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How to make a float tube from a truck tire inner tube.
BOYS' LIFE Apr 1976 (v.66#4) pg. 14

Three simple rafts you can build. (1) the Coracle, a 6-ft. circle of brush made into a wreath and lashed with a tarp. (2) a Sausage raft. Four "sausages" made by wrapping bundles of straw with tarps are lashed together and then topped with a framework of poles. (3) a Carton raft, with milk cartons taped together to form pontoons that support a deck of boards.
BOYS' LIFE Jun 1978 (v.68#6) pg. 58

How to build a raft from anything that floats. Three designs shown. (1) Sausage raft made from binder twine, plastic sheeting and straw or grass. (2) Coracle circular raft made from plastic-wrapped brush and branches. (3) Catamaran raft made from logs and poles.
BOYS' LIFE Jul 1986 (v.76#7) pg. 47

Tube float "trailer" for the fisherman wading in a canvas-covered tube float. Small car tire's inner tube is covered with a piece of plywood. Tackle box and holder for three fishing rods are fastened to the wood.
HOME MECHANIX #683 Mar 1985 (v.81) pg. 25

Polyfoam swimming raft is 8-ft. square with a plywood deck.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #478 Mar 1968 (v.64) pg. 95

Swimming float has 8x10-ft. deck, 8x6-ft. shaded cockpit, boarding ladder, and can be moved from place to place with an outboard motor.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #492 May 1969 (v.65) pg. 70

How to build a sailing raft for small children. Est. cost: $10.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #68 Mar-Apr 1981 pg. 54

One-person water scooter consists of a large truck tire inner tube, equipped with a seat and an electric trolling motor.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #69 May-Jun 1981 pg. 130

How to make and sell river-running inner tubes. Truck tire inner tubes are fitted with a rope seat and sold for as much as $40 each.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #74 Mar-Apr 1982 pg. 106

Building docks, piers and floats.
POPULAR MECHANICS Aug 1963 (v.120#2) pg. 152

Flip-up float ladder lasts longer.
POPULAR MECHANICS Oct 1963 (v.120#4) pg. 156

Inner-tube float fishing. How to make a canvas that fits around an inner tube with leg holes so you can float to inaccessible spots, still being able to walk across shallow spots.
POPULAR MECHANICS Aug 1971 (v.136#2) pg. 74

Inner tube bass boat. The boat consists of a truck tire inner tube, plastic milk crate, five short 2x4s, a beach chair, and a small trolling motor. Est. cost: $300.
POPULAR MECHANICS Feb 1984 (v.161#2) pg. 93

Foot-powered raft uses bleach bottles.
POPULAR SCIENCE May 1963 (v.182#5) pg. 116

How to build piers, floats, and floating boathouses.
POPULAR SCIENCE Feb 1965 (v.186#2) pg. 104

How to build a foam raft fast. Built of Dyfoam flotation billets, exterior plywood and redwood.
POPULAR SCIENCE Jul 1967 (v.191#1) pg. 147

Foot floats made from foam look like oversized snow shoes or water skis. They let you "walk" on water.
POPULAR SCIENCE Jul 1972 (v.201#1) pg. 112

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