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thoroughly and try again with less oil. It is 

 possible to completely clog the mechanism of 

 a fine reel with oil, and reels are often sent 

 back to their makers as " no good," when the 

 only fault is that too much oil has been put 

 in them. In a quadruple reel of high grade, 

 whose gears mesh closely, a drop too much 

 may completely stop the turning of the parts. 



