Show onn asre lanly ONES EASY TO MAKE BARREL BOAT timber attached prevent capsizing and may be constructed by any handy boy A boat that any handy boy can en easily ellay make Is I 1 constructed of a barrel which aich ila ha kept with the opening cut wong in one ilde aide up by two 4 by 6 ln in timbers and two tie pieces 2 by 4 says the popular mechanics the lengths of these pieces will depend on the size of at the barrel A good watertight barrel should be be selected lecter and an opening cut in lt the center ce n ter between the hoops of such a elze ze as to allow the body of the a occupant room for handling an oar the timbers are attached to tho the barrel with iron iran straps pieces of old hoops A barrel boat will do the two tie pieces are put across the timbers at the ends of the barrel and spiked in place the boat Is to be propelled with a single double end paddle there Is in no danger of the boat capsizing or the water splashing into the barrel |