 117

Trim Magazines for Binding, Knife to, 286 Trimmer, Photo and Paper, Homemade Guide for, 366 Trimming Board with Foot Control and Counterweight, 308 Trinket Case for the Bookshelf, Secret, 296 Tripod, Camera, Tilting Top for, 242 Trips, Memorandum List for Camping and Outing, 365 Trophy Cup, Onlaying Script on, 188 Trouble Lamp, Homemade, 365 Trouser Hanger, 350 Trousers Hanger, Improvised, in Train Berth, 367 Truck, Gravity-Feed Coal Hopper on, 140 Truck, Three-Caster, for Moving Crates and Furniture, 419 Trunk Bookcase for Convenient Shipment, 217 Tub, Combination Laundry and Dishwashing Sink, 218 Tuberculosis Cottage, A, 385 Tubes, Cardboard, for Electrical Coils, Making, 438 Tubes, Old Inner, Rubber Bands Made from, 268 Tubes, Paste, Wall Pocket for, 16 Tubes, Squeezing Paste from, 391 Tubing, Cane Made of, Contains Cigars, 430 Tug-of-War Game, Device for Finger, 319 Turbine, Small Hydraulic, 427 Turned Cane with Snakes Inlaid, 325 Turning Long Wood Rods, 349 Turning Sheet Music Quickly, Tabs for, 368 Turning, To Prevent Wire Coat Hook from, 235 Turntable Stand for Potted Flowers, 308 Twine Hammock, How to Make, 277 Twisting Thriller Merry-Go-Round, 179 Two Colors, Writing, on Plain-Ribbon Typewriter, 168 Type Cases, Cleaning with Bicycle Pump, 451 Typewriter Desk, Improvised, 225 Typewriter, Emergency Tension Weight Used on, 457 Typewriter, Feeding Cards into, 437 Typewriter, Kinks in Cleaning, 6 Typewriter, Plain-Ribbon, Writing Two Colors on, 168 Typewriter, Roll-Paper Feed for, 207 Typewriter Space and Shift Keys, Pedals for Increase Speed, 364 Typewriter, Wire Clips Weight Paper in, 409 Typewritten Bound Sheets, Inserting or Correcting on, 419

Ukulele, Homemade Hawaiian, 358 Umbrella and Paper Muslin, Portable Tent Made from, 364 Umbrella Handle, Making Detachable, 439 Umbrella Used as a Clothes Drier, 366 Umbrellas, Kinks on Care of, 422 Uncork a Bottle with a String, To, 402 Unsealed Envelopes, Safeguarding Contents of, 363 Use for Old Magazines, 399 Uses for an Old Toothbrush, 428 Uses for Worn Talking-Machine Needles, 329 Utensil Rack for Camp Fire, 397 Utensils, Kitchen, Cupboard for, 396 Utilizing an Empty Paste Pot, 306

Vacuum Pail, How to Make, 315 Valve-Bottom Pail for Dipping Water, 344 Valve, Radiator, Ship’s-Wheel Device for, 259 Valves on Gas Stove, Safety Cover for, 298 Vanishing-Cuff Parlor Trick, 127 Vaporizer, Homemade, 346 Variable Condenser, Small, 334 Vase, Test-Tube Flower, Stand for, 21 Vaulting Pole, Scale on, Indicates Points of Grip, 411 Vehicle, Child’s Play, Auto Horn for, 16 Ventilation, Thorough, Bedroom Shade and Curtains Arranged for, 128 Ventilator, Window, 312 Veranda, Summer, Taborets and Small Tables for, 269 Vest, Guard Saves Wear on, 413 Vibrator, Double-Contact, 140 View Finder, Camera, Rectangular Opening to Use Over, 125 View Finder, Direct, for Box Camera, 353 Views, Fireside Dissolving, 351 Vise, Jig-Saw Table for, 93 Vise, Quick-Acting Bench, 85 Vises for the Home Workbench, Two Simple, 197 Vulcanizer, Homemade, 323

