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December 21, 1905
Williston Graphic
Williston, Williams County, North Dakota
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Guide for boys and girls to build a simple compound pulley from spools, wood, and cord, allowing heavy weights to be lifted with minimal effort, as featured in the Washington Star.
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A COMPOUND PULLEY.
Apparatus Which Any Boy Can Construct for Himself and Which Will Give Him Much Fun.
Three cents for a half dozen screw hooks is all the money you need for a compound pulley, and any boy or girl can make one. Two large spools, two small spools, four strips of wood seven inches long, one inch or a little less wide and half an inch thick; four small blocks of wood and a heavy cord are the necessary materials.
Cut or saw each spool quite near the shoulder, as shown by the dotted lines. Put a pin through the two ends of each spool, letting the ends project for an axle. This gives you a very neat wheel. Be careful to make the four wheels of equal thickness.
The four blocks should be each a trifle thicker than the wheels, as broad as the side strips are and about one inch long. Make two holes in each strip two and a half inches from the ends and the size of the axles.
Now you are ready to join the parts. Take two side strips, one large and one small spool, place the axles in the holes, put a block in position at each end and fasten it firmly by means of glue or screws or nails. A screw hook in each end completes one part. Make the other part in exactly the same way and put in the cord as shown in the drawing.
To use the pulley, fasten one block to the ceiling or some other high place. Attach the lower block to the object you wish to raise. It will seem surprisingly how heavy a weight can be lifted with but little strength. Afterward, suggests the Washington Star, a pulley with six or even eight wheels may be made, and their working compared.
THE PARTS AND COMPLETED PULLEY.
Apparatus Which Any Boy Can Construct for Himself and Which Will Give Him Much Fun.
Three cents for a half dozen screw hooks is all the money you need for a compound pulley, and any boy or girl can make one. Two large spools, two small spools, four strips of wood seven inches long, one inch or a little less wide and half an inch thick; four small blocks of wood and a heavy cord are the necessary materials.
Cut or saw each spool quite near the shoulder, as shown by the dotted lines. Put a pin through the two ends of each spool, letting the ends project for an axle. This gives you a very neat wheel. Be careful to make the four wheels of equal thickness.
The four blocks should be each a trifle thicker than the wheels, as broad as the side strips are and about one inch long. Make two holes in each strip two and a half inches from the ends and the size of the axles.
Now you are ready to join the parts. Take two side strips, one large and one small spool, place the axles in the holes, put a block in position at each end and fasten it firmly by means of glue or screws or nails. A screw hook in each end completes one part. Make the other part in exactly the same way and put in the cord as shown in the drawing.
To use the pulley, fasten one block to the ceiling or some other high place. Attach the lower block to the object you wish to raise. It will seem surprisingly how heavy a weight can be lifted with but little strength. Afterward, suggests the Washington Star, a pulley with six or even eight wheels may be made, and their working compared.
THE PARTS AND COMPLETED PULLEY.
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Instructional Guide
Diy Project
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Compound Pulley
Diy Construction
Spools
Wooden Wheels
Mechanical Lift
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Story Details
Instructions for constructing a compound pulley using spools, wood strips, blocks, pins, and cord to demonstrate lifting heavy weights with little strength.