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other end of the long piece. This tool, when placed in the 
super close to the side, gives just the right place to nail each 
sheet-iron piece without the possibility of a mistake. To 
make sure of the sheet-iron pieces projecting 5-16 of an inch, 
drive a couple of %-inch wire nails partly in, at just 5-16 of 
an inch from the edge in the spaces where the sheet- 
iron will rest. For each super two pieces of tin must be cut 
The cheapest kind of tin will answer for this. One 
of these pieces is to be nailed on the lower edge of each end 
of the super, so as to project inward >4 inch. 
To set the piece of tin quickly and surely at the right place, 
I make the following tool : Make one piece of pine 13x1x3^, 
and another 12xlJ4 x M- The only material point in the 
measurement is that the short piece must be %-inch wider 
than the long one. Nail the long piece symmetrically upon 
the short one, so that the long one shall project >£-inch at 
each end over the short one, and each side of the short one 
shall project j^-inch from under the long one. Placing this 
tool in the super, close against the end, the strip of tin may 
be put surely in place. Now, with nine %-inch wire nails, 
nail it on, putting one nail at each of the four corners of the 
tin, and distributing the other live nails equally, which leaves 
them something over 2 inches apart. They should be driven 
rather more than % of an inch from the free edge of the tin. 
Again the tinner must be called upon. For each super, 
have six pieces of tin cut 12x1 inch. Bend each piece at right 
angles, or trough-shaped, its entire length. Two of these 
pieces put side by side make the shape of the letter 
T, and are soldered together at the top of the letter T 
The pieces of tin being bent in the middle make a support 
of a half inch for sections, and the upright part being also 
half an inch gives great stiffness and strength to the support. 
1 thought I would improve the matter and have them 
still stiffer and stronger, so I made the upright part % 
instead of half an inch. I regretted it afterward, for it 
made too large a space below the separators. A tool to 
hold the pieces while soldering is made of two pieces of ash 
