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updated tue 13 jan 98

 

Mel Jacobson on sat 10 jan 98

take one old golden retriever....turn her over....scrathc her tummy...
then when she is not looking...cut off a great handfull of tough old \tummy
hair...long, golden.....nice.

roll out a long batch......rollon a flat surface.
hold it by the end...shake out all of the dumb short ones.


add a drop of epoxy to the place your fingers are holding...glue them all
together.

the wrap red or yellow (only) plastic tape around the end.
place this on a piece of thin bamboo or a chop stick...
wrap more tape then bind together with a copper wire tight.

hair should be 3 inches long or so...put in hot wax..touch to a pot...and
try, just try to make a straight line.......

we just got wobble.
love it.
mel
http://www.pclink.com/melpots

Stephen Mills on mon 12 jan 98

mel,
being a lapsed fly fisherman (temporary I hope) I make brushes the way I
tie flies (obviously minus the hook), and mostly out of squirrel tail
hair, I agree, they're great to use.
Steve
Bath
UK


In message , Mel Jacobson writes
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>take one old golden retriever....turn her over....scrathc her tummy...
>then when she is not looking...cut off a great handfull of tough old \tummy
>hair...long, golden.....nice.
>
>roll out a long batch......rollon a flat surface.
>hold it by the end...shake out all of the dumb short ones.
>
>
>add a drop of epoxy to the place your fingers are holding...glue them all
>together.
>
>the wrap red or yellow (only) plastic tape around the end.
>place this on a piece of thin bamboo or a chop stick...
>wrap more tape then bind together with a copper wire tight.
>
>hair should be 3 inches long or so...put in hot wax..touch to a pot...and
>try, just try to make a straight line.......
>
>we just got wobble.
>love it.
>mel
>http://www.pclink.com/melpots
>

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Steve Mills
Bath
UK
home e-mail: stevemills@mudslinger.demon.co.uk
work e-mail: stevemills@bathpotters.demon.co.uk