. St. Nicholas [serial] . FIG. 3. PARALLEL BARS. the top of the uprights, for it weakens the bars,and if the weight is borne at the ends it mightsnap them off. At a hardware-store, purchasefour iron brackets with eight-inch tops and ten-or twelve-inch sides. Invert them and screw the tops to the base-boards and the sides to the outer edges of theuprights, to add rigidity to the bars. A coat or two of paint will improve the ap-pearance of the uprights and base, but do notcoat the bars with anything, just polish themwith a rag and the hands. TRAPEZE-BARS. For the house gymnasium a good trapeze-b
. St. Nicholas [serial] . FIG. 3. PARALLEL BARS. the top of the uprights, for it weakens the bars,and if the weight is borne at the ends it mightsnap them off. At a hardware-store, purchasefour iron brackets with eight-inch tops and ten-or twelve-inch sides. Invert them and screw the tops to the base-boards and the sides to the outer edges of theuprights, to add rigidity to the bars. A coat or two of paint will improve the ap-pearance of the uprights and base, but do notcoat the bars with anything, just polish themwith a rag and the hands. TRAPEZE-BARS. For the house gymnasium a good trapeze-bar can be made 4 feet long, 1^ inches in di-ameter, and cut with a path at each end (asshown at B in Fig. 4), so that the strap can bewrapped around it and drawn tight. The barshould be made of well-seasoned TRAPEZE-BAR ANDDETAILS. An adjustable flying trapeze (as shown in theillustration) is made from two trunk-straps, pro-vided with two extra loops and a four-foot bar,cut from two-inch hickory and shaped witha spoke-shave, asshown in the draw-ing. At the endspaths are cut to re-ceive the straps; butif it is possible tohave the bar turnedin a lathe, a moreaccurate result willbe had, as the lathewill insure a perfectlyround bar, while thehand-madeonecouldnot be cut so regu-larly. Small rings atthe upper ends ofthe ropes or straps,and hooks, drivensecurely into the ceiling beams, will suspendbars or flying rings. The bar may be suspended by ropes, as shownat C in Fig. 4, or may be adjustable by beingmade of trunk-straps, as shown at A. SWINGING RINGS. Exercising and swinging rings are madefrom 6 to 10 inches in diameter, outside mea-sure, and they can be purchased for one or twodollars per pair, according to the size andfinish. A blacksmith will make you a pair of rings,8 inches in diamete
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