How to Make a Policeman’s Puzzle.
—Get two strips of wood ¹⁄₄ inch thick, ¹⁄₂ an inch wide and 11 inches long and cut handles on one end of each strip. Saw with your scroll saw out of ¹⁄₈ inch thick wood, two policemen 6 inches high and also one Baxter Street clothier of Semitic persuasion, 3 inches high as shown in [Fig. 96].
Pivot the leg near the foot of each policeman to the ends of both of the strips by driving a couple of brads through and into them and then nail the Israelite fast to the top strip with a couple of brads. Now when you pull the strips apart one of the long arms of the law will crack Ikey on the cranium and when the strips are pushed together again the other minion of authority will bounce his club on the place where his brains ought to be. A little red and blue water color will add to the realism of the toy.
Fig. 96. a policeman’s puzzle, or now will you be good
How to Make an Automobile Truck.
—This little toy will bring a lot of unalloyed joy to any tiny, weentie fellow and it’s easy to make, too.
Cut out a board for the bottom ³⁄₄ inch thick, 4¹⁄₂ inches wide and 14 inches long; trim down one end of it so that it is 2 inches wide in front as shown at A [Fig. 97]. Bore a ¹⁄₄ inch hole 2³⁄₄ inches from the front end.
Saw off a block of wood 1 inch square and 2¹⁄₂ inches long—this is to brace the seat with—and glue this block across the body 6¹⁄₂ inches from the back as shown by the dotted line in [Fig. 97]. Make a seat of a board ¹⁄₄ inch thick, 1¹⁄₂ inches wide and 3¹⁄₂ inches long and glue or nail it to the block.
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