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Another method of wiring a frame is as follows : 

 Prepare a block (Fig. 44) that will just fit loosely 

 inside the frame (Fig. 44 is drawn to agree with 

 Fig. 39). This may be about f in. thick, and should 

 have four lines marked on it as shown. This block 

 is dropped into the frame, and the positions where 

 the lines intersect marked on the top and bottom 

 bars. Holes are bored with a fine bradawl through 



Fig. 46. Woiblet Spur Embedder. 



the top and bottom bars where marked in Fig. 39 

 at B, c, D, etc., those in the top bar being bored on 

 the slant to miss the groove for the foundation. A 

 length of wire is then taken from the reel, and a 

 small loop B twisted at one end, and the opposite 

 end passed up through the hole B, down through 

 c and D, up through E and F, down through G and H, 

 up through i, when it is put through the loop, 

 pulled fairly tight, cut to length, and secured by 

 twisting as shown at J. 



For fixing the foundation to the wires, and also 

 when the wax sheet is secured to the top bar by 



Fig. 47. Wheel of Woiblet Spur Embedder. 



the smelting process, a guide-board (Fig. 45) is 

 required. This is a piece of f-in. wood, in size \ in. 

 less each way than the inside measurement of the 

 frames, and to its underside two fillets are fixed 

 crosswise, as shown, of a size so that they project 

 at least \ in. on each side. Upon this guide-board 

 lay a sheet of foundation, and above this lay the 

 wired frame. Then a tool called an embedder 



