The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . it well againstthe uprights and braces. Boards E and F should be laidacross the top of G and /, and spiked in place. The Punching-bag Platform, illustrated by Fig. 257,should be made thirty inches square and suspendedfrom the shed or a wall. Nail a thirty-inch piece of two-by-four to the wall, twofeet above the height at which the platform is to beplaced, as at A in the drawing, and nail another on alevel with the top of the platform, as shown at B. Fasten the platform boards together with battens,using nails long eno
The boy craftsman; practical ad profitable ideas for a boy's leisure hours . it well againstthe uprights and braces. Boards E and F should be laidacross the top of G and /, and spiked in place. The Punching-bag Platform, illustrated by Fig. 257,should be made thirty inches square and suspendedfrom the shed or a wall. Nail a thirty-inch piece of two-by-four to the wall, twofeet above the height at which the platform is to beplaced, as at A in the drawing, and nail another on alevel with the top of the platform, as shown at B. Fasten the platform boards together with battens,using nails long enough to clinch on top of the upperface, and nail the two boards C and D to the edges,mitring the edges as in the figure. Then lift theplatform to the desired height, and fasten the ends ofC and D to the ends of A. Also nail the bottom ofthe platform to the under side of B, AN OUTDOOR GYMNASIUM 249 A swivel such as shown in Fig. 258 can be boughtfor forty or fifty cents, and one of these should bescrewed to the bottom of the platform, from which tosuspend the Fig. 257. — A Punching-bag Platform. A Pair of Jump Standards are made out of two two-by-fours about eight feet long. After planing them smoothon all sides, measure off two feet from one end of each,and mark off the remaining six feet in inches, as shownin Fig. 259. After squaring these divisions across the poles withyour try-square, bore holes three-eighths of an inch indiameter through the poles at each division. Then, witha small brush and black paint, mark off each foot witha band extending around the pole, each half foot with a ?so OUTDOOR PASTIMES narrower band, and each inch with a short Hne, as shownin the drawings. Letter the foot divisions i, 2, 3, 4, both standards have been finished, bury them inthe ground to a depth of thirteen inches, eight feet two wooden pegs similar to Fig. 261 to fit the holes,
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