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Good cement for this work may be had from 

 dealers, but I have never found anything that 

 will hold better than old, sticky shellac just 

 such stuff as you will find in a bottle that has 

 been left standing a long time without a 

 stopper. You may have to pry it out with a 

 stick, but warm it and it will hold a ferrule in 

 place until the cows come home. I have an 

 idea that a trifle of plaster of Paris mixed with 

 it will improve it, but have not as yet used this 

 on a ferrule, though it will hold arrow piles 

 nicely. 



Procure a small section of hard German sil- 

 ver wire, and a twist drill, each 3-64 inch thick. 

 Drill a hole in the reel-seat and down to the 

 cane, fitting it with a suitable length of the 

 wire, and file off the end flush with the sur- 

 face. Mark a place at about the center of 

 female ferrules, and toward the end of male 

 ferrules, and securing the joint in a vise, drill 

 carefully entirely through each ferrule, fit pins, 

 and smooth off the ends. When a good fer- 

 rule is properly cemented, then pinned through, 

 it should never work loose unless exposed to 

 the drying incident to steam-heated places. 

 Cement alone will hold most ferrules, and this 

 method will answer for the beginner who may 

 not be handy in delicate work, but all of the 



