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Nancy Drew: The Haunted Carousel Hints
How can I use the lathe to replace the band organ spindle?
1 of 20: You would need to do this only after you try to load roll three into the band organ.
2 of 20: Elliott agrees to let you use the lathe, and says that he has wooden dowels and safely goggles. He even needs to run an errand, so you have the run of his studio while he is out.
3 of 20: You may want to read the section of the shop manual about the lathe, for you will learn information that will enable you to make a new spindle without incident.
4 of 20: Now advance to the lathe. What's the first thing you see that is important to take?
5 of 20: Take the safety goggles hanging there and wear them, just as the shop manual suggested (when you see the goggles in your inventory, you are wearing them). Now you'll need some wooden dowels. Do you see any?
6 of 20: The wooden dowels are to the left of the lathe. Take one. You must now fit the dowel into the lathe. Can you figure out how to do this?
7 of 20: Push a button next to a crank found at the lower left of the lathe. This must open the lathe's rotors, as you move into a closer view. Now you must fit the dowel into the lathe.
8 of 20: Put the dowel into the lathe's rotors. You should now be looking at the dowel installed into the lathe, and seeing a measuring stick visible just above the installed dowel, a power switch in the lower left, and a switch with three settings in the lower right. Would you like to experiment with the power switch and the three settings?
9 of 20: Try the power switch. As mentioned in the shop manual, the lathe is set up to turn off after a few seconds as a safety precaution. Try moving the blade to the right and left. The shop manual said the blade could be moved at different intervals. Now try moving the switch on the right to each of its three settings. You can create up to three different cuts based on width, the manual said. If you wish, you can experiment on this dowel, making different sized cuts until you know the purpose of each of the lathe's controls.
10 of 20: You learn that, for the switch on the right, the first setting makes a shallow and narrow cut, the second setting makes a medium cut, and the third setting makes a deep and wide cut. Now, how exactly are you going to know what size cuts to make into a fresh dowel, so that you actually make a new spindle that looks just like the old broken one?
11 of 20: If you could just measure the old spindle, you would be able to make a new spindle that looked just like it. Do you know a place where you can measure the old spindle?
12 of 20: You can measure the old spindle on Elliott's workbench. He has a measuring stick there. Just lay the old spindle against the measuring stick on his workbench. What cuts are needed in a fresh dowel, can you tell?
13 of 20: Looking at the broken spindle against the measuring stick on Elliott's workbench, it looks like needs one very deep and wide cut in the middle, and one shallow and narrow groove near the right end. You should take measurements of the wide and narrow cuts. What are the measurements?
14 of 20: You should have determined that the wide cut runs from the 2 1/2" point to the 11 1/2" point. The narrow cut is at the 12" point. Now you know the measurements. Return to the lathe and put a fresh dowel into it.
15 of 20: You remembered the safety goggles didn't you? Now, where should you position the blade, and at which setting should you set the switch on the right?
16 of 20: Looking at the measuring stick above the fresh dowel in the lathe, the blade's position seems to begin before the 2 1/2" point you are interested in. You'd better move the blade once to the right. And you remember that the wide cut in the middle should also be deep, so you'd better set the switch on the right to its third setting. Flip the power switch. Did it work?
17 of 20: It seems to work. You made a deep cut starting at the 2 1/2" mark. Should you move the blade to the right and cut again a few times?
18 of 20: Yes, repeat the deep cut, repeatedly moving the blade to the right and setting the switch on the right to its third setting, until your cut reaches the 11 1/2" point. You make a total of six deep cuts. Now what?
19 of 20: You need one narrow cut at the 12" point. Move the blade once more to the right, set the switch to its first setting, and flip the power switch. Did it work?
20 of 20: Yes, that looks perfect! You made a new band organ spindle. The correct moves were: Move the bit over one notch to the right, adjust the bit depth to position 3, and turn on the power. Repeat this a total of six times. Move the bit over one more notch to the right, adjust the bit depth to position 1, and turn on the power.
