86 THE IDYL OF THE SPLIT-BAMBOO 



as shown in the sketch. Screw these pieces to the 

 pine board. The piece marked A is made to slide 

 about % inch by cutting slots for the screws to travel 

 in. This will allow the strips of cane to be planed 

 of varying sections as required for the several pieces 

 of the rod. The edges of the mahogany must be 

 accurately beveled. Both edges of A can be beveled, 

 one edge for the tops of the rods, the other, when 

 reversed, for the remaining pieces." 



A very practical point in rod-building that chal- 

 lenges attention during planing operations, is that 

 the coarse, earlier planing is accomplished with very 

 much greater rapidity than are the finishing-strokes, 

 where careful deliberation must be practised; it also 

 is very apparent how much more quickly than the 

 smaller ones the larger joints are turned out. 

 Again, if one job be made of the rougher planing 

 on butt- and middle-joints for several different rods, 

 much time is saved that otherwise would be em- 

 ployed in setting the planing-blade changing from 

 coarse to fine and back again. Then, too, it is eco- 

 nomical to have two planes. Further, top-joints will 

 be built by the beginner much more readily and 

 they will be better built after previous experience 

 on the larger sections. The gluing, ferrule-setting, 

 and permanent windings likewise are much easier 

 work for the novice when dealing with the larger 

 joints, and previous practise here simplifies these de- 

 tails as applied to the more delicate tops. 



