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and while the glue is hot, empty the tube and 

 rinse well in hot water till perfectly clean of 

 glue, dry, and hang bottom up for further use. 



" Too much care cannot be taken to prevent 

 rusting this tube as rust and dirt will spoil 

 glue and so much depends on the gluing. 



" I need not tell how to use this glue-pot, as 

 you have already given directions to have the 

 pieces for each joint wound spirally with 

 coarse thread. It will be well to unwind a 

 few inches at a time, commencing at the small 

 end. As the piece is unwound, and pushed 

 down in the glue, it will act like an egg-beater, 

 and consequently glue all surfaces. When half 

 of a piece has been thus unwound and whipped 

 in the glue, wind the thread back, pressing the 

 strips together and the glue out; then unwind 

 the other end to a little beyond where the glue 

 reached before, thus surely gluing every part; 

 then rewind and have a rag handy in a dish 

 of hot water to gently wipe most of the glue 

 from the outside of the joint. Do not wipe 

 too clean, for if a little glue is left on the 

 thread, all the better, and no trouble will be 

 found in taking off the winding." 



I have found that a piece of one-inch gal- 

 vanized iron pipe makes an excellent glue-tank. 

 The plumber will supply it. Have him put a 



