Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-12
A CARD PARTY.
Stunts For the Whittier.

One of the cOmmonest fcats with the
jackknife is to cut a chain out Of Il
single piece of wood. This is not
difficult and forms therefore an cx-
cellent design with which to begin.
In making the chain piece Of wood is
first trimmed into the form of a cyiin-
dor, or roller. perhaps an inch in
diameter and as long as the chain is to
bc-six or eight inches in length. \
piece of broom handle will do very
well. In this cylinder four deep. long
burrows are then cut in such q way
that the end of the block, instead of
being round, now looks like 4 cross
with four equal arms, each arm being
the end Of a long rib that extends
lengthwise along the block.
The next step. says the Rosary
Magazine. is to cut notches in the ribs
at equal distances from each other and
in such way that in each rib the
notchcs shall correspond exactly toI
those of the opposite rib while in two
other ribs the notches alternate with
these. The position and general form
OF the links i'll the chain should now be
apparent, and ono may begin to hollow
out the inside of each Of them. To
dc this hole should be cut through
one of the still solid links.
When this has been done with two
OF them successfully it will be found
that they are connected only by a
small bridge of wood. and this may be
cut away very easily. due care being
taken Ecither to cut nor split any of
the links in the process. AS soon as
iply f,1n hn d.
ilv rounded and smoothed, as well as
trimmed as slender as may be desired
Another DC sign, which is scarcely
mort difficult than the chain. is th"|
ball in cage. This is whitfield out of
a single block Of wood, perhaps an
mcl and a half square and three
inches long.
The frame or cake is designed first,
and the lower part of its interior *
left solid to form the material for tho
ball. When the general form Of tn"
frame ha@ been completed the ball may
b. gradually n"uEdod into shape and
finally cut loose from tn" inClosinG
frame care being taken not to trim it
too small for if it should roll out I'll"
whole point Of the performance would
be missed.
similar design, Il little harder to
make is q ball within a spherical cage,
or. as it may be called, ball within
ball The cage consists Of three con-
ncrted circles meeting each other at
right angles. Between these circles
there are eight large triangular open
ines. through which one can see the
ball inside.
To make this design a piece of wood
is first trimmed into a sphere about an
inch and a half in diameter, and the
outlines of the eight triangular open
inGS should be traced upon its sur
face with a pencil. When this has
been done each of the trianglcs ought
to he very neatly dug out in the form
OF a shallow pit about quarter of an
inch in depth. This is the hard part
Of the task, but with a sharp knife it is
not particularly difficult, as the round
Cd form of the ball enables one to cut
| from different directions.
| 1t will now he found that the circlos
| stand out upon tho surface ANA il only
remains to cut away a it'll" Of the
| wood under them in order to loosen the
/ ball inside. The rounding of the bal!
| and smoothing Of the cage can then be
| t''' HlpliSiit'i Win iiltI' tiouD''-
| A bell with a movable c!appcr in
wolves some ingenious whiting. The
claprCr and the rod upon which it will
! hang must both he cut out of the solid
block from which the bell has been
formed, and tho great difficulty Of the
design is in making the little ring al
the upper end of the clappcr so that il
will hang loosely upon the crossrod.-
New York Sun.