Fig. 11
Having decided which end of this board you will have forward measure underneath 8 inches from the front extremity and at that point draw the line A B (Fig. 10). Now take the piece of wood you spared from your runners and saw it lengthwise into two equal parts. Make each part precisely as long as your reach board is wide. Screw one at C D in Fig. 10 so that its outer edge is close to the line A B. The screws go through the reach board into the cross piece. In the centre of the cross piece bore a hole with a half inch bit right through cross piece and reach board, this is for the bolt. Now take that other piece of runner wood and fix hinges upon it as shown in Fig. 11. The hinges should be 4×4 hinges, and should move round to their full extent each way. Leaving the reach board for a few minutes we go to the pair of runners that will be at the back of the sleigh. It will be seen that we connected these with two cross pieces. It is upon the back cross piece that we have to place our piece of wood that has the hinges upon it. Lay it upon the cross piece and when the two are even all round fasten the remaining flap of the hinges with screws upon this cross piece of the runners. These two cross pieces of wood will be separated only by the thickness of the hinges if the work has been deftly done. Place the reach board so that the outer edge of the cross piece shall come exactly to a line we may draw now upon the under-side of the reach board five inches from its backward end as in Fig. 12.
Fig. 12
Fasten there the reach board to the cross piece with screws. The front pair of runners is fastened by passing a half inch bolt through the half inch hole we bored in the reach board and in the top of the front pair of runners. Here you will need a few washers and a nut. Each back runner should be fastened to the reach board by a loose chain as shown in the completed sleigh. Foot rests of bent iron or of wood are a great advantage. Place these where you need them. The sleigh is steered by means of two strong cords. Fig. 13 is merely general. Some of the details do not appear there.
Fig. 13.
Fig. 1.