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Pak Hartoutomo - the formal head
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gongs only made at house of Pak Sastrosuyono, de facto head of the [strikethrough/] [latik?] [strikethrough] coop, while agr. tools made throughout visited the house of Pak Wonososedjo where 7 kinds of tools made:
1. wadung (carpenter)
2. kampak (carpenter)
3. petel (carpenter)
4. tatah - 3 kinds (carpenter)
5. petel beslobang (to remove nails) carpenter)

process of making agr. tools:
1. iron is cut
2. placed in charcoal fire
3. iron is struck with hammers into shape
4. hole is hammered in hot iron with wedge
5. in fire again
6. struck again
7. hole widened with very large nail-shaped tool
8. fire again
9. struck again
10. a small wedge placed in hole & beaten
11. fire again
12. hammered again & stamped with trademark 

move to finishing area

13. further cold hammering to perfect 

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shape, esp edges
14. filing with long metal file on faces & edges
15. retiring about 1/4 inch back from cutting edge to strengthen
16. plunged in water
17. polished with wet sand

moved to coop

18. sharpened with electric grinding stone (grenda) - first with grenda kasan & then with grenda halus
19. cutting edge dipped in varnish
(recheck all this) 

sites are roofed - over areas (roofed with ceramic genteng tiles) in front & sides of houses (perapens)

[underlined/] tools used in making [underlined]

1. [strikethrough/] [[?]] [strikethrough] ububan - bellows
2. betel (to cut)
3. supit - tongs
4. palu - hammer
5. gilig - wedge ([strikethrough/] ham [strikethrough] nail-shaped)
6. welon/paju - small wedge 
7. celepan - water dipper made of rice straw, wooden [hande?]
8. serok - charcoal scoop