[Craigin, Harry] [from old catalog] · Boston, Lothrop publishing company · leaf 222
motherearth, has sent you up into the elm tree to saw offfor him the limb that is growing too near thehouse. But that limb must not be allowed to comecrashing down; and so, with the rope you havetaken up with you, you cast about it, while yousaw, a Timber hitch, shown in Fig. 28. Of all hitches,… … FIG. 28 TIMBER HITCH. at a, b\ slide the left loop overthe right loop; then slip the double loop thus formed over thetable-leg, or your brother Williesfinger, or anything that will repre-sent a post, and draw tight bythe end (Fig. 30). Practise thisuntil your fingers can do it swiftly and of…
Carpentry · Manual training
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