A Bench
A Bench The Bench Shown In Plate 26 And Fig. 120 Is One The Writer Has Used In His Work For A Number Of Years, And One Which Has Proven Quite Satis Factory. Good Benches Are The Result Of Years Of Study. There Are Many Things Going To Make Up ...
A Book Rack
A Book Rack There Are Always A Few Books Which One Wishes To Have Near At Hand. The Book Rack Of Fers An Excellent Place In Which To Keep Them. There Are Many Ways In Which To Make A Book Rack. Some Are Made With Hinged Ends, Some With Keyed ...
A Carpenters Bench
A Carpenter's Bench In Response To Requests For A Plan And De Scription Of A Workbench, The Following Is Offered. This Is The Plan Usually Used By Car Penters. It Makes A Good, Strong Bench, And Is One That Can Easily Be Built. It Does Not Possess The Beauty Nor ...
A Folding Porch Chair
A Folding Porch Chair A Folding Porch Chair Such As Is Shown In The Photograph Plate 7 (a), May Easily Be Made, And Is Well Worth The Effort. The Con Struction Is So Simple That Any Home Craftsman Ought To Be Able To Make It With But Little Trouble. Almost ...
A Footstool
A Footstool A Footstool May Be Classed Among The House Hold Necessities. It Has A Way Of Making Itself Useful To Both Old And Young. Even The Chil Dren Will Be Found Using It In An Inverted Posi Tion For A Doll Cradle, Rather Than The Fine Cradle Bought For ...
A Hall Clock
A Hall Clock For The Hall Clock Illustrated In Plate 21 (a) And Shown In Working Drawing In Fig. 103, There Will Be Needed The Following Pieces. Order Them Mill-planed And Sandpapered As Indicated In The Stock Bill. "s-4-s" And "s-2-s" Are Abbrevi Ations That Will Be Understood At The ...
A Hall Tree
A Hall Tree A Companion Piece For The Hall Clock Just Described Is The Hall Tree Shown In Plate 22 And Fig. 105. For This Will Be Needed The Following: Mill Bill For Hall Tree 1 Post, 2 By 2 Inches By 6 Feet 2 Inches. S-4-s. 4 Feet, 1% ...
A Large Mission Rocker
A Large Mission Rocker Plate 16 Is A Photograph Of A Large, Roomy Mission Rocker, Designed On The Popular Morris Chair Lines. A Detailed Working Drawing Is Given In Fig. 64. This Is Not An Easy Problem, And Only Home Craftsmen Of Experience And Considerable Skill Are Advised To Undertake ...
A Linen Chest
A Linen Chest A Chest Of Plain But Rather Pleasing Design Is Shown In Plate 19, And Detailed In Fig. 91. It Is Intended Primarily As A Dower Chest, But Will Be Found Useful For A Variety Of Purposes. In Olden Times, A Bride-to-be Was Given A Well-filled Chest Upon ...
A Mission Chair
A Mission Chair A Mission Chair Of Ample Proportions Is Illustrated In Plate 11 (a). It Is Not A Difficult Piece Of Furniture To Construct. Any Craftsman Who Has Had Some Experience In Making The Mortise And Tenon Will Find This Chair Well Within His Ability. The Chair, A Photograph ...
A Morris Chair
A Morris Chair A Morris Chair, Nowadays, Is Almost A House Hold Necessity. It Needs To Be Used But A Little While To Make Itself Appreciated. The Chair In Fig. 53 And In Plate 13 Is Of Substantial Construction, And Has Been Found An Excellent Place For Work As Well ...
A Piano Bench
A Piano Bench A Favorite Piece Of Woodwork With Most Ama Teur Craftsmen Is The Piano Bench. Not That They Desire It For Their Own Use, Necessarily; But There Seems To Be A Demand On The Part Of The Ones At Home, Which The Ambitious Amateur Seeks To Meet. At ...
A Plant Stand Or
A Plant Stand Or Pedestal The Stand Illustrated In Plate 24 Will Require Much Less Time In The Making Than Most Of The Articles Recently Described. It Is Comparatively Simple In Its Construction, And Has But One Joint That Will Require More Than Ordinary Care. The Piece Is Intended For ...
A Porch Swing
A Porch Swing Sooner Or Later The Thoughts Of Most Ama Teur Woodworkers Turn To Porch Furniture. Plate 7 (b) Shows A Design For A Porch Swing. It Can Be Made Of Hardwood And Finished So As To Show The Natural Grain Of The Wood; Or It May Be Made ...
