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an ingenious nature, enabling the strip to be clamped quickly ; an 

 end view of the clamp is shown in the centre of the upper view. 

 The hand-piece is fixed to a spindle, the body of which is eccentric 



FIG. 325. Large Strip-bending Machine. 



to the bearing parts, so that when the handle is pressed down by 

 hand in the position shown in the view at the centre of Fig. 327, 

 the clamping piece is drawn back a little and just grips the strip 

 clamping it to the side of the ribs. 



FIG. 326. Strip after Bending. 



When the one side of the strip has been bent round the form, 

 the end is brought out straight by bending it round a pin, which 

 is inserted in a hole in the form. 



The other side of the coil is shaped in an exactly similar way, 

 the pin being used for both sides, and chained to the form to 

 prevent it getting lost. 



The coils so shaped are taped in the manner outlined already 



