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HOLE TO PROTRUDE OUT THE OPPOSITE SIDE.  THEN LIGHTLY TAP A PIN INTO THE
DRILLED HOLE UNTIL THE HEAD IS FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE T.  INSTALL
TWO PINS INTO EACH COUPLER, ONE ON EITHER END OF THE COUPLER.  FOR THE
HANDLE, CUT A 4 1/4 INCH LONG PIECE OF THE 1/2 INCH SCHEDULE 40 PVC PIPE,
AND DRESS THE ENDS SQUARE.  IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE 1/2 INCH BOOM PROTRUDING
FROM THE REFLECTOR ASSEMBLY, WRAP TURNS OF ELECTRICAL TAPE, ONE ON TOP OF
THE OTHER, THE WIDTH OF THE TAPE ON THE BOOM UNTIL THE PVC HANDLE JUST
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SLIDES OVER TAPE WRAP WITH LITTLE RESISTANCE.  PLACE A SECOND WRAP OF
ELECTRICAL TAPE THE WIDTH OF THE TAPE AT THE REAR OF THE BOOM.  SPACE THESE
TWO BUILT UP WRAPS SO THAT WHEN THE HANDLE IS POSITIONED OVER THEM, THERE
IS A 1/4 INCH OR SO OF SPACE ON EITHER END.  APPLY HOT GLUE FROM A HOT GLUE
GUN INTO THE CAVITY AT ONE END OF THE HANDLE UNTIL FULL.  LET THE GLUE COOL
BEFORE REPEATING THIS PROCEDURE AT THE OTHER END OF THE HANDLE.  DRESS THE
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