A Three Part Screen
A Three-part Screen Usually, One Or The Other Of Two Objections May Be Applied To Store-bought Screens. They Are So Heavy That They Cannot Easily Be Moved; Or, If Not Heavy, They Are So Weak Structurally That They Will Not Stand Rigidly. The Design Illustrated In Plate 4 Is Singu ...
A Writing Desk
A Writing Desk The Writing Desk Illustrated In Plate 17 Was Made By A Grammar-grade Boy Of More Than Av Erage Skill. Only Good, Clear, Well-seasoned Lumber Should Be Used. White Or Red Oak In The Hard Woods Or Chestnut In The Soft Woods Will Finish Nicely. Especial Care Should ...
An India Stool
An India Stool The India Stool (plate 20, A) Has Been Found Simple Enough In Its Construction For Any Boy Of Fair Ability To Make Easily. It Contains A Through Tenon And Mortise. For The Legs (fig. 95), Get A Pice Of Stock 17 Inches Long By 8 Inches Wide, ...
Auger Bits
Auger Bits Can Be Bought As Needed. A Full Set Is Con Venient, Though Hardly Necessary. A Nail Set, Counter Sink, Steel Square, And Four Bar Cabinet Clamps Will Be Needed. Also A Combination Plane, For Making Rabbets, Grooves, Etc. The Cost Of This Outfit Of Tools Will Not Be ...
Chair
Chair The Rocking Chair Illustrated In Plate 15 (b) And Detailed In Fig. 63 Is A Companion Piece To The Arm-chair Just Described. The Stock Bill Gives The Thicknesses And Widths Exact, Except For The Back Posts, But Makes Allowances In Length For "squaring Up." The Back Posts Are To ...
Convenient Bookshelves
Convenient Bookshelves Every Boy Possesses A Few Good Books. The Bookshelves Shown In Plate 2 (b) Will Be Found An Excellent Place In Which To Keep Them. The Principal Joint Used Is The Keyed Tenon. All Stock Is One-half An Inch In Thickness, And A Board Twelve Feet In Length ...
Door
Door A Bookcase Of Pleasing Craftsman Design Is Illustrated In Plate 18. Plain-sawed Red Or White Oak Will Be Suit Able. If A Soft Wood Is Desired, Chestnut Will Finish Nicely. Whatever Wood Is Used, Care Should Be Taken To Get Pieces Which Will Not Warp—pieces Which Have Been Sawed ...
Drawing Board And T Square
Drawing Board And T-square Every Man And Boy Who Is Interested In Woodwork Ought To Own And Be Able To Use A Set Of Drawing Instruments. So Important Is It For One To Know Exactly What He Is Going To Do, Before He Undertakes A Piece Of Woodwork, That Many ...
Electric Light Pendant Fixture
Electric Light Pendant Fixture With The Extended Introduction Of The Elec Tric Light, Has Come The Demand For New Lighting Fixtures. Hardly A Village Now But Has Its Electric Light Plant. In Many Places Farmers Are Putting In Their Individual Lighting Plants. To Meet The Demand For A Fixture Which ...
Hall Clock Of Mission
Hall Clock Of Mission Design It Is Very Important That Only Straight Grained, Well-seasoned Oak Should Be Used In Making The Hall Clock Illustrated In Plate 21 (b) And Detailed In Fig. 104. Begin By Squaring Up The Sides Of The Posts To An Inch And Three-quar Ters Each Way. ...
Hammered Metal Work For
Hammered Metal Work For The Home Shop As A Supplement To The Heavier Woodworking Designs, The Home Craftsman Ought To Give A Little Attention To Light Hammered Metal Work. Many Interesting And Useful Pieces Can Be Made Of Sheet Brass And Copper—pieces Valuable In Themselves, Such As Trays, Sconces, Candlestick ...
Hanging Clock Of Mission
Hanging Clock Of Mission Design The Hanging Clock In Plate 20 (b) Makes An Appropriate Piece For Office Or Home. Weights Furnish The Motive Power. This Clock Must Be Fastened Firmly To The Wall, And Be Properly Lev Eled And The Movements Adjusted If The Best Results Are To Be ...
Heavy Table
Heavy Table The Table Illustrated In Plate 6 Is Rather Out Of The Ordinary, And For That Reason Will Appeal Strongly To Some, While To Others It May Seem Too Great A Departure From The Conventional. Personally, An Unconventional Piece Of Furni Ture Makes An Effective Appeal, Provided, Of Course, ...
Home Shop Work And
Home Shop Work And Manual Training This Work Has Been Prepared With The Idea Of Furnishing The Home Craftsman, Amateur Or Professional, With A Practical Working Handbook Of Sturdy Furniture Designs. All The Designs Contained In This Large Collection Have Been Tested In Actual Work. The Working Drawings, Just As ...
