Handy man's workshop and laboratory . Fig. 355—A dirigible sled tracks. The sled should be builtlow and narrow, and the runnersshould extend well forward and rearward, which will materiallyadd to the speed of the sled when coasting down a hill. Fig. 355 shows an ordinary girls sled, which is made intoa flexible or dirigible sled. The top part of the runners, shown HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY 429 in dotted lines, is cut off on a level with the seat and the ends arefastened together with a transverse bar a, made of iron or this bar, and fastened thereto, are bars b, one on each
Handy man's workshop and laboratory . Fig. 355—A dirigible sled tracks. The sled should be builtlow and narrow, and the runnersshould extend well forward and rearward, which will materiallyadd to the speed of the sled when coasting down a hill. Fig. 355 shows an ordinary girls sled, which is made intoa flexible or dirigible sled. The top part of the runners, shown HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY 429 in dotted lines, is cut off on a level with the seat and the ends arefastened together with a transverse bar a, made of iron or this bar, and fastened thereto, are bars b, one on each sideof the seat and parallel therewith. These bars are fastened to allthe standards of the sled. On the front bar is fastened a steeringlever c, which is fulcrumed by the rearwardly-extending arms ato the front part of the seat of the sled. It is now evident that. Fig. 356—The hand-motor sled when the operator wishes to steer to the right, he presses the leverwith the left foot, and vice versa. As the steering lever is thusmoved, it will be noticed that it moves the transverse bar to oneside or the other, thereby curving the runners in the same direc-tion, which will then follow smoothly in the curved tracks. It will be noticed from the plan view that the end standardis bolted to the seat of the sled, and that the other two standards 430 HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY are not, so as to allow a free movement of the runners when op-erated upon by the steering lever. Two pieces of wood should be fastened under the seat, a shortdistance each side of the forward standard, to allow for sidemovement. The old iron shoes on the wood runners should be taken Offand curved or hollowed as shown or may be replaced by newones. By referring to Fig. 357, it will be seen how this curv-ing of the shoe may be accomplished. A shallow groove is madein a block
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