Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing . .-O Fig. 2 SHOWING FRAME IN WHICH THE WHEELS ARE TO WORK K, crank; 0,0, bearings. (See also O, Fig. 5).The frame is resting upon a section of a boat make a frame (Fig. 2), fastening together with two-inchscrews—galvanized screws are preferred in every case, as 55 BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS they do not rust. Then cut four pieces of three-quarter orone-inch stuff, circular-shaped, eight inches in diameter(Figs. 3, A, and 6, A) for the hubs of the wheels, and fastenwith one-and-three-quarter-inch or two-inch screw
Harper's boating book for boys; a guide to motor boating, sailing, canoeing and rowing . .-O Fig. 2 SHOWING FRAME IN WHICH THE WHEELS ARE TO WORK K, crank; 0,0, bearings. (See also O, Fig. 5).The frame is resting upon a section of a boat make a frame (Fig. 2), fastening together with two-inchscrews—galvanized screws are preferred in every case, as 55 BOATING BOOK FOR BOYS they do not rust. Then cut four pieces of three-quarter orone-inch stuff, circular-shaped, eight inches in diameter(Figs. 3, A, and 6, A) for the hubs of the wheels, and fastenwith one-and-three-quarter-inch or two-inch screws the. Fig. 3 SHOWING CONSTRUCTION OF WHEEL AND SIZES OF PIECES spokes, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H (Figs. 3 and 6, for lengthsand shape of ends), strengthening with an ordinary thirty-inch hoop (I, Fig. 3). Paddles Now make the paddles (J, Fig. 4) of one-inch pine, fiveinches square, and fasten with two-inch screws, being care- 56 PADDLE-WHEELS FOR A SMALL BOAT ful to have the circular pieces, A, on the outside of thewheels (see Fig. 4). Now the wheels are all ready for thecrank (K, Fig. 2) and crank plates (L, Fig. 6). Have theblacksmith make the crank of iron bar three-quarters ofan inch in diameter in the same shape as shown in K (), with ends flattened to fit the plate L, which should befastened to spoke B (Fig. 6) and kept in place by ironpin N, run through staples or screw-eyes in spokes C andD (Fig. 6). Be careful to screw this plate and pin on theinside of the outside spokes of each wheel (see L and N,. 6 1 1 P .A Ar^ O c t 1 xJs 5 ? K j V 1 J Fig. 4 SHOWING ON LEFT-HAND SIDE A S
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