The Sectors are cut from heavy flat tinfoil according to the pattern
shown in Figure 35. They should be made one inch and one-half wide at
the wide end and three-quarters of an inch at the other end. They are
each four inches long. Thirty-two such sectors are required. The easiest
way to make them is to cut out a pattern from heavy cardboard to serve
as a guide.
Clean and dry both of the glass plates very carefully and then give them
each two thin coats of white shellac. After they have been dried, lay
one of the plates on the paper pattern so that the outside of the plate
will coincide with the largest circle on the paper.
Then place a weight in the center of the plate so that it will not move,
and stick sixteen of the tinfoil sectors on the plate with thick
shellac. The sectors are arranged symmetrically on the plate, using the
eight-inch and sixteen-inch circles and the radial lines as guides. Both
plates should be treated in this manner. Each sector should be carefully
pressed down on the glass, so that it will stick smoothly without
air-bubbles or creases. When all the sectors are in place the plates
will appear like that shown in Figure 35.
*The Bosses* will have to be turned out at a wood-working mill or at
some place where they have a turning-lathe. The bosses are four inches
in diameter at the large end and one inch and one-half at the other. A
groove is turned near the small end of each to accommodate a round
leather belt.
A hole should be made in each boss about half-way through from the small
end. These holes should be bushed with a piece of brass tubing having an
inside diameter of one-half inch. The tubing should go into the hole
very snugly and be a "driven fit."
[Illustration: Fig. 36.—A Side View of one of the Bosses, showing the
Brass Bushing used.]
The bosses should both be given a coat of shellac, and after this is
dry, fastened to the glass plates on the same side to which the tinfoil
sectors are attached. The best plan is to lay the disks on the paper
pattern and adjust them until the outer edge coincides with the largest
circle.
Then apply some _bichromate glue_ to the flat surface of one of the
bosses and place the latter in the center of the plate in line with the
smallest circle.
Place a weight on the boss to hold it down firmly against the plate and
leave it over night, or for ten or twelve hours, until thoroughly dry.
The glue is prepared by placing some high-grade glue in a tin cup and
covering it with cold water. Allow it to stand until the glue absorbs
all the water it will and becomes soft. Then pour the water off and add
enough _glacial acetic acid_ to cover the glue.
Heat the mixture until it is reduced to a liquid, stirring it until it
is perfectly smooth. Add a teaspoonful of powdered bichromate of potash
to the glue.
The glue must now be kept in the dark, for sunlight will "set" the glue
so that it becomes insoluble.
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