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"Rich S." <capn27kill@spammers.yahoo.com.sg> wrote in message
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> "T o d d P a t t i s t" <tpattist@dontspamme.snet.net> wrote in message
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>> 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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> We would score the wood slightly to help the match ignite or glue a bit of
> sandpaper to the wood. Remember, I am in the Northwet, so the clothespin
> was always damp. :)
Funny, we call them clothspegs here in Ireland, I suppose it's the same in
the UK.
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Model Flyer
MS880B EI-BFR
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