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Figure 6-44A. Making the wire-rope grommet. This Figure 6-44C. Keep laying in and out, taking care to
grommet also starts with a form equal in length to remove consecutive form strands each time around;
the circumference of the desired grommet, but has a it’s easy to get crossed.
working strand end measuring exactly seven times
that circumference.

Figure 6-44D. The working end is completely laid up
around the form heart, with the ends meeting. Wrap
one working strand end around the grommet several
times to keep it from shifting, then enter a spike under
three strands, just to the right of the other working
strand end and the adjacent heart end. Pull on the
Figure 6-44B. Jump the gap with both ends and con- working end and use the spike to roll it into the mid-
tinue to lay out form strands. dle of the wire, simultaneously rolling the heart out.

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