The playwork book . FiG. 58. ties. Set the shute so that the end is abovethe blade of the waterwheel and allows thewater to fall on it with sufficient force toturn it round. The man may be cut witha fret-saw in three ply wood, and small 76 THE PLAYWORK BOOK staples should be run loosely through theholes at the ankles into a thicker piece ofwood which acts as a base, so that with themovement of the crank he will appear tobe turning the wheel. Fasten arms andlegs to the body with a thick wire whichworks loosely in the holes, or with a thinnail which may be bent over at the point. A POP-GUN Mater
The playwork book . FiG. 58. ties. Set the shute so that the end is abovethe blade of the waterwheel and allows thewater to fall on it with sufficient force toturn it round. The man may be cut witha fret-saw in three ply wood, and small 76 THE PLAYWORK BOOK staples should be run loosely through theholes at the ankles into a thicker piece ofwood which acts as a base, so that with themovement of the crank he will appear tobe turning the wheel. Fasten arms andlegs to the body with a thick wire whichworks loosely in the holes, or with a thinnail which may be bent over at the point. A POP-GUN Materials Required:— A large goose quill, a small twig, a slice of rawpotato, a penknife. This is a most simple little toy and veryeasy to make. Get a large quill featherwith as wide and strong a quill as you can,and cut it off where the quill is thickest. (s:^ TWMROO. Fia. get a little stick or branch, prefer-ably a little bent at the thicker end, and peeland smooth it, so that it will fit nicely intothe quill with the thicker bent end project- A POP-GUN 77 ing. This makes the ramrod, but it mustbe fitted into the quill so that it reachesonly within half an inch of the pointed orsmaller end. Now take a slice of raw po-tato about half an inch thick or a littlemore, and into it push the wider end of thequill so that it takes out a neat round pieceof the potato. With the ramrod gentlypush this first bullet to the smaller endof the quill and take out another slice fromthe potato with the wide end. Now quick-ly and smartly push in your ramrod andyou will find your first bullet shoots offsplendidly, leaving your second one at thepoint of the quill ready for the next popguns can be made with a pieceof tin tubing, or even cardboard rollers andcorks used as bullets. The ramrod mustbe padded with cotton wrapping in order tofit the tube clo
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