The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . on the followingpages will be found interesting, and they will probablysuggest other ideas to the inventive boy. The store toy cannon and cap-pistol are exceedinglydangerous for boys to use, and were all cities to passlaws forbidding their sale, as in the case of a great manyof the larger cities, thousands of young lives would besaved from the terrible accidents resulting annually fromcelebrating with these toys. In . r. 287 is shown A Fire-cracker Cannon with which a boy can have agreat deal of fun and at the same ti
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . on the followingpages will be found interesting, and they will probablysuggest other ideas to the inventive boy. The store toy cannon and cap-pistol are exceedinglydangerous for boys to use, and were all cities to passlaws forbidding their sale, as in the case of a great manyof the larger cities, thousands of young lives would besaved from the terrible accidents resulting annually fromcelebrating with these toys. In . r. 287 is shown A Fire-cracker Cannon with which a boy can have agreat deal of fun and at the same time with no dangerof injury. Cut the two gun-stocks similar in shape toFig. 288, and the two wheels four inches in diameter(Fig. 289), after which bore holes in the gun-stocks at 2 74 OUTDOOR PASTIMES A, and in the centres of the wheels, through which torun the axle. Procure a baking-powder can and makea couple of holes in the sides for the axle to run through(Fig. 290), and one in the bottom of the can the size of afire-cracker fuse. Cut a conical piece of wood about two. Fig. 287. Figs. 287-291 A Fire-cracker Cannon. inches long and nail it to the outside of the can cover asshown in Fig. 291. When the various pieces have been thus prepared,place them together as shown in Fig. 287, and slip apiece of heavy wire through the holes made in them,and bend over the ends of the wire to hold the wheelsin place. To fire the Cannon, place a cracker in the can with thefuse projecting through the hole in the bottom, and fit SUGGESTIONS FOR FOURTH OF JULY 275 the cover over the can. Then light the fuse. Theexploding cracker will force off the cover, which isthe projectile, and hurl it a considerable distance inthe direction the cannon has been pointed. A Toy Mortar may be made similarly, with the excep-tion of the carriage or mortar-bed. Figures 292 and 293show the details for this, which is different from a regu-
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