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decide that the butt-end of the first joint shall be one-half 

 an inch in diameter, it is certain that you require six strips 

 with three sides, one-fourth-inch each (see fig. 26). Your 

 first operation therefore is to square your strips so that they 

 are one-fourth-inch square. Remember, nothing must be 



Fig. 26. 



taken off the outer or rind side. 



Now take a piece of sheet-brass and cut out an angle- 

 piece of sixty degrees (see fig 26), and mark out the plan of 

 your rod. I have already begun to do this, at A and B. A 

 indicates the point to which the largest strip must come at 

 its larger end. B shows the point for its smaller end. 

 Mark the size of the ends of each of the other joints plainly, 

 and keep this plan for gauging the final results. For pre- 



Fig. 27. 



liminary results fig. 27 hints at a device that is most useful. 

 This diagram is marked out for a four-joint rod, but the same 

 principle is precisely applicable for the three-joint. A per- 

 fect guide is presented, in figs. 26 and 27, to the sectional 

 make of the split-cane rod. 



The planing of the strips to the exact pattern, so that each 



