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WHAT’S HAPPENING
Just like you saw with the gear mechanism
for the rain shelter, when the gear wheels
mesh together, you are transferring
movement.
crank
handle
YOU NEED …
fastener, front
and rear parts
wooden
gear wheel
small
gear wheel
2 x axle
stoppers
2 x short
axles
HERE’S HOW!
1
Fix the front and rear parts of the fastener
together from both sides of the pre-cut holes
in the right tree trunk. Push a short axle
through the fastener. Then add the crank
handle on the outside and a gear wheel on
the inside.
2
Stick a short axle into the pre-cut hole in the
main platform, and push the wooden gear
wheel and an axle stopper onto it underneath
the platform. Make sure the teeth of the two
gear wheels mesh together properly. A
second axle stopper just above the platform
will keep everything in place.
3
You can open and close the trapdoor by
turning the crank handle.
1
2
3
axle stoppers
22
Trapdoor
and the