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[Illustration: TESTING THE KITE-STRING SAILBOAT]




                          MANUAL TRAINING TOYS
                        _for_ THE BOY'S WORKSHOP

                          _By_ HARRIS W. MOORE

                     SUPERVISOR OF MANUAL TRAINING

                        WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS

                             [Illustration]

                         THE MANUAL ARTS PRESS
                            PEORIA, ILLINOIS




                               DEDICATED
                          TO THE BOY WHO LIKES
                            TO TINKER 'ROUND




                            Copyright, 1912
                            HARRIS W. MOORE




CONTENTS.


  Frontispiece      Testing the Kite-string Sailboat

  Introduction--                             PAGE.

      Bench, Marking Tools                     7

      Saws                                     8

      Planes, Bits, Nails                      9

      Screws, Glue                            10

      Sandpaper, Dowels, Drills, Sharpening   11

      Holding Work                            12

      Directions for Planing                  13

  Dart                                        16

  Spool Dart                                  18

  Dart for Whip-Bow                           19

  Buzzer                                      20

  Flying Top (Plate 3)                        22

  Flying Top (Plate 4)                        24

  Top                                         26

  Tom-Tom Drum                                28

  Pop-gun                                     30

  Whistle                                     32

  Arrow                                       33

  Bow                                         34

  Sword                                       36

  Magic Box                                   38

  Pencil-Box                                  41

  Telephone                                   42

  Happy Jack Windmill                         44

  Gloucester "Happy Jack" Windmill            46

  Paddling Indian Windmill                    48

  Kite                                        50

  Tailless Kite                               53

  Box Kite                                    54

  Kite-String Sailboat                        56

  The Hygroscope or Weather Cottage           59

  Electrophorus                               62

  Waterwheel                                  64

  Water Motor                                 67

  Sand Wheel                                  70

  Running Wheel                               73

  Rattle                                      76

  Cart                                        78

  Cannon                                      81

  Automobile                                  84

  Bow Pistol                                  86

  Elastic Gun                                 88

  Rattle-Bang Gun                             92

  Boat                                        95

  Pile-Driver                                 98

  Windmill                                   100

  Kite-String Reel                           103

  String Machine                             106

  Windmill Force-Pump                        108




                             INTRODUCTION.


The wise man learns from the experience of others. That is the reason
for this introduction--to tell the boy who wants to make the toys
described in this book some of the "tricks of the trade." It is
supposed, however, that he has had some instruction in the use of tools.

This book is written after long experience in teaching boys, and because
of that experience, the author desires to urge upon his younger readers
two bits of advice: First, study the drawing carefully,--every line has
a meaning; second, printed directions become clearer by actually taking
the tool in hand and beginning to do the work described.


                                 BENCH.

If he buys the vise-screw, an ambitious boy can make a bench that will
answer his needs, provided, also, that he can fasten it to floor or
wall. It should be rigid. A beginner will find a hard wood board,
10"x2"x1/4", fastened to the forward end of the bench, a more convenient
stop than the ordinary bench-dog. If he has a nicely finished bench, he
should learn to work without injuring the bench. A _cutting board_
should always be at hand to chisel and pound upon and to save the
bench-top from all ill use. The _bench-hook_ should have one side for
sawing and one for planing, the former having a block shorter than the
width of the board so that the teeth of the saw, when they come thru the
work, will strike the bench-hook rather than the bench-top.


                             MARKING TOOLS.

To measure accurately, hold the _ruler_ on its edge so that the
divisions on the scale come close to the thing measured. Let the pencil
or knife point make a dash on the thing measured which would exactly
continue the division line on the ruler. If it can be avoided, never use
the end of the ruler; learn to measure from some figure on the ruler.

The spur