The Home Handy Book: A Compendium of Useful Things to do Around the Average House and How to Keep it in Repair - Couverture souple
Synopsis
There are always a hundred and one things to do around the average house ; and to keep it in repair and make it a nice, comfortable place to live in, it is strictly up to you to see that these things are done. And if you don't do it you are missing a fine experi- ence by not learning how to use tools, and, besides, you will have to send out every little while for the carpenter, the plumber, the locksmith and divers other journeymen to fix up things ; or, failing to do this, the house will go to rack and ruin. Now mechanics usually charge about seven prices for doing odd jobs, but it must be remembered that they not only figure up the actual time they put in and the materials they use, but they also count the time it takes for them to make the call and to get back to their shops again, and time with them is money. On the other hand, to neglect the little repairs as they are needed means that the house will soon show signs of shiftlessness and this is an indecent burden that no self-respecting family needs to carry, for the reason that any one can do all the little odd jobs that ought to be done if he or she goes about it in the right way. There are some other important gains that will accrue to you by using tools and doing the work yourself, and among them is that you can save the money which would have to be paid for outside help, and this is no incon- • • Vll A WORD TO YOU siderable amount in a year's time; that your home will take on an aspect as spick and span as a lady's bandbox, which gives you a wonderful feeling of pride; and, finally, that it will set the red blood a-tingling in your arteries in virtue of the fact that your brain and hands are doing the finest kind of team work. A. Frederick Collins. ''The Antlers;' Congers J N. Y, PAGE 1 20 CONTENTS CHAPTER I. TOOLS EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE . Wood working tools— How to use wood working tools— How to sharpen wood working tools- Metal working tools— How to use metal work- ing tools— Taking care of your tools— Your workshop — Materials you need. IL INDOOR MECHANICS .... How to clean a clock— To keep a carpet sweeper in order— Fixing an oil-stove— To solder tin- ware—Mending a window shade roller— New shears for old— The right way to sharpen knives— How to repair your bicycle— To keep a sewing machine in repair. in. BE YOUR OWN LOCKSMITH ... 38 How to fix a door knob — How a lock is made — How to pick a lock— How to make keys. IV. DOING ELECTRICAL JOBS ... 46 Charging new and re-charging old batteries — Testing out electric bell circuits— Testing and fixing telephones— Testing and fixing annuncia- tors—How to make a refrigerator alarm— How to make an electric alarm clock— How to make an electric door alarm— How to make an elec- tric fire detector— How to install an electric gas ix CONTENTS CHAPTEB PAGE lighting apparatus — How to install a burglar alarm trap — How to solder and tape wires — Re- placing fuses — Coloring and frosting electric light bulbs — Testing and fixing electric heating apparatus. V. THE AMATEUR PLUMBER . . . . 74 Stopping leaks in lead pipes — Soldering lead pipes — How to make a cup- joint — How to clean out pipes — Putting new washers in faucets — How to prevent water pipes from freezing — When leaving a house for the winter — How to thaw out frozen water pipes^— A handy clean- out plunger — The mechanism of a flushing tank and how to keep it in order — Pumps, how they work and how to fix them — How to clean a gas jet — How to detect gas leaks — Keeping gas cooking stoves in order. YI. THE HANDY GLAZIER .... 90 About window glass — Tools vised for cutting win- dow glass — How to cut window glass — How to make a cutting board — Removing old putty from sash — How to make glazing
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