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wire should be hammered on an anvil, or you may 

 use a flatiron as a substitute anvil, until they are 

 bent like the ones shown in Fig. 26. These two 

 ends can then be forced into a stick of bamboo such 



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as is used for a fishing rod, after which the end 

 should be bound with bicycle tape, copper wire or 

 twine to prevent the bamboo from splitting. The 

 handle may also be made from a small broom 

 handle or an old walking cane by neatly cutting 



