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HOME-MADE TOYS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS

lower end of A, and then nail both A and C to the edge of the shaft at a point that will bring the string of the jumping-jack a trifle beyond the windmill blades.

Fig. 16.—Spool Hub.
Fig. 16.—Spool Hub.

Fig. 16

Fig. 16.—Spool Hub.

Fig. 15.—How the Jumping-Jack is Supported.
Fig. 15.—How the Jumping-Jack is Supported.

Fig. 15.—How the Jumping-Jack is Supported.

Fasten a small stick with a brad driven in one end, in notches cut in the hub's flanges (Fig. 16), and connect the brad and Jack's string with a piece of wire or strong string. Then as the windmill revolves it will operate the toy in the manner indicated in Figs. 14 and 15.