Show BUILDING A FA BICYCLE BOAT Directions and Illustration Given n Wilt wm Assist Materially In Construction tion of Craft I Get two pine planks four inches thick by eight Inches wide and fourteen fourteen four tour teen and a halt half feet teet long l Plane Liane ane all four sides smoothly and round off oft edges Then m measure back i 15 inches lathes from the bow and antl shape the bow end ead as In the illustration Round the un under er edges that Is the edge that goes In Inthe Inthe Inthe I the water writes Fred Tred Crawford oO of t West Virginia In the Farm News Now measure back from the stern eight inches and shape the stern end endA endA r. r I I I IA A Bicycle Boat I as shown In the illustration Get some I seven eighths inch pine boards board fa grooved and cut them four feet long Ing I and nail them across the planks Start 12 Inches from the stern and lay Ilay them lb U close as possible to within 20 Inches if t f the bowAn bow An old bicycle frame Is now firmly let Jet upon a a. block at t such a height a ato OB as asto to allow free Cree turning space for the pedals In the center of the raft a a. little to the stern from the chain wheel the We chain hain runs to another wheel on the paddle shaft The latter Js s s made macis of hard wood two Inches in diameter r. r The rhe shaft Is supported by two blocks set et pear the edge dge ge of the tho boat At t each end of tho the shaft four pad paddles lea are arc attached at at- lathed Q Qt pcb cb a as aa to 10 dip six Inches la Is t. t tho water g Have Hwe ve each each ach paddle paddles s ni foot Coos Lpg f The end of the tho paddle I S r rand Attached to the shaft should be lour Jour and a wide while the end that tou touches the water should be nine rune Inches wide Through the hol hole holb in the front root fork Lork ock ends insert an iron rod and aDd bend It lit in An such sueha sucha a way as to form a hook at each end cud From these ends two w wires run ran runback I back to the guide see tiou Thus you guide your cr craft with dandle bars |