The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . this unearthlynoise is sufficient to give even the bravestheart a conviction that the house is hauntedby supernatural beings. The writer and hisfriends used to make A New Style of Tick-tack, such as illustratedin Fig. 302, which claims several advantagesover the ordinary kind. In the first place ithas a crank arrangement which does away withthe long string that is everlastingly becomingentangled, and only one boy is necessary tooperate it where two are required with theold-style affair. Again, by having the tick- HALL
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . this unearthlynoise is sufficient to give even the bravestheart a conviction that the house is hauntedby supernatural beings. The writer and hisfriends used to make A New Style of Tick-tack, such as illustratedin Fig. 302, which claims several advantagesover the ordinary kind. In the first place ithas a crank arrangement which does away withthe long string that is everlastingly becomingentangled, and only one boy is necessary tooperate it where two are required with theold-style affair. Again, by having the tick- HALLOWEEN 28s tack upon the end of a long pole, second-story windowscan easily be reached with it. For the making ofthis tick-tack, procure two large spools, some heavycord, and a long pole (perhaps you can borrow yourmothers clothes-pole for the occasion). With a knifecut notches in the flanges of one spool, and fastenit to one end of the pole, driving a large nail throughthe hole in the centre of the spool into the pole (see302). Place the other spool in your bench-vise Fig. Fig. 304.
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