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The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1

Volume 1 / Part 7 — A Monoplane Weather Vane

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Wire and Sheet-Metal Vane

Wire and Sheet-Metal Vane
Wire and Sheet-Metal Vane

The toy windmill or weather vane shown in the sketch is made to represent a Blériot monoplane. The propeller is turned by the wind. The frame is made of heavy wire and connected with straps of tin. The construction is plainly shown in the illustration. The windmill vane can be made in any size to suit the builder.

Contributed by W. C. Bliss, St. Louis, Missouri.

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