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Do one cane pull during your slot if you did not do one in class (most of you). Chop cane into ladder-lengths and store in classroom. Do not cut down any further at this point. We will all share our cane. There are 8 or so chunks of white and black leftover from class in the Y5 color box. There are also a few chunks left on the coldshop table. Please manage the color box during your slots and make sure it is not left on when you leave. Keep in mind beginners are still not trained on the GB4s.

A few tips:

• Pulls usually work best if you never let things get too cold.
• The stiff white/black really requires the color be exposed/touching the metal on both posts. If you see a sliver or hunk of clear between your color and the posts, chill aggressively by dunking the bottom 1/2″ – 1″ in the block bucket or using the squeezie bottles to chill the end closer to you.
• Stick a pair of tweezers in your butt pocket before you get pulling. If you need two pairs, don’t just steal the pair off the other bench if someone is working; grab a crappy pair from the tool reject area.
• The hand orientation is really nice to get down. There are lots of other ways of attaching your cane post, but I really find this to be the smoothest. When your set-up is hot, point your cane set-up down vertically, flip your hands so both hands are holding the pipe thumbs up (as though you were going to swing it), shimmy your hands down as far as possible towards the hot part of the pipe. Let go with your right hand and grab the post your partner prepared (which should be post-side up), again grabbing the pipe as close to the warm area as possible. Lift your left hand with the post up high enough to secure the bottom onto the post. Once secured, really yank with the left arm UP to get the diameter you want on that colder end. Pass that off to your partner and walk with the hot end at the speed you desire. (Left/right here can change here, but just for the sake of instruction it’s helpful to start somewhere.)