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proper form, and passed right through the spool, 

 so that about a quarter-inch projects on the other 

 side. Then it must be plugged or wedged in so 

 that it cannot move ; and you have one part of the 

 reel ready. Now go to the tin-shop and get a 

 piece of tin, or copper, or brass, or even sheet -iron, 

 cut in the shape indicated at Fig. 3 ; but be sure it 



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Fig. 3. — Metal Sides for Reel before shaping. 



is of the proper size to iit your spool when it is 

 folded at the dotted lines of Fig. 3 and turned up 

 as in Fig. 4. Bore holes in each end of the cross ; 

 place your spool in between the uprights ; screw 



