Old-Time Farm and Garden Devices and How to Make Them (eBook)

Rolfe Cobleigh (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
288 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-15243-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Handy tips for building everything from a cheese press, hog house, and bicycle-powered washing machine to advice on the proper way to split wood, sharpen scissors, and paper a room. 200 black-and-white illustrations.

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A splendid bit of rural Americana, Cobleigh's book shows how anyone with a little time and money can add a touch of authentic charm to their farm, house, or garden. First published nearly a century ago, this practical guide features dozens of projects, accompanied by some 200 illustrations. A simply written text not only tells how to mount an anvil, make a cheese press, and build hog houses, but also provides handy advice on splitting wood, testing seed corn, tying practical knots, sharpening scissors, and papering a room.From building a rose trellis to creating a bicycle-powered washing machine, readers will delight in this book’s abundance of enjoyable and useful projects. It’s perfect for novice craftworkers and die-hard fans of Yankee ingenuity.

Inhalt

Workshop and ToolsThe Steel SquareIn and Around the HouseBarns and StockPoultry and BeesGarden and OrchardField and WoodGates and DoorsWhen We BuildWorth Knowing

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.2.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Crafts: Building & Construction
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Schlagworte: Dover • farm clip art • gardening clip art • making farm tools • making garden tools
• ISBN-10: 0-486-15243-X / 048615243X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-15243-1 / 9780486152431