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first step is to catch the end, D, under the first turn 

 of the wrapping, as shown in Fig. 8. You now can 

 wind ahead, holding the silk at G and rotating the 

 joint to the left, as far as you like. As the F-end of 

 the loose coils is renewed from the spool as fast as 

 the E-end unwinds, these four coils are carried right 

 along throughout the whole wrapping. When ready 

 to end the winding, passing the spool-end of the silk, 

 B (spool and all), under the winding-thread, G, 

 catches it as shown in Fig. 9. Continue the wrap- 

 ping to dispose of the four loose coils, pull the end 

 (B) taut, cut it short, and your wrapping is com- 

 pleted. 



A hexagonal lead-pencil and a piece of ordinary 

 wrapping-twine are good materials with which to 

 practise the details of these windings and endings. 



When making solid wrappings, press all the coils 

 firmly together from time to time, with some suit- 

 able blunt instrument, as the edge of a paper-cutter 

 or back of a table-knife; and when completed, before 

 varnishing, rub them smooth with the rounding 

 handle of a tooth-brush all the better if it is of the 

 old-time genuine bone variety. Also at this time 

 you may apply a match- or candle-flame for an in- 

 stant to any fuzz or thread-ends that may be pro- 

 jecting in an unsightly fashion; but an alcohol flame 

 is the best, being less likely to smudge light-colored 

 silk. You readily can detect these ends by sighting 

 lengthwise along the joint, as you slowly rotate it. 



