. Industrial Education Magazine . hen fast-ened into a frame by means of tiny wirenails. The policeman standing guard atthe right of the table—the evident ad-miration of the eighth grade boy whocame to the sale as a moneyed customer—is less an exercise of the mechanical andmore of the artistic faculties; he is theoriginal design of the little workman whofashioned him. Louis Gauss,Greeley, Colorado. THE MONOPLANE AI AHIS interesting toy is made of A?*- stock. The pieces are cut out witha coping-saw and fastened with smallbrads. The brads used in fastening A andB together should be long enough t
. Industrial Education Magazine . hen fast-ened into a frame by means of tiny wirenails. The policeman standing guard atthe right of the table—the evident ad-miration of the eighth grade boy whocame to the sale as a moneyed customer—is less an exercise of the mechanical andmore of the artistic faculties; he is theoriginal design of the little workman whofashioned him. Louis Gauss,Greeley, Colorado. THE MONOPLANE AI AHIS interesting toy is made of A?*- stock. The pieces are cut out witha coping-saw and fastened with smallbrads. The brads used in fastening A andB together should be long enough to 159 160 MANUAL TRAINING MAGAZINE 09* MONOPLANE t % a, % DO PATTERN OF OF SHEET Tm / - 5\ - NA ILS \ T ^^ \ B j ~v - . 1 — •>. ___ ~v —B / A A - / / // . / : ) — £ [ i[v _ V i C D j -^,. i \° clinch on the under side. The mostdifficult part of the construction is shap-ing the propeller which is first cut out ofsheet tin. If the propeller is made right and thestring fastened in the right way a boy. Who W \\ i A Ride on rms Si nshini. Cami i ? can whirl the monoplane around his headand have the thrilling satisfaction ofhearing the hum of the propeller in action—the result of his own handiwork. SUPRISE BOX PHE surprise box comes to us from?*? E. F. Juergens, supervisor ot man-ual training in Middletown, Ohio. Hesays of it, The surprise box interesteda large number of the freshmen highschool boys, who made them outside ofregular hours. The cover slides back,and the string causes the snake to comeout and give the operator a rap on thefinger. I present it because it interestedmy boys who think it a joke on the per-son trying to open the box. The covershould fit tight. The snake is made of wood $4 first I expected the wood to split, dueto the grain, but I find that it is suffi-ciently strong. The corners are roundedwith a wood rasp, making it almost PROJECTS, PROBLEMS AND NOTES 161 SURPRISE BOX 0 i= ll ^w-l I I / •. .J_- / \ / f 1 /^-^; 1 ^
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