The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . ?e -^^ 1 -4f ^: D F Fig. 358. — A Top View of Car Truck. car from one style into another. Figure 358 shows a topview of a truck. For the bed of this cut a three-eighths- MAKING A TOY RAILWAY 335 inch board twelve inches long by two and one-quarter inches wide, and, after rounding the ends as shown in the drawing, cut a mortise at A and B two and three-eighths inches from either end. Procure two one and one-half inch spools for wheels, and drive a wooden peg through the hole in each, cutting off the ends so they projec
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . ?e -^^ 1 -4f ^: D F Fig. 358. — A Top View of Car Truck. car from one style into another. Figure 358 shows a topview of a truck. For the bed of this cut a three-eighths- MAKING A TOY RAILWAY 335 inch board twelve inches long by two and one-quarter inches wide, and, after rounding the ends as shown in the drawing, cut a mortise at A and B two and three-eighths inches from either end. Procure two one and one-half inch spools for wheels, and drive a wooden peg through the hole in each, cutting off the ends so they project a little beyond the hole, as shown in Fig. 359. Then bore four holes in the edges of the truck-bed with a gimlet at C, D, E, and F (see drawing), and, after setting the spools in mortises A and B, pivot them in place with small finishing nails driven into the wooden pegs. These nails should fit loosely in the gimlet holes. In order to drive them into the exact centres of the spools, it is best to locate. Fig. 359. —SpoolWheels. V Brais Cit>^ ^^iK 7 rPeg Fig. 361, Fig. 360. these points upon the ends of the pegs before placingthe spools in the frame. A quarter-inch hole shouldbe bored in the top of the truck-bed at G and H(Fig. 358) in which to fasten the two uprights /and/ 336 INDOOR PASTIMES (see Fig. 360). Make the uprights four inches long andwhittle a peg upon the lower ends to fit holes G and H(see Fig. 361). Bore a hole with a gimlet in the top ofeach and run a piece of heavy wire from one to theother, bending it as shown in Fig. 360. Fasten K be-tween / and /, as shown. Place a small brass ring uponthe wire before you fasten it in place. A small hookshould be screwed into one end of the truck and ascrew-eye into the other end for couplings, should youwish to hitch two or more cars together. A Gondola Car, such as shown in Fig. 362, should haveits truck made similar to Fig. 358, with the exception
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