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page 48Bamboo JournalAnyway, after a few minutes the two sides wereglued, tied, “rolled”, hung and subjected to thevertical rolling with a bottle of water, tomato,tuna cans, books and anything else …Perhaps time is the critical element to faceduring the gluing operation.Obviously this problem is tied to the dryingtimes, but also, as in the case of the two componentglue Cecchi (C-Systems 10 CFS), to theamount of thickener and thus to the desiredthicknessWhile waiting for the glue to dry, I meticulouslywent over (for myself) the complex phases ofcutting the rough pieces for the mounting of theferule (see notes from the Building Course2011).During the 2011 Course Massimo GiulianiIn this operation I received help from noneother than my wife: her support has beenfundamental; even though it was clear to methat in future I would have to think about adifferent strategy to enable me to do everythingon my own.I thought of the “wise” construction of a GarrisonBinder…when we reached this phase had warned usagainst “cutting”: a thousand measurements,one cut only; in fact, for safety reasons he hadmore than once encouraged us to mark thecutting point with tape on the tip and on thebutt … "there is plenty of time to cut ", herepeated.Italian Bamboo Rodmakers Association