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Crutch: a Split Broom-Handle Crutch (Boy Mechanic, 1913)
A crutch made to the user's own length from a broom handle: split, soaked and spread into a Y, with a riveted hand grip and a shaped top piece nailed across for the armpit.
Make two for a pair.
Source: The Boy Mechanic, Book 1 (1913), p. 369. Picture: Figs. 1-3 of the book.
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Instructions
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1
Split and soak the handle
Split and soak the handle
Split a broom handle with a rip saw to within 1 ft of one end (Fig. 1). Soak it in water for three days so the halves will bend.
Materials for this step:
Wooden Dowel1 broom handleTools needed:
Rip Saw
Water2
2
Fit the grip
Fit the grip
Cut a grip as long as the hand is wide and bore it through the centre to take No. 10 wire. Set it between the two halves at the right height for the arm, run the wire through both halves and the grip, and rivet it over (Fig. 2).
Materials for this step:
Hardwood Dowels1 grip
Iron Wire1 No. 10Tools needed:
Hand Saw
Brace and Bit
Snips
Hammer3
3
Nail on the top piece
Nail on the top piece
Cut a top piece shaped as at A, Fig. 3, and nail it across the upper ends of the two halves.
Materials for this step:
Pine Board1 top piece
Nails1 pieceTools needed:
Hand SawHammerMaterials
5- 1 broom handlePlaceholder
- 1 gripPlaceholder
- 1 No. 10Placeholder
- 1 top piecePlaceholder
- 1 piecePlaceholder
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