This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
Figs. 1 and 2 are end and side views respectively of v. folding stand for a baby's cradle. To make the stand, procure four pieces of sound pine, ash, or oak, as preferred. 2ft. Tin. long, and plane them to 1 1/2 in. by 3/4 in. These form the ends; set them out as shown at Fig. 3. Four pieces l ft. 11 in. long and planed to l in. by 5/8in. will now be required for the connecting bars, the ends of which are seen in Fig. 1. The two pieces forming each end are pivoted together by a brass bolt 2i in. long, with wing nut; the bars are fixed by light screws ljin.long. To make the bars on which the cradle rests, heat one end of a piece of 1/4-in. bar iron and form a ring on a stout screw eye. Bend the other end at right angles to fit into a corresponding eye, as seen in Fig. 1. When these bars are attached the stand is complete.



Folding Stand for Baby's Cradle.
 
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