It has been nearly two months since Dominic's "pirate birthday", and I had promised a tutorial on his spyglass, which his sister, Una, made for him. As we have had another request for one from another lad in the family, I have had the perfect opportunity to photograph the steps involved. First, you have to find two cardboard tubes that fit one into the other. There can be a bit of play between the two (we'll make up for that), but not too much. Now cut a piece off the end of the wider one…
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