Fig. 6.
From F draw a straight line to C. Cut out the runner and use it as a pattern for the making of another. To connect the two runners use a couple of cross bars of hard wood each an inch and a half wide, one inch thick and a foot long. Cut the ends as shown in Fig. 5, the cuts being three quarters of an inch deep. Carpenters call an arrangement of this kind a tenon. The front cross bar will connect the two runners fifteen inches from the front and the back cross bar will be fifteen inches further back than that. The method of fixing them is shown in Fig. 6. The cuts A and B—mortices, joiners call them—are half an inch deep. Having placed the tenons in the mortices fasten them there with screws. Now get a board ten inches wide, half an inch thick and two feet long and screw this to the bars. If you want the runners shod with iron the blacksmith will do this for you. Place now the car in position upon the runners, and bore two quarter-inch holes in the centre of the bottom, one under the seat and the other in front. Make two corresponding holes in the board of the sleigh and so with two bolts and nuts secure the car to the runners.
Hammock from a Barrel.
A Hammock from a Barrel.—Look round for a clean barrel. Perhaps an apple barrel will be as easy to find as any. Strip off the hoops and draw all the nails. Measure three inches from the top, and three inches from the bottom of the barrel, and draw thence a line round the top and a line round the bottom of the barrel, keeping it three inches from top or bottom all the way round. Upon these lines, and upon each stave, bore two holes with a brace and bit. Place the holes so that they are about the same distance from each other and from the edges of the staves. If some of the staves are wider than others, each will need slightly different treatment. A stout rope should be threaded through these holes in the manner shown in the diagram. About twenty feet of rope will be sufficient. An inch or thereabouts should be left between each stave. Cushions add to the comfort of this simple hammock.
Hammock from a Barrel.
Æolian Harp.