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CHAPTER XI. 



BEE SMOKERS. 



THIS chapter will describe how to make two kinds 

 of smokers the Bingham and the Clarke. A 

 Bingham smoker can be made at a cost not ex- 

 ceeding one shilling if the worker can use tin- 

 smiths' tools. These include snips for cutting the 

 thin tinplate ; a hatchet stake for turning over the 

 metal for wiring edges or making joints ; a large 

 soldering bit ; mallets and hammers ; punches ; 

 and odd pieces of iron. 



A hatchet-stake may be improvised from a 

 2 ft. length of so-called half-round iron, 1| in. 

 wide, and f in. thick. The edges are smoothed 

 with a file, and the iron is supported in a vice. 



As to materials for the construction of the 

 smoker, get a piece of best quality tinplate, 12 in. 

 by 18 in., wood, leather, a small bit of i in. brass 

 tube, and about 3 ft. of hard brass wire 16 gauge. 



Fig. 94 is a general view of the smoker com- 

 plete. It consists of fire tube, T ; funnel, F .; hand- 

 guard, G ; strip to secure tube to bellows, H ; and 

 bellows, B. The fire tube is 2^ in. in diameter and 

 6j in. long. The piece of tinplate should be cut 

 accurately square, 8f in. by 6f in. The two short 

 edges are then turned over a little more than 

 J in. from the edges, one being turned up and the 

 other down. The piece of tin is bent into a 

 cylinder, and the bent edges hooked into one 

 another and hammered down tight, using a piece 

 of thick round iron or steel as a stake on which 

 to hammer. Run a little solder along the joint 

 to strengthen it. 



When the cylinder has been made fairly circu- 

 lar, it will be found to be 2j in. in diameter. 



