FOR LIFTING HEAVY WEIGHTS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1682, 25 May 1904, Page 66

FOR LIFTING HEAVY WEIGHTS

The illustration, shows what I term my little Samsbn, a- contrivance for lifting heavy weights. By. studying the figures carefully, any handy man can make the wood work, while the iron parts can be left with the blacksmith. No. 1 should be just 6ft. high. Planks for side pieces are 2xß. Blocks at the ends are 3 x 3 x 8j and firmly secured by four f bolts Sin. long. Mow comes the important part. The two rows of holes as shown must be exact. Lay off planks with two straight lines just 4xn. apart. Now lay square on the plank so tfiat small blade will cross the two long lines, and mark the entire length in

lHn. spaces, or just the width of the square blade. Now provide yourself with a lfin. bit, an dbore straight through at every other junction of sectional lines? this being finished, we will start on the

other line and Tbore on the cross lines we skipped before, thus leaving the boles at an angle,. as shown in cut. There should be 20 holes in each row. The next will be two steel pins, c, measuring 12in. long and lin. in diameter. They should be slightly pointed at one end and flattened at the other, as shown in No. 3.

Tor No. 2, the main iron should be fin. thick and 4in. wide and 24in. long; 4in. wide from point and extending back Sin., where it should be made just 3i.ii. wide. On the lower edge at b are sioivii, two pin saddles, which should be just from centre to centre. Upper no.e for clevis pin is lain, back of front Clevis is made of |m. and pin of jin. best iron. Clevis is 9in. long. Main hook is 21in. long, and is made of steel tin. thick by ljin. wide, and point should be liberally reinforced. . We are now ready for the lever. This is made of 3 x 3 stuff and is 7ft. long. Measure off 2ft. and commence tapering and rounding the remaining sft., leavingemail end 2dn. in diameter. Now cut mortise in square end fin. wide, and back 16in. Around square end place a snugfitting collar, a, made of iron fin. x lin. Now drive large iron in mortis© and bolt, as shown m No. 2. In No. 1, c shows pins properly set for work. Our machine is now finished. All of the wood used in it should be of the toughest kind procurable. Mine is made of rock elm. The machine works equally well in pulling stumps.--" American Agriculturist/'’