The steps are over here at Howcast.com, but I wanted to talk about some of the stuff that isn’t the “how to” here. Building a Home Theater Screen from Blackout Cloth is a VERY cost effective way to get a great experience on a budget.   Even if money is no object, this is a great [...]

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The pantograph is a simple apparatus for copying drawings, maps, designs, etc., on a reduced or enlarged scale, or to the same size as the original. A sketch of a pantograph is given in Fig. 186. FIG. 186. — Details of simple pantograph. Four rods are jointed together to form a parallelogram, the sides of [...]

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The box illustrated by Fig. 181 was copied from an article of Norwegian manufacture. Its construction is an extremely simple matter, provided that one can get a piece of easily bent wood (birch, for instance), not exceeding 3/16 inch in thickness, for the sides. FIG. 180. — Showing how to draw an ellipse. The bottom [...]

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The problem, how to house one or more cycles, often gives trouble to the occupiers of small premises. The hall-way, which in many cases has to serve as stable, is sadly obstructed by the handles of a machine; and if one is kept there, the reason generally is that no other storage is available. If [...]

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A POULTRY HOUSE AND RUN. This chapter should be of interest to the keeper of poultry on a small scale, for even if the instructions given are not followed out quite as they stand, they may suggest modifications to suit the taste and means of the reader. The principle of the combined run and house–which [...]

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