Handy man's workshop and laboratory . While the shade is stillhot a piece of wax or ordinary candle is rubbed over both sidesof the brass. The heat of the brass melts the wax and forms athin wax coating. When the brass becomes cold, the design,which shows through the wax, is traced with a pointed instru-ment. The parts of the brass which are to be burned out arescraped free of wax. The shade is then immersed in nitric acid eats through the ex-posed brass and the requireddesign is very cleanly cut lamp, electric, anddrop-light shades are madein the same way. Withoutmuch expense
Handy man's workshop and laboratory . While the shade is stillhot a piece of wax or ordinary candle is rubbed over both sidesof the brass. The heat of the brass melts the wax and forms athin wax coating. When the brass becomes cold, the design,which shows through the wax, is traced with a pointed instru-ment. The parts of the brass which are to be burned out arescraped free of wax. The shade is then immersed in nitric acid eats through the ex-posed brass and the requireddesign is very cleanly cut lamp, electric, anddrop-light shades are madein the same way. Withoutmuch expense or trouble theselarger pieces can be improvedby placing different coloredglass behind the designs.—96 DECORATIONS FROM PAPERPULP Visitors to Washingtonusually bring away with thema pretty little souvenir made from the pulp ofdestroyed greenbacks. It isnot generally known that suchpulp can be made just as wellfrom any kind of waste paperas from the government this is a seriesof photographs showing the. Fig. 263—Grinding the paper pulp 322 HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY
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