slowly and then gently withdrawn 4 the valve to the white water recirculation tank was opened and the water was removed under vacuum 5 immediately after the water drained from the handsheet mold the pump was turned off the drain valve was closed the handsheet mold was opened the screen and paper mat were removed and the screen placed sheet side up between felts after turning on the press motor the felt blanket was placed between the press rolls and the handle pushed all the way down to bring the weights to bear on the rolls 6 the checksheet was pressed twice to make it easier to remove from screen then peeled from the screen and dried on a noble and wood hot plate low heat setting until completely dry the sheet was weighed on a scale to 0 01 g then the actual consistency of the pulp in the pail was calculated by dividing check sheet weight in grams by 1000 ml to give consistency in g ml 1 the amount of pulp furnish necessary for the second sheet was calculated by dividing the actual weight of pulp filler in the target sheet by the pulp consistency then the desired sheet weight was divided by the consistency to determine the pulp required per sheet in.