The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . dfrom slipping on the pole, a little resin should be rubbedupon it, and it might be well also to ruba little upon the spools. A Clock-work Tick-tack, such as is illus-trated in Fig. 305, is another good idea,and one that can be carried out with afew minutes work. Remove the worksfrom an old alarm clock, and fasten themwith wire or cord to the end of a pole,as shown. Attach a cord to the striker,and make it long enough to reach to theother end of the pole. Make a loop inthe end of the cord, and drive a nail intothe pol
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . dfrom slipping on the pole, a little resin should be rubbedupon it, and it might be well also to ruba little upon the spools. A Clock-work Tick-tack, such as is illus-trated in Fig. 305, is another good idea,and one that can be carried out with afew minutes work. Remove the worksfrom an old alarm clock, and fasten themwith wire or cord to the end of a pole,as shown. Attach a cord to the striker,and make it long enough to reach to theother end of the pole. Make a loop inthe end of the cord, and drive a nail intothe pole over which to loop the cord tokeep the striker in check. This tick-tackis worked by placing the end of the poleclose to the window-glass, with the striker toward theglass, and slipping the cord off its nail. The striker iscontrolled entirely by the cord. The Goblin-man (Fig. 306) is easily made out of suchmaterial as you can most generally find about the framework for the body of this ghostly creature isshown in Fig. 307, and consists of a pole about four feet. Fig. 305. The Clock-work Tick-tack. HALLOWEEN 287 long with the centre of an eighteen-inch crosspiecenailed across it. In order to fasten these pieces firmlytogether, they should be halved as shown in Fig. 267,Chapter XIX. Thearms consist of twosticks {A and B in ) fastened togetherat right angles withsmall iron braces, andscrewed in place nearthe ends of the cross-piece, as shown inthe illustration. Holesshould be bored throughthe arm pieces in orderthat they may workfreely on the a small screw-eyein each arm at B, andattach a short strinor toit. A short stick should be nailed to the four- Fig. 306. - The Goblin-man. foot pole about eighteen inches from the lower end, sothat the boy who carries the framework can rest itupon his shoulder. The head of the goblin is a jack-o-lantern made outof a piece of cardboard, bent as shown in Fig. 308, andheld in this shape by means of broom-wire laced
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