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Ron Wanttaja <ron.wanttaja@comcast.net> wrote:
>We used to disassemble a wooden clothespin, turn the two pieces of wood
>back-to-back, and slip the steel spring over them with one "arm" inside. You
>could then cock the spring and slip a farmer match between the jaws. The coil
>spring was a natural trigger, and when you pulled it, the contrivance
>simultaneously launched the match while igniting it.
We always found we needed to use a pocket knife and
slightly sharpen the shelf for the cocked spring to hold
against. A third piece of wood (from another clothespin)
could be used like a ramrod to quickly cock the spring.
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