This may be easily done by placing the wire in the vise so that the mark for bending is held exactly at the top of the vise jaws, then use a hammer to bend the wire over at right angles, see [Fig. 41].
Place the wire over the pipe held in the vise and use a wooden mallet to round it over to the form shown in [Fig. 42], B. Slip the ends of the wire handle through the holes punched for it in the lugs on the pail and then turn the wire up at the ends with a heavy pair of pliers until it looks as shown in [Fig. 42], C, and the pail is completed.
If the pail described above is made of a rolled-rim can it may be safely used for camp cooking, as there is no danger that it will melt apart over the fire. When a spout and a lid are added to the pail, it will serve as an excellent coffee pot. A coffee pot and other cooking utensils are shown in [Fig. 95].
CHAPTER X
Making a Toy Auto Truck
THE WHEELS—FOUR WAYS OF MAKING WHEELS OF TIN CANS—MAKING A WHEEL FROM A CAN WITH SOLDERED ENDS—MAKING WHEELS FROM ROLLED-RIM CANS—TWO TYPES OF WHEELS MADE FROM CAN LIDS
A very simple and strong toy automobile truck may be made of tin cans. If the foregoing problems have been carefully worked out, there is no reason why one should find the truck difficult to make, provided the directions are carefully followed.
As the construction of a truck is typical of so many wheeled toys, it was selected as the best type with which to begin. Various fittings may be added, such as lights, fenders, running boards, handles, tool boxes, etc., but only after the plain truck chassis, hood, seat and wheels have been successfully assembled. This first real problem in toy making should be kept as simple as possible.
Wheels form the most important part of any rolling toy, so these will be taken up first and each method of making them discussed at length.