BEE SMOKERS. 103 



Both ends of this cylinder ought now to be 

 quite flat ; but if they are not, the file should be 

 used until they are made so ; J in. at one end 

 must now be turned out all round at right angles 

 to the body of the cylinder, and this can easily 

 be done with the good tin being used by means 

 of a hammer and the stake, or the sharp edge 

 of a cast-iron lathe bed, which is more solid. The 

 cylinder will thus be reduced to its final length, 

 6j in. Within f in. of the flanged end, a 4 in. 

 hole is punched through the tin. 



This hole is to be coned inwards, as shown in 



Fig. 94. Bingham Bee Smoker. 



Fig. 95, the object being to direct any of the blast 

 which might impinge upon the sides of the hole 

 inwards into the smoker, rather than between the 

 fire-box and guard. The cone can be shaped with 

 the pane of a light hammer. 



The end or bottom E (Fig. 95) is of tinplate, its 

 radius being just lj in., J in. of the edge being 

 turned up all round, like a cover of a canister ; 

 the flanged edge of the cylinder is laid in it, and 

 the edges turned in to embrace the flange and 

 keep all tight, as shown at E (Fig. 95). The edge 

 of the bottom can be turned up on the end of a 

 piece of thick round iron. 



The funnel may next be made, its pattern being 