Wagon-Wheel Felly and Spoke, Mallet Made from, 157 Wagon Pole, Support for, Aids in Hooking Up Team, 5 Wagon Seat, Homemade Spring, 440 Wall Back of Range or Sink, Protecting, 354 Wall Desk, Folding, 292 Wall Fastening, Ironing-Board, 318 Wall Paper, Kink for Removal of, 295 Wall, Plaster of Paris to Set Screws into, 266 Wall Pocket for Paste Tubes, 16 Wall Shelves, Easily Constructed, 108 Wall Workbench, Old Table Used as, 440 Walls, Damp, Shielding Pictures from, 338 Walks, Toy Horse That, 363 Warships, Toy Paper, 293 Washing Bromide Enlargements, 336 Washing Device, Automatic Photo-Print, 329 Washing Machine Equipped with Churn Attachment, 208 Washing Machine, Photographic-Print, 327 Washing Photographic Negatives and Prints, Kinks in, 181 Washstand for the Baby, 328 Wastebasket, False Bottom for Emptying, 344 Watch Bezel, Screw, Rubber Pads for Opening, 448 Watch Crystal, Timing Pointer on, 364 Watch Holder, Desk, 158 Watch, Mysterious, 70 Watch or Clock, Muffling the Ticking of, 223 Water Bag Camp, 122 Water Basin for Poultry, Concrete, 236 Water-Coasting Toboggan and Slide, 183 Water Heater, Carbon Electric, 356 Water, Irrigation, Current of Canal Raises, 411 Water-Jacket Outlet, Bilge Water Siphoned Through, 413 Water Pipe, Broken Spade Handle Repaired with, 242 Water Rheostat for Small Electrical Devices, 196 Water Telescope, Interesting, 228 Water, Valve-Bottom Pail for Dipping, 344 Water Wheel Turns Spit Over Campfire, 429 Watering Window-Box Flowers, 144 Waterproof Dry-Battery Case, 265 Waterproofing for Fish Lines, 94 Waterproofing Matches, 230 Wear on Baby-Cab Tires, Changing Wheels Equalizes, 446 Wear on Drafting Board, Cork Plugs Save, 21 Wear on Vest, Guard Saves, 413 Webfoot Attachments for Swimmers, 381 Weeding Garden, Forceps for, 338 Weeding Tool, 248 Weeds, Grass and, To Keep Out of Tennis Courts, 149 Weight, Emergency Tension, Used on Typewriter, 457 Weighted Rope Holds Flag Upright, 451 Weighting a Metal Base, 217 Well, Rustic, for Bazaar or Fair Booth, 182 Wheel, China Banding, Disk Talking Machine as, 10 Wheelbarrow as Tennis-Court Marker, 397 Wheelbarrow for Large Cans, 330 Wheels, Changing, Equalizes Wear on Baby-Cab Tires, 446 Wheels, Handy Tool for Tightening Wire Spokes in, 450 Wheels, Model Gear, Gauge for Laying Out, 384 Whipping of Flag, Chain Weight Prevents, 409 Whirligig, Perpetual, 400 Whirling Fan, Hand-Operated, 398 Whirling Fan, Lighted, Used as Radiator Ornament, 260 Whistle, Hand-Operated Motorboat, 178 Whistle Warns of Fish Catch, 275 White Blotting Paper Improves Light Reflectors, 196 Wick, Feeding, Stove Lighter with, Guards Against Burns, 459 Wick, Lighting Candle Without Touching, 334 Wicks, Lamp, Cheaply Made, 236 Wind, Lighting a Match in, 382 Wind Motor, Sail Rigged, 172 Wind Wire on Electrical Apparatus, How to, 136 Winder, Egg Beater Made into for Model Aeroplanes, 459 Winding Coiled Springs, 134 Window-Advertising Novelty, Moth-Ball Puzzle as, 444 Window-Box Flowers, Watering, 144 Window Box, Hinged, 413 Window Closer, Automatic, 280 Window Display, Revolving, 229 Window Frame and Table for Dark Room, 320 Window Refrigerator, 323 Window, Rustic Trellis to Shade Door or, 175 Window Sash, Locking, 62 Window Ventilator, 312 Windows, Horizontal Sliding, Hinge Lock for, 372 Windows, To Stop Rattling of, 417 Wings, Covering Hinge, 276 Winter, Making Use of Refrigerator in, 344 Winter, Summer Radiator Cover Serves as Cupboard in, 297 Winter Use, Bee Feeder for, 192 Winter Use, Bicycle Runner for, 418 Wire Clips Weight Paper in Typewriter, 409 Wire Coat Hook, To Prevent from Turning, 235 Wire Compacts Bristles in Polish or Stencil Brushes, 439 Wire Holders Keep Cabinet Doors Open, 127 Wire, How to Wind on Electrical Apparatus, 136 Wire-Mesh Cage, Fisherman’s Pail with, 454 Wire Mesh, Preventing from Rising Between Fence Posts, 93 Wire-Mesh Support for Flower Centerpiece, 344 Wire Netting, Asbestos Table Mats Reinforced with, 421 Wire-Screen Pincushion, 456 Wire Spokes in Wheels, Handy Tool for Tightening, 450 Wire Trellis Fastened Neatly to Brick Walls, 8 Wire-Walking Toy, 180 Wireless Aerials, Lightning Switch for, 415 Wireless Detector, Simple, 456 Wiring, Bell-Circuit, Tinned Staples for, 420 Wishbone-Mast Ice Yacht, 17 Wood Alcohol, Economical Use of in Small Cooking Stove, 210 Wood Box with a Refuse-Catching Drawer, 144 Wood, Driving Thin Metal into, 247 Wood for Cabinetwork, Storage of, 389 Wood, Groove Cutter for, 45 Wood, Hard, Driving Screws in, 94 Wood, Mechanical Toy Alligator of, 460 Wood, Mechanical Toy Pigeon Made of, 433 Wood Rods, Turning Long, 349 Wood Turning on an Emery Grinder, 402 Wood-Wind Instruments, Repairing, 174 Wood, Working by Application of Heat, 150 Wooden Bullet, Toy Machine Gun Fires, 408 Wooden Disks, Cutting Thin, 16 Wooden Strips, Enameled Armchair Made of, 129 Woods, Birch-Bark Leggings Made of, 421 Woods, Cooking in the, 117 Woodsman’s Log Raft, 185 Woodwork, Gauge for, 252 Workbag in Top, Sewing Stand with, 293 Workbench, Home, Two Simple Vises for, 197 Workbench, Pencil Holder for, 236 Workbench, Placing Miter Box on, 294 Workbench, Wall, Old Table Used as, 440 Working Pile Driver, Small, 215 Working Wood by Application of Heat, 150 Workshop Seat, Combination, 370 Worn Talking-Machine Needles, Uses for, 329 Woven-Reed Footstool, 255 Woven Reed Furniture, 261, 269 Wrap Papers, Proper Way for Mailing, 44 Wrench, Fountain-Pen, 273 Wrist, Blotter Attached to Saves Time, 295 Writing and Drawing Pad, Cardboard, 130 Writing Desk, Combination Bookcase and, 316 Writing, Homemade Device Aids Blind Person, 438 Writing on a Moving Train, 228 Writing, Simple Machine for Transmitting, 442

X-Ray Lens, Feather as, 412

Yardstick on Tool Rack, 417

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