174 AMATEUR RODMAKING 



for in this way, it remains for him to see that 

 the material is of the best, that the roughing 

 out be well done, that there be perfect match- 

 ing, and that the glueing, straightening, and 

 mounting be up to standard. 



The equipment for machining strips may be 

 very simple. Take a common lathe, and pro- 

 cure two thin milling cutters which, when 

 fitted together on an arbor, will cut a strip at 

 the proper angle 60 degrees. Make fast to 

 the bed-plate of the lathe a cross-piece of suit- 

 able material, rabbeted or grooved to take a 

 slide. This slide may be hand, screw, or rack- 

 and-pinion operated in several ways, each effec- 

 tive and simple. To it the prepared strips of 

 cane may be attached, by temporary glueing 

 or otherwise. Two things then remain: (i) 

 To work the slide carrying the cane strip 

 through the revolving cutters; and (2) to 

 raise or depress one end of the slide as it 

 passes under the cutters, so that the strip 

 may be correctly tapered. 



Any mechanic may with a little practice 

 make perfect strips in this or a similar fash- 

 ion, working to thousandths instead of to sixty- 

 fourths of an inch. And, after all, is it any 

 the less a hand-made rod because he cut the 

 strips with a heavy and accurate machine and 



