Now take two of your sixteen-and-one-half-foot poles and place them diagonally from corner to corner of the parallelogram with the small ends of the poles lying over the ends of A and the butt ends of the poles extending beyond C, as in [Fig. 82.] Lash these poles securely in place.
Where the poles cross each other in the X, or centre, it is best to flatten them some by scoring and hewing with a hatchet, but care must be taken not to weaken them by scoring too deep. Next take your lash rope, double it, run the loop down under the cross sticks, bring it up on the other side, as in [Fig. 83], then pull the two loose ends through the loop. When they are drawn taut ([Fig. 84]), bend them round in opposite directions—that is, bend the right-hand end of the rope to the right, down and under the cross sticks, pull it out to the left, as in [Fig. 84], then bend the left-hand piece of rope to the left, down and under, pulling it out to the right, as in [Fig. 84.] Next bring those two pieces up over and tie them together in a square knot, as shown in Figs. [85] and [86].
[Fig. 80.] [Fig. 81.] [Fig. 82.] [Fig. 83.] [Fig. 84.] [Fig. 85.] [Fig. 86.] [Fig. 87.]
Parts of tower for a wireless, a game lookout, an elevated camp or cache.
Make a duplicate "kite" frame for the other side exactly as you made the first one, and then arrange these two pieces on the ground with the cross sticks F and F on the under-side and with their butt ends opposite the butts of the similar poles on the other frame and about five feet apart. Fasten a long line to the point where the two F pieces cross each other and detail a couple of scouts to hold each of the butt ends from slipping by placing one of their feet against the butt, as in [Fig. 82], while two gangs of men or boys pull on the ropes and raise the kite frames to the positions shown in Figs. [81] and [88].
Be careful, when raising the frames, not to pull them too far so that they may fall on some unwary workman. When the frames are once erected it is an easy matter to hold them in place by guy-ropes fastened to stones, stakes, or trees or held by men or boys, while some of the shorter braces are fastened to hold the two kite frames together, as in [Fig. 90], wherein you may see these short braces at the top and bottom. Next, the two other long sticks, legs, or braces (G, G, Figs. [89] and [90]) should be held temporarily in position and the place marked where they cross each other in the centre of the parallelogram which should be the same as it is on the legs of the two kite frames. The G sticks should now be lashed together at the crossing point, as already described and shown by Figs. [83], [84], [85], and [86], when they may be put up against the sides, as in [Fig. 89], in which diagram the G poles are made very dark and the kite frames indicated very lightly so as to better show their relative positions. Lash the G poles at the top and at the other points where they cross the other braces and secure the framework by adding short braces, as indicated in [Fig. 90].
[Fig. 88.] [Fig. 89.] [Fig. 90.] [Fig. 90.].
Details of scout signal-tower or game lookout.