the shaft, each side of stick S, the levers will turn the stick just far enough in either direction to bring the brakes into operation.
If there is a kitchen porch to your house, construct
The Outdoor Elevator shown in Fig. 104 to run from the ground up to that porch. If you live in an upper story of an apartment building, your elevator can be made to run to a greater height, which, of course, will make more fun.
Fig. 105.—Supports for Elevator Guides and Cables.
It will save considerable work to use the porch, because for one thing you will not have to build an upper platform to stand upon to reach the elevator car when it runs to the top, and for another thing the supports for the guides and cable can be fastened directly to one of the porch posts.
Figure 105 shows a large detail of
The Guide Supports. Cross strips A, B, and C should be
