To make a brass savings bank or money box (Fig. 1), cut a piece of sheet brass 111/4 in. long by iin. wide. Clean it with emery-cloth, planish, bend it round over a mandrel, and braze the ends together, using borax as a flux. File the joint smooth, and raise two swagings on it, each, to be li in. distant from the ends. This constitutes the body. For the foot, cut a disc of brass 5i in. in diameter, and hollow it on a block so that it resembles an inverted saucer. Swage this about 1/2 in. distant from its edges, and cut a 2-in. hole out of the centre. Now file the edges perfectly plane, and solder the body on, having first fixed it in the centre. The top is made by cutting two discs of brass each 5 1/2 in. in diameter, and hollowing them together on a block, to resemble a shallow bowl. File the edges of these perfectly plane, and swage one about 1/2 in. distant from the edge, afterwards jennying up a small edge. In this, the top hollow, cut a central slot to allow a large coin to pass through easily. Now file the bottom hollow, so that when an edge has been jennyed up it will fit tightly into the top. Cut a 3-in. hole out of the centre, and solder both hollows together, afterwards fixing the top over the centre of the body and soldering round.

A small slot plate (Fig. 2) will show to better advantage if made of German silver. File it so that any coin can pass through easily, hollow it slightly to fit the top, and after fixing it in the centre solder it on. Now, if desirable, cut a name-plate A (Fig. 1) of German silver, and stamp or etch tha name on; then fit it to the body, and solder it on. Cut a disc of brass about 3in. in diameter. to be soldered underneath the foot over the 2-in. hole. When full, the bank can be emptied by unsoldering this disc, without in any way injuring the bank. Scrape off superfluous solder, and clean with emery and oil.

Brass Money Box.