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The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1

Volume 1 — Clamping a Cork

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Illustration from The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do

It is aggravating to continually break the cork of the stock mucilage bottle because of its sticking to the neck of the bottle after a supply has been poured out. If a stove bolt is inserted lengthwise through the cork with a washer on each end and the nut screwed up tightly, as shown in the sketch, the cork may be made to last longer than the supply of mucilage and can be placed in a new bottle and used over and over again.

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