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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 233 | A FEW WRINKLES 217 many purposes for which Seccotine is too aggres- sively viscous, while ordinary paste is not adhesive enough. In such cases I can strongly recommend Pastoid, a composition midway between glue and paste. For all purposes for which paste (in small quantity) is ordinarily used, Pastoid may be sub- stituted with advantage. I myself came across it accidentally two or three years ago, "since when," like the gentleman in the soap advertisement, "I have used no other." The maker is Henry Rob- erts, Middlesborough, but it should be obtainable of any up-to-date stationer or fancy dealer. It is supplied in glass jars, at sixpence and a shilling. 3. Where an actual glue, of fine quality, is needed, procure sheet gelatine, to be had of any grocer. Cut into small pieces and melt in an ordinary gluepot using water enough to make the resulting solution about as thick as ordinary gum water. It should be used as near boiling point as possible, and the joined surfaces left to dry under the heaviest pressure available. A joint made with this glue is practically invisible.ยน 4. For dividing up thin stuff (wood or card- board), into rectangular slabs, the handiest tool is the "cutting gauge." This is practically iden- tical with the better known "marking gauge," save 1 For the information contained in this paragraph, as also that re- lating to the use of Veneers I am indebted to Mr. Holt Sehooling, who is an expert in such matters. My own essays in the direction of fancy cabinet-making have for the most part been limited to rough models to be reproduced in finished shape by more practised hands. |