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9. kikis-file
10. sunglon- brace used during filing made of double buffalo horns  
11. stick of pandanas tree used for polishing (with the wet sand)
12. grenda -(elects) grinding stone
13. stone trough for water
14. stone or wood lined holes in which one foot placed while hammering (this new- sat formerly hammess on ground [notes])
15. iron hook over fire for a tea kettle

fire of [underlined/] charcoal [underlined] - three types of wood used: kosambe (ironwood), djati (teak), mahoni (mahogany) bought at small pasar north of Kajar which sells only charcoal [strikethrough/] one [strikethrough] Pak Wongsosedjo's house, with 12 workers, uses two karongs (rice bags) of charcoal a day, at 800 Rp per karong

[in margins/]
? is this the area along the road just before Sastro's house?
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[underlined/] iron [underlined] is all besi tua - best is [strikethrough/] [[?]] [strikethrough] railroad ties (also most expensive) - now hard to find (probably stolen since govn. doesn't sell rails, act. to Pak Sastro)

- all sorts of other scrap iron used

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gongs from drum ends

mold [strikethrough/] in [strikethrough] for gong center is of earth, just a small round [strikethrough/] h[[?]] [strikethrough] hole near Pak Sastro's house

scrap iron varies in price from 30-100 Rp (rails) per kilo

iron from Lempuyangan and Namburan areas of Jogja

Pak Sastro doesn't know where it originates

(Lempuyangan Chinese-owned- Pak Sastro doesn't really like to get from Lempuyangan because says Chinese, although langanan, "play" with the price - "main harga" - he doesn't know other sources, however, so forced to get from there)

[underlined/] electricity [underlined] - presently use electric diesel bought by co-op about 1 year ago

in 1973 got help from GAMA in form of foot-powered [grendal?], but says breaks easily because filings get in the wheels

only deisel [diesel] in village at Pak Sastro's, no other houses having electr.

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*unsure of the order of the sentence