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the rabbets of the hive. To secure this very important point- 

 true frames that will always hang true— they should always 

 be made around a guide. 



A BLOCK FOR MAKING FRAMES. 



This may be made as follows : Take a rectangular board 

 (Fig. 98) eleven and one-eighth by thirteen and a quarter 

 inches. On both ends of one face of this, nail hard-wood 

 pieces (Fig. 98, <?, e) one inch square and ten and three-fourths 

 inches long, so that one end (Fig. 98, g, g) shall lack three- 

 eighths inch of reaching the edge of the board. On the other 

 face of the board, nail a strip (Fig. 98, c) four inches wide and 

 eleven and three-eighths inches long, at right angles to it, and 

 in such position that the ends shall just reach to the edges of 



Block for maki7ig Gallup Frames. —Original. 



the board. Midway between the one-inch-square pieces, screw 

 on another hard-wood strip (Fig. 98, d) one inch square and 

 four inches long, parallel with and three-fourths of an inch 

 from the edge. To the bottom of this, screw a semi-oval piece 

 of hoop-steel (Fig. 98, d, b), which shall bend around and press 

 against the square strips. The ends of this should not reach 

 quite to the bottom of the board. Near the ends of this spring 

 fasten, by rivets, a leather strap an inch wide (Fig. 98, c). 



