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JULY 1901 35 spring will uncoil with a great deal of force and is liable to cut the operator. Perhaps the best way to remove the broken spring is to tie a stout piece of cord or wire to the inside end of spring and lay the barrel on the floor, and by pulling on the cord the spring may be started and will come out without danger of injury. Do not attempt to hold it in any way but allow it to take its own course and it will spin around rapidly as the spring flies out and will do no harm. Obtain a new spring of the same size as the old one and see that it is held in shape by a wire twisted around it. Determine the position it is to be inserted in the barrel and drive the binding wire as close to the upper edge of spring as possible. This must be done so that the wire may be removed when the spring is placed in the barrel. Set the spring in position with the hole in outside end of spring about one inch ahead of the pin or projection in barrel. Now pry the binding wire loose with a screw driver and at the same time hold the spring down in the barrel with a piece of board, when the binding wire is re- moved the spring will relax and in so doing the hole in end of spring will fit over the pin in barrel. Now force the barrel shaft into position and see that the pin in same fits into slot in inside end of spring. Replace the barrel and spring in the machine and wind up slowly. If the hole in outride end of spring has failed to catch on the pin in the barrel, by winding the spring it will cause the outride end to fly around and catch. The spring should now be throughly dusted wjth graphite (do not oil it) and the machine is again ready for use. These directions seem simple enough but the fact is the success the operator may have depends a great deal upon -