BROOM
sa MODEL & MINIATURE BROOM
xx BRUSH
xx CLEANING EQUIPMENT
How to make brooms the Shaker way. Instructions for making a whish broom and a pot scrubber. AMERICAN HOME CRAFTS Fall 1978 (v.6#4) pg. 58, 98
A 29" tall fireplace broom is decorated with a granny doll with soft-sculpture head. BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Sep 1981 (v.59#9) pg. 40, 53
How to grow broom corn. Includes information on cutting the stalks and making a broom. COUNTRYSIDE Apr 1978 (v.62#4) pg. 34
How to make your own broom from broom corn. COUNTRYSIDE Oct 1983 (v.67#10) pg. 29
How to make a broom. An experienced broom-maker updates a 100-year-old method. COUNTRYSIDE Jan 1984 (v.68#1) pg. 17
How to harvest and make sturdy brooms from broomcorn you raise in the garden. COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STOCK JOURNAL Nov-Dec 1986 (v.70#6) pg. 6
Make an old-fashioned twig broom. COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STOCK JOURNAL Nov-Dec 1995 (v.79#6) pg. 44
Three ways to decorate Colonial hearth brooms. (1) Bread dough flowers, (2) wheat weavings, and (3) dried materials. DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Nov 1978 (v.9#9) pg. 66
Hearth broom, wreath, floral spray and mushroom basket arrangement to make using dried flowers, twigs, pods and grasses. FAMILY CIRCLE Nov 20 1978 (v.91#13) pg. 52
Tip: How to straighten the bristles of a straw broom. FAMILY HANDYMAN #238 Apr 1983 (v.33#4) pg. 140
Tip: Add a piece of sheet metal to your pushbroom. Use this "scraper" to dislodge stuborn dirt, snow, etc. FAMILY HANDYMAN #251 Sep 1984 (v.34#7) pg. 137
Water broom for hosing down patio, deck or other large surfaces. The 36" wide unit on casters is made from PVC pipe, fittings and lawn sprinkler heads. FAMILY HANDYMAN #321 Sep 1991 (v.41#8) pg. 92
Tip on repairing a broken off push-broom handle using a flagpole bracket. FAMILY HANDYMAN #398 May 1999 (v.49#5) pg. 112
Tip: Reinforce a pushbroom with a plywood guset before the handle breaks. FINE HOMEBUILDING #24 Dec 1984-Jan 1985 pg. 24
Country broom is skirted with gingham and calico for hearth or kitchen decoration. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Nov 1980 (v.191#5) pg. 164, 296
Broom with calico-covered handle. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING May 1984 (v.198#5) pg. 156, 275
Tip: Add a metal scraper to the back of your push broom. HOMEOWNER Oct 1988 (v.13#8) pg. 60
Add metal braces to push brooms in order to prevent broken broom handles. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION Mar 1981 (v.70#3) pg. 56
How to whittle a birch broom. MOTHER EARTH NEWS #50 Mar-Apr 1978 pg. 154
Tip on increasing the efficiency and life of a broom used to sweep snow. MOTHER EARTH NEWS #121 Jan-Feb 1990 pg. 18
Tip: Use a dry corncob instead of a brush for sweeping sawdust, flour, crumbs, etc. ORGANIC GARDENING Jun 1981 (v.28#6) pg. 18
Tip: Use metal braces to keep a push broom handle from breaking. POPULAR MECHANICS Sep 1981 (v.156#3) pg. 24
How to make a garden broom from bamboo twigs or palm fronds. SUNSET Sep 1977 (v.159#3) pg. 170
Tip on converting a broken push broom into a bench brush (fox-tail brush). WOODWORK #18 Nov-Dec 1992 pg. 20
Tip suggests putting button magnets on the back of a bench brush to collect particles of steel wool or iron filings from a workbench top. WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL Jul-Aug 1997 (v.21#4) pg. 8
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