AFTER the amateur mechanic has started a home workshop and learned how to use tools with a reasonable degree of skill, he is confronted with two problems. The first is to find suitable designs for worth while projects; the other is to discover where to obtain exactly the materials required for each piece of work he undertakes, which is not so easy as it would appear to be.

This book should help beginners to solve the first problem, because it offers an unusual variety of projects, large and small, simple and elaborate. There is, however, one additional source of information that should be mentioned - the Popular Science Monthly series of Home Workshop Blueprints.1 With the idea of giving home workshop enthusiasts large size drawings from which to work, the editor of this manual started a blueprint service in Popular Science Monthly in 1922. This service is still continuing, and 117 blueprints have been issued up to the time this was written. Some of the blueprint projects have been incorporated in this book. The complete list of those now available is as follows:

List Of Home Workshop Blueprints. Airplane Models

50. 36-in. Rise-off-Ground Tractor

69. Lindbergh's Monoplane (3-ft. flying)

82. 30-in. Single Stick

86. 35-in. Twin Pusher

87. 30-in. Seaplane 89-90. Bremen (3-ft. flying)

102. Morris Seaplane (record flight 12½ min.) 104. Tractor (record flight 6,024 ft.)

Furniture

1. Sewing Table

2. Smoking Cabinet

3. End Table with Book Trough 5. Kitchen Cabinet

11. Bench and Tilt Top Table 13. Tea Wagon

17. Cedar Chest

18. Telephone Table and Stool

19. Grandfather Clock

20. Flat Top Desk

21. Colonial Desk 24. Gateleg Table

27. Kitchen Cabinet Table 31. Two Sewing Cabinets 33. Dining Alcove

36. Rush-Bottom Chair

37. Simple Bookcase

38. Sheraton Table

39. Chest of Drawers 49. Broom Cabinet 60. Welsh Dresser

68. Magazine-Rack Table and Book-Trough

Table 70-71. Console Radio Cabinet

77. Simple Pier Cabinet and Wall Shelves

78. Treasure Chests

88. Modernistic Stand; Modernistic Bookcase

91. Modern Folding Screens

93. Three Modern Lamps 100. Modernistic Book Ends, Book Shelf, Low

Stand 105. Tavern Table and Colonial Mirror

Radio Sets

42. Three-Stage Amplifier

43. Four-Tube (battery operated)

54. Five-Tube (battery operated)

55. Five-Tube Details

79. Electric

80. Electric High Power Unit

81. Electric Low Power Unit 97. One-Tube Electric

1 To defray the cost of designing, drafting handling, mailing, etc., a charge of 25 cents a sheet is made for these blueprints. The sheets are serially numbered; therefore, if a subject is preceded in the list by one number, the charge is 25 cents ; if by two numbers, 50 cents; and if by three numbers, 75 cents. The blueprints are distributed by the Blueprint Service Department of Popular Science Monthly, 381 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y.

98. Two-Tube Electric

99. Four-Tube Electric

103. One-Tube (battery operated) 109. Screen-Grid Set

Ship And Coach Models

44-45. Pirate Galley or Felucca

46-47. Spanish Treasure Galleon

48. 20-in. Racing Yacht

51-52-53. Clipper - Sovereign of the Seas

57-58-59. Constitution ("Old Ironsides")

61-62. Viking

63-64. 29-in Toy Motor Boat

66. Ship Model Weather Vane 74-75-76. Santa Maria (18-in. hull) 83-84-85. Mayflower (17½-in. hull) 92. Baltimore Clipper (8 in. long) 94-95-96. Mississippi Steamboat

106-107. 42-in. Racing Yacht, Sea Scout 108. Scenic Half-Model of Barque 110-111-112. Schooner Bluenose 115-116-117. Concord Stage Coach, Diamond Tally-Ho

Toys

28. Pullman Play Table

29. Tea Cart, Wheelbarrow, and Garage 56. Birds and Animals

67. Lindbergh's Plane

72. Colonial Doll's House

73. Doll's House Furniture

101. Fire Engine, Sprinkler, Truck, Tractor

113. Lathe, Drill Press, Saw, and Jointer

114. Airplane Cockpit with Controls

Miscellaneous

9. Arbor, Gate, and Seats 15. Workbench

23. One-Car Pergola Type Garage

26. Baby's Crib and Play Pen

30. Tool Cabinet, Boring Gage, and Bench

Hook 34. Garden Trellises 65. Six Simple Block Puzzles