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By Foxfire Fund Inc.
The Foxfire Americana Library takes you again to the nice ol' days with a suite of easy, vintage toys that may be made at domestic. entire with illustrated step by step directions, "Blowguns and Bouncing Pigs" comprises suggestion on the way to make:
Ball and Cups
Blowguns
Bouncing Pigs
Bows and Arrows
Bubble Blowers
Bull Grinders
Buttons on a String
Climbing Bears
Corn Guns
Cornstalk Animals
Cornstalk Fiddle
Apple-head Dolls
Cucumber Dolls
Fluttermills
Fly Guns
Hoops
Jumping Jacks
Kicking Mules
Limberjacks
Pop Guns
Puzzles
Rattletraps
Rolling Clowns
Sling Shots
Smoke Grinders
Squirt Guns
Stick Horses
Stilts
Grapevine Swings
Rope Swings
Tops or Dancers
Whimmy Diddles or Jeep Sticks
Hollow Whistles
Split Whistles
Whittled Animals
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If a door latch doesn't catch or won't operate smoothly, the latch bolt on the door may not be lined up properly with the strike plate on the door jamb. Repairs range from minor latch adjustments to repositioning the door itself. If the latch's operation isn't smooth, lubricate the latch with graphite. If it doesn't catch, close the door slowly to watch how the latch bolt meets the strike plate. The bolt may be Hanging a replacement door (see facing page) takes patience. Following the steps in order and using the tips listed below will make the work go faster.
If you're working on a binding door (page 69), plane the top or bottom rail if the door is binding there, or the hinge stile if the door binds on the hinge side. It's best to avoid planing a binding lock stile, since it involves maintaining the beveled edge along that side and, in some cases, repositioning the lockset. Instead, plane the hinge stile whenever possible to correct the problem. Cutting hinge mortises. Hinge mortises are recesses into which hinge leaves are fitted so they sit flush with the door or jamb surface.