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using it, as otherwise its pores will become 

 clogged with gummed oil and dust, rendering 

 it worse than useless. 



You will need one rather coarse flat file, say 

 fourteen inches long, and a fine flat or three- 



Fig. 25. Micromeetr Caliper. 



cornered file, the latter preferred for split 

 bamboo work. Also get a sheet of fine emery 

 cloth; coarse, medium, and fine sandpaper; a 

 small, thin saw; a flat steel scraper. A drill 

 stock and several small drills are always use- 

 ful. 



Calipers of some sort are necessary. The 

 best obtainable is the micrometer caliper reg- 

 istering thousandths of an inch, with scales 

 showing equivalents in 8ths, i6ths, 32ds, and 

 64ths. One of these costs about $4, but its 

 graduations are so fine that it is useful in other 

 work as well as in rodmaking, and is almost 

 indispensable for the angler who wishes to ob- 

 tain exact calibers of rods, lines, silkworm gut, 

 etc. These calipers are made by several firms, 

 and all are of the form illustrated in Fig. 2^. 



