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Manual Training Toys for the Boys Workshop was originally published in 1912. After a short introductory section on basic woodworking and shop tools, the book offers 42 shop projects. Each project comes with a cutting list and dimensioned drawing, and all date from the early part of the 20th century (many, no doubt, are from the 19th century). Many of these projects are toys that require some skill in woodwork but they are not too difficult for boys and their dads to do together. When the book was first published it was dedicated to the boy who likes to tinker round, so it was really written with the thought that the boys could make these projects without adult supervision. Many of the projects would now be considered nostalgic reminders of a time when things were much simpler and boys were trained to use tools and make things that would be at times useful, and always entertaining. This was a time long before text messaging and video games. Projects include a Fourth of July or New Years eve rattle, a cannon that shoots marbles, a kite string reel, a pop-gun and whistle, a bow and arrow, a sword, a magic box, and 35 other fun things for boys to build.
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Legs include quadralinear construction which consists of four quarter sawn oak boards mitered and then glued. This displays the oak's ray flake to best advantage. The plan offers three different leg construction methods. Cutting list and material list included. Full detailed instructions. Beginner intermediate level. 40"H by 36"W by 42"D.
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A complete step-by-step guide to wooden bows, sinew-backed bows, composite bows, string, arrows and quivers. This is primarily concerning the American Indian bow and its variations. The author demonstrates how to make bows and arrows from beginning to end. The book is a must-have text for outdoorsmen, Boy Scouts of all ages, traditional craftsmen, and historians.
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"The Fine Art of Containment & Concealment" . 400 outstanding works that range from traditional to wildly contemporary. Each box appears in a color plate and many of them include detailed images that reveal important construction features. The boxes were all picked for inclusion in the book by Tony Lydgate, a renowned boxmaker.
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"Directions for taking dimensions, abstracting the same, and bringing the quantities into bill: with tables of constants.....bricklayer and slater, carpenter and joiner, sawyer, stone mason, plasterer, paper-hanger, plumber, smith and ironmonger, painter and glazier". Signatures uncut. Very interesting work for contractors to use in estimating jobs.
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Volume II describes various processes such as welding, brazing, soldering, forging, cutting, bending, setting, and tempering. This volume includes quite a bit of information on processes involved with carriages.