Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1914 — For Handy Bous and Girls to Make and Do [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

For Handy Bous and Girls to Make and Do

By A. NEELY HALL.

(Copyright by A. Neely HaO)

TOY TRAVELING CRANE.

This is an easily carried out idea that will be productive of a great deal of fun. The crane may be used to hoist earth, and dump it to one side out of the way, In building a miniature Panama canal, or for excavating for a toy well, or any other play engineering feat you may think of. The toy crane may be built upon your express wagon, or a home-made wagon of the form shown in Fig. 1. A clothes-pole or short rug-pole may be used for the mast (A, Fig. 2). The lower end should stick through a hole cut in the wagon-bed, and the two crosspieces B should be nailed to the sides several inches above the bottom end so they will rest upon the wagon-bed. When the mast has been let in place, nail a pair of crosspieces limilar to pair B to its end, beneath the wagon-bed, to brace it. The stick B, nailed to the upper crosspieces, is the lever by which the mast is turned.

The mast-top pulley is a thread spool, mounted on a long spike driven through the blocks D, and blocks D are securely nailed to the end of the mast.

The swinging boom (Fig. 3) Is made of the two side strips G, separated 6 inches from the outer end by the block H, and its’spool pulley is mounted in the same way as the mast pulley spool. Fasten the mast end of the boom with nails driven through the sides of strips G into the mast. The wrapping-twine hoisting cable has a hook bent out of heavy wire attached to its end, and the cable runs over the boom pulley, then through a screw-eye in the mast at E, and from there over to a windlass, while the cable which raised the boom is attached to a nail In block H, runs up and over the mast-top pulley, down through the screw-eye at F, and over to a second windlass. Figure 4 shows how the windlasses are mounted upon the edges of a box, and Fig 5 shows how the drums are

made. The shaft Ais a broom-handle, the crank strip B has a hole bored through it for the shaft to fit in, and the spool C is fastened to the end for a handle. Drum Dis a baking-powder can, and it is nailed to the wooden end block F, and the can cover E is nailed to the end block G. Holes must be cut through the end blocks, and the cover and bottom of the can, so all will slip onto the axle, and, after the cover has been fitted on to the can, the end blocks must be secured to the shaft with nails. Notch the top edges of the box, to receive the drum shafts, and nail strips of wood over them, as shown,

to hold them in place; also drive nails through the ends of the shafts, to prevent them from slipping lengthwise. Nail the windlass box to the wagon.