Fig. 2391.
If the strap is taper and can be closed by pening, the outside of the back should be pened; but if the strap requires closing in the blacksmith’s shop, then it should be tested by winding strips as shown in [Fig. 2391], to insure that the faces are true, and thus save filing at the key ways and on the side faces to make them come fair with the rod ends. The rod ends should then be filed up and the straps fitted on.
Fig. 2392.
Fig. 2393.
