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strips IIII, IIIIII, and IIIII, and this second half- 

 joint is placed on the table near the first. 



Repeat the hand washing. 



Return to the half-section first glued, turn it on 

 its back and spread glue liberally over its whole up- 

 permost or inside surface, which is two strips wide. 

 Apply glue similarly to the second half; and bring 

 these halves together. 



Be sure to wash your hands this time, before pro- 

 ceeding with the next steps, which are as follows: 

 First secure the joint halves tightly at the butt with 

 the noosed end of your doubled thread; but before 

 pulling the noose up snug, tap the butt of the joint 

 smartly against the table to even up the ends of all 

 the strips. (Here's where you begin to speed up 

 a bit and where in Sam Hill is that blooming 

 thread? Well, we told you to have it handy, didn't 

 we?) Having gripped the whole joint firmly 

 within the noose, take a few initial spiral turns away 

 from you, around the joint (Fig. i). Next, turn 

 the joint so that its butt is now directed toward your 

 left hand; lay it down on the table, still holding 

 taut on the winding-thread; and proceed to wind 

 tightly in spirals, spaced about three-eighths of an 

 inch; rolling the joint away from you as you simul- 

 taneously pull the thread toward you, and force all 

 the strip edges evenly together under the combined 

 constriction of the progressively encircling winding, 



