THE CABLE SHIP ON KEPAIRS. 



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with a sharp knife to a distance of l^in., care being taken not 

 to nick the wires. The strand is then opened out, each of the 

 seven wires being scraped and cleaned bright with glass-paper 



Scarf Jonit. 



Fig. 157. — Jointer's Tray and Smoothing Irons. 



and then with a pair of pliers the whole twisted back again into 

 a strand as before. Each end is then soldered, and for this pur- 

 pose the soldering-bit, spirit-lamp and hood, shown in Fig. 158, 



Fig. 158. — Soldering Iron, Lamp, and Hood. 



are used. With a hood of this kind over the lamp a good 

 draught of air passes through the small holes and out at the 

 top, while the flame itself cannot be blown out by the wind. If 



