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from the acorn nut to your mark on each handle end is about the same. This insures that the basket will look fairly level when open.

Trim the handle ends at your scribe marks, and add u 45 degree corner cut. as shown in the exploded view. The corner cut helps ease the handle ends up onto the long base strip as you open the basket.

Note: To open and close the basket, use the technique shown in the photo on page 31. With one hand grasping each end of the handle, simultaneously slide both ends of the handle onto the long strip. Reverse the procedure to close the basket. Locking one end of the handle at a time tends to torque the basket, and risks breaking it.

8 Now that your basket is working fine, you'll want to remove the paper pattern and apply a finish. Lacquer thinner w ill remove both the paper and the spray adhesive in short order.

Once clean, final sand the basket. Sand the outer perimeter, but don't attempt to sand between the spirals. Also, don't attempt to finish your basket with a surface coating, as this will simply interfere with the basket's opening and closing action and gradually rub off. We recommend several coats of a penetrating oil finish, such as Watco. GJi

Stock Kits

A Project-PAK stock kit that includes all the wood you'll need to make the basket exactly as pictured, in maple, wenge and padauk. is available from:

Heritage Building Specialties 205 N. Cascade Fergus Falls, MN 56537 Tel. 1-800-524-4184

Kit includes all stock, final thick-nessed. but cut slightly longer and wider than needed. Cost per kit is $12.95 postpaid. Please specify Kit No. WJ3941.

Also available is a kit with the maple, wenge and padauk pre-glued into a ready-to-cut blank. Order kit No. WJ394I A. Cost per kit is SI7.95 postpaid.

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