How To Fit Up
How To Fit Up The Home Shop At No Time Has There Seemed To Be So Much Earnest Interest Taken In Handicraft Work For The Home Shop By Boys And Men, Professionals And Amateurs, As At Present. One Can Hardly Enter A Home Without Finding There Enthusiasts Who Are Anxious ...
Leather Upholstered Arm Chair
Leather-upholstered Arm-chair The Illustrated In Plate 15 (a) And Detailed In Fig. 62, Is Of Very Substantial Design And Construction. It Is A Companion Piece To The Mission Rocker (plate 15, B). We Give All The Important Dimensions, So That The Amateur As Well As The Experienced Fur Niture Designer ...
Library Table Of Mission
Library Table Of Mission Design In Plate 5 (b) Is Illustrated A Good Example Of The Heavier Mission Furniture Of Very Pleas Ing Proportions. It Contains, In Addition To The Common Mortise And Tenon Previously De Scribed, The Keyed Tenon. Fig. 20 Is A Diagram Giving Side And End Views, ...
Pierced Ornamentation
Pierced Ornamentation The Two Pieces Of Furniture Illustrated In Plates 12 A And 12 B And Detailed In Figs. 52 A And 52 B, Are A Little Different From Most Of Those Heretofore Described, In That They Possess Pierced Ornamentation. This Kind Of Decoration Is Very Effective When Properly Designed ...
Retrospective
Retrospective There Are Times In The Experience Of Every Craftsman When He Stops To Take An Inventory Of His Labors. At Such Times He Is Sometimes Prone To Wonder If, After All, His Effort To Do Good Honest Work Is Worth While. The Writer Has Spent Many Hours Of His ...
Set Of Summer Porch
Set Of Summer Porch Furniture Porch Furniture Should Be Light Of Weight So That It Can Be Moved In And Out Of Doors As Occasion Requires. As Far As Possible, The Or Dinary Glue-joint Construction Should Be Avoided, So That, Should Sudden Rains Be Blown Upon It, No Great Damage ...
Settle Of Mission Design
Settle Of Mission Design In Every Furniture Store Can Be Found Many Pieces Of What Is Known As "mission" Furniture, So Called Because It Resembles The Furniture Found In The Old Spanish Missions. Mission Furniture Has Much To Commend It. Its Simplicity Of Line, Honesty Of Construction, And Quaintness Of ...
Simple Morris Chair Design
Simple Morris Chair Design The Morris Chair Shown In Plate 14 And In Fig. 56 Is Somewhat Easier To Make Than The One Just Described. It Is Just As Roomy, However, And Of Just As Thorough Construction. In A Piece Of Furniture Of This Size, It Is Just As Well ...
Stand
Stand A Magazine Stand Is Always A Popular Project; It Is Easy To Make And Is Emphatically Worth While. It Makes A Good Piece To Begin On. Plate 2 (a) Shows One With Keyed Tenon Fastenings And Of The Ever-popular Craftsman Design. Like All Other Craftsman Designs, It Is Pleasing ...
Suggestions For Handicraft Fur
Suggestions For Handicraft Fur Niture Work Simplicity And Good Workmanship Formed The Keynote Of The Old Handicrafts. Whatsoever Is Made In The Home Workshop Should Possess These Characteristics. The Ornate And Elaborate Should Find No Place. The Work Of The Scroll Saw Should Be Wanting, And The Purely Orna Mental ...
Two Tabourets
Two Tabourets An Extremely Simple Piece Of Furniture Con Struction Is That Of The Tabourets Shown In Plate 3 (a). There Are Two Styles, One Of Eight Sides With Four Legs, And One Of Six Sides With Three Legs. The Square Butt Joint Fastened By Means Of Lag Screws Is ...
Umbrella Stand For The
Umbrella Stand For The Hall The Umbrella Stand Shown In Plate 23 And In Fig. 106 Makes A Good Companion Piece For The Hall Clock And Hall Tree. It Is Of Simple De Sign, Comparatively Easy To Make, And, With The Copper Drip-pan, Provides A Very Satisfactory Place For Keeping ...
Use And Care Of
Use And Care Of Tools It Is Easy To Spoil Good Lumber—and, For That Matter, To Do Serious Injury To Good Tools Them Selves—by Wrong Methods In The Use Of Tools. Moreover, In The Hands Of An Inexperienced Ama Teur Craftsman, A Sharp Cutting Tool Is A Rather Dangerous Weapon, ...