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BKOOM-CORN AND BROOMS. 



table with a projecting wing at the right hand. Beneath 

 the top of this part of the table is a barrel or socket (a), 

 which is revolved by means of a strap from the treadle 

 (). This treadle is made of *two round pieces of board, 

 through the center of which an iron axle passes, and is 

 keyed tightly. The round boards have a number of holes 

 bored in them only half way through, and in these holes 

 round wooden rods are fitted, which serve as the steps of 



Fig. 20. A BROOM-MAKING MACHINE. 



the treadle, and by which it is turned by the workman's 

 foot. There is a pulley fastened upon the inner end oi 

 the treadle, from which a band passes to the barrel a. 

 The broom-handle is placed in this barrel, with seven 

 or eight inches of the but exposed, and held fast by a set- 

 screw. A tack is driven part way in, about an inch and 

 a half from the end of the handle, and the wire wound 

 around it ; the tack is then driven down, and the wire 

 thus fastened. The handle is revolved two or three 

 times to give the wire a firm hold around it before any 



