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The entire bellows of the Clarke smoker could 

 easily be made by cutting out and planing the 

 boards, boring the holes, and tacking on the valve ; 

 then the points could be brought together, and a 

 slip of leather, 4 in. long and 1 in. wide, tacked 

 along them. The spiral spring, which could be 

 made of hard brass wire, No. 18, B.W.G., could 

 then be put in place, being fixed to the boards, 

 either with a straight piece of wire left at both 

 ends of the spring, or the ends of the spring could 



Fig. 105. Pattern of Funnel. 



fit into holes bored partly through the boards. A 

 bit of wire could then be bent so as to keep the 

 boards 3 in. apart at the wide end while the 

 leather was being glued and tacked on. The 

 leather should overlap the piece already tacked to 

 the front by about an inch. Basil leather will 

 answer if better is difficult to obtain. 



The fire box of the Clarke smoker should be 

 made of stout tmplate. Its pattern is shown by 

 Fig. 105. The circles there shown should be care- 

 fully scribed with a compass on the sheet of tin- 



