Making Tin Can Toys

by Edward Thatcher

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Fig. 66.

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To make a dash-board out of a flat piece of tin, cut out a piece 2¾ by 5¼ inches. Set the dividers to ¼ inch and scribe a line ¼ inch inside three edges of the piece. Cut off two corners at the top and fold in the flaps to the dotted line as shown in [Fig. 66]. Round over the ends of the dash-board as described above and to the same dimensions.

The Seat.—A very simple seat may be made for the truck out of three pieces of tin. Use a piece of tin with the rolled rim at the top as in making the dash-board. Cut a piece of tin 3¼ by 3½ inches, fold in two of the sides exactly as you did for the dash-board and cut off the rolled rim until it is even with the sides after turning and round over the ends of the rolled rim with a file.

Use the dividers to mark two lines parallel with the rolled rim, one line 1 inch in and the other 2⅛ inches as shown in [Fig. 67] by the dotted lines. Bend the piece over a block as shown until it is shaped like the seat shown in [Fig. 68].