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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 232 | 216 LATEST MAGIC 1. For woodwork on a small scale, an old cigar box will often be found suitable material. Where such a box is not available or not suitable for the particular work in hand, what is called "three- ply" may supply the need. This consists of three layers of thin wood glued together under pressure, with the grain of the intermediate layer running crossway to that of the other two, the tendency to warp being thereby greatly reduced. Drawing- boards are, for this reason, now usually made of wood SO combined, and a drawing-board makes for many purposes a good enough extempore work- bench. For a finer class of work, the amateur mechanic, if he is willing to take the trouble, may make his own three-ply. For this purpose he should procure a supply of what is called "knife- cut' veneer, i.e., thin sheets of walnut, mahogany, satin,-0 other hard wood, and glue them together with the white glue to be presently described. Ve- neer merchants form a distinct trade, and are com- paratively few in number, but the resident in Lon- don can obtain veneer and thin woods of all descrip- tions from Messrs. McEwan & Son, 282 Old Street, E. C. In country districts the shops which hold agencies for "Hobbies' materials also sell planed- up woods of various kinds, ranging like veneer from one-sixteenth to half an inch in thickness. 2. As a handy substitute for glue, most people are acquainted with the virtues of Seccotine, in its way a most useful preparation. But there are |