Copper Work: A Text Book for Teachers and Students in the Manual Arts

A practical manual for introducing metal work into school manual-arts courses, specifying equipment and materials and offering illustrated, step-by-step exercises and problems. It explains sawing, drilling, forming, riveting, soldering, embossing, enameling, finishing, and polishing, and presents projects such as escutcheons, hinge tails, drawer and door pulls, hinges, finger plates, pad corners, stamp and match boxes, sconces, picture frames, raised forms, trays, utensils, inkpots, and watch fobs. Patterns, photographs, and detailed methods are provided to guide teachers and students through progressive skill-building and classroom implementation.