When two rivets are placed in each of the lugs the pail is ready for the handle.
Forming a Wire Handle.—Pail handles may be made of ⅛-inch galvanized wire or any piece of strong, stiff wire that is handy. The galvanized wire is best as it will not rust.
Cut a piece of wire 14 inches in length. Do not try to cut this wire with your metal snips but use a heavy pair of wire-cutting pliers if you have them. A simple method of cutting wire is to place the wire in the vise and use the corner of a file to cut through it.
Fig. 41.
Fig. 42.
Trying to cut heavy wire with the metal shears will ruin them; besides, you can’t do it.
Mark off 1¾ inches from each end of the piece of wire you have cut for the handle and bend each end down at right angles from this mark, see [Fig. 42], A.