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Advanced Toy Making for Schools

PART I Operations in Toy Making

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PART I Operations in Toy Making

Chapter I. Productive Work11

1. Suggested plan for shop organization. 2. Grouping of students. 3. The time clerk and tool-room clerk. 4. Recording attendance. 5. Time cards. 6. Using time card. 7. Grading students. 8. Preliminary discussion and preparation for shopwork. 9. Bazaars, toy sales, etc.

Chapter II. Coloring Toys21

10. Sanitation emphasized. 11. Preparation of surfaces. 12. Application of water colors. 13. Analine water stains. 14. Formulas for analine water stains. 15. Oil stains. 16. Shellacking. 17. Varnishing. 18. Points on Varnishing. 19. Colored varnish. 20. Another suggestion for finishing. 21. Use of paint. 22. Ingredients of good paint. 23. Application of paint. 24. Preparation of surface. 25. Tinting materials. 26. Mixing paints. 27. Paint formulas. 28. Formulas for making tinted paint. 29. Enameling. 30. The dipping method. 31. Polishing by tumbling. 32. Care of brushes. 33. Paint application by means of compressed air. 34. Uses of pneumatic sprayers. 35. Construction of pneumatic painting outfit. 36. Special attachments for different surfaces. 37. Cleaning pneumatic machines. 38. Directions for cleaning machine. 39. Directions for operating pneumatic equipment. 40. Preparing colors.

Chapter III. Common Woods Used in Toy Making42

41. Economy in selecting material. 42. Qualities of different woods used.

Chapter IV. Use of Jigs and Fixtures43

43. Value of jigs and fixtures. 44. Cutting small wheels. 45. Turning wheels. 46. Use of wheel cutter. 47. Use of coping saw. 48. Cutting sharp corners. 49. Removing the saw-blade from frame. 50. Making heavy wheels. 51. Designs for wheels. 52. Cutting wheels on band-saw. 53. Boring holes in wheels.

Chapter V. Operation of Woodworking Machines54

54. Importance of machine operations. 55. Operating the lathe. 56. Face plate turning. 57. The universal saw. 58. The hand jointer. 59. The sander.

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