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Evening Star, Issue 23113, 12 November 1938, Page 8

Things to Do and Make By Handicraft MAKE A CANVAS CANOE STRONG, LIGHT CRAFT FOR SUMMER Commencing this week, and for the follotving two weeks, directions will be given in this section for the making of a sturdy light craft which will offer you boundless possibilities for fun during the Christmas holidays. Now %s the time to start work on it. A few hours each week-end and occasional evenings devoted to the interesting job of construction will have the canoe completed by the time the holidays commence. THIRST decide the expense you will be out to before beginning. Possibly you will have most ol the material and tne actual cost will be trifling, but If you have to purchase all the materials you should be prepared to spend at least £3 for a 7ft 6in. canoe. If you make a small one-seater the cost will be reduced considerably. You will be able to shorten the length, but It will not be possible to make much alteration in the widths. You will need a quantity of wood, the measurements of which are given below,.a piece of canvas measuring three yards by four feet, a box each of 2m. and lln. copper nails, gin. large headed copper tacks, and lin. brass screws, a quart of r LINE DRAWING OF COMPLETED CANOE. burnt linseed oil, a quart of oil paint and a quart On of spar varnish. Two trestles, or large boxes, can be used to support the canoe while the work Is In progress. It Is very Important to use only copper or brass nails and screws, because Iron parts will rust when exposed to water. Before driving nails or screws Into any part likely to split, drill holes lust large enough to take them. THE FRAMEWORK.—For the framework you can use any well-seasoned hardwood, such as maple, ash, or blue-gum, which combine toughness, rigidity, and lightness. The soft pines are not suitable, because they do not possess the necessary toughness, they split easily, and become water-logged. If you can And two well-seasoned bent branches that resemble the shape of the stem and stern posts (Pig. 1) you will be able to use a saw and spokeshave to cut them down to the required measurements. This is the Ideal way of making the two posts, but If bent branches are not available you can make the posts as shown in Pigs. 2 and 3. Using this method, each post Is made with five short pieces of 6in. by Jin. Baltic pine flooring boards. First cut the two pieces, A and B, to fit together, as shown in Fig. 2, and on to them nail the three pieces as shown In Fig. 3, with 21n. copper nails. Fit piece C first, then D and E. Be careful to place the nails where they will not be In the way when sawing out the shape. Turn over the projecting part of each nail, and clench it to prevent the pieces coming apart. Then make the cardboard template (Fig. 1) to trace out the shape of each post on the two built-up forms, and cut out with a bow saw, or else have them done by a woodworker who uses a bandsaw. Use a spokeshave and sandpaper to finish the shape. (Continued Next Week.)

A Memory Game WHEN you have nothing else to do try this game. Two or more players may play It. Shuffle a pack of cards and lay the 52 cards face downwards on a table so that no card overlaps another. Vou may either place them In rows or not. as vou wish. The first player lilts two cards and turns them face upwards so that all players can see them. If the cards are the same kind, e.g., two Jacks or two eights, the player takes possession of them, and tries again. If, however, the cards are not the same kind he turns them down again, and the ndxt player selects his two. The idea of the game Is to collect pairs. At the beginning of the game it is pure chance, but as the game proceeds wideawake players will remember where they saw certain cards and pick them when they require them. The game Is really a test of memory.

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