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cane, the outer and inner circles above presenting a section 

 of it, split it in half at A A, and from one of these halves 

 split the four strips BBBB, and draw each strip througli the 

 V tool, scraping them down to the required size, the ends 

 presenting the shape of the right angle under D or the little 

 figure E. Then join two of these pieces lengthwise with hot 

 o-lue, wrapping them tightly, and then the other two pieces 

 in the same way, the end of each twin piece being represented 

 by the figure F. Straighten them while pliant with the glue, 

 and lay them by over night for the glue to set firmly. Next 

 . day unwrap the twine from around the twin pieces, and lay- 

 ing one of them in a small grove in the strip of wood screwed 

 in your vice, the broad surface being uppermost, with your 

 coarse file make it perfectly level. Then treat the other twin 

 piece in the same way, and, applying the glue to the surface 

 of each twin piece, bind them tightly together, straighten the 

 quadruple piece thus formed (a section of which is repre- 

 sented by G), and lay it aside for the glue to dry. Although 

 I have shown where the seams are in the butt ends or sections 

 in the figures F, G, and H, there are no seams visible when 

 the strips are glued together. 



I have already explained how the quadruple pieces are 



