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Vintage Handyman's Enquire Within - home repair tools
Vintage Handyman's Enquire Within - home repair tools
Description:
This auction is for a vintage book entitled
THE HANDYMAN'S ENQUIRE WITHIN - HUNDREDS OF PRACTICAL IDEAS AND HINTS,
PUBLISHED BY NEWNES HOME MECHANIC BOOKS
I am unable to ascertain a date of publication, however, the contents may help you work this out!
Contents include:- * Workshop tools and devices ( great for collectors of vintage tools) * Woodworking hints (eg 'Curing warped wood' and ' Making castors for furniture legs' * Wireless and Electrical facts (includes such things as 'drilling a panel for valve holders' and 'a useful accumulator filler' plus many more) * Photographic HInts (eg 'Gaslight enlargement' and 'Drying film rolls') * Soft Soldering * Moulds for Casting Lead Toys * Cycling (eg 'choosing a bicycle' ; 'anti-freezing solution for acetylen cycle lamps' and 'carrying a spare tin of carbide') * Miscellaneous recipes (eg 'non-tipping ink bottle'; 'repairing celluloid';) * Inks (eg 'How to make Copying Ink' and 'A Gelatine Hectograph') * Paints, Polishes, Stains etc (eg 'cleaning piano keys', 'making shellac varnish') * Electro-plating at Home (eg Copper, Silver and Nickel plating) * Simple Plaster Casting * Using Plastic Wood * Making Slides for Toy Lanterns
The back cover features an advertisement for STANLEY WOODWORKING TOOLS
This little book is in extremely good condition and if anyone can let me know its approx age I would love to know!
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