126 BEEHIVES AND BEE KEEPERS' APPLIANCES. 



For the slides, cut four other pieces of tinplate, 

 16^ in. by 3j in., and turn over and hammer down 

 J in. slack at each long edge of the entire lot ; turn 

 up also \ in. at one short edge, or end, and 

 hammer down flat ; but before any of this turning 

 down is done it would be advisable to cut out 

 rectangular pieces at the corners, so as to pre- 

 vent the tin from being doubled too much. Fig 

 120 gives a pattern of a slide. The long edges 

 are doubled down along the lines A B, the short 

 one at c D. The long edges are to be then turned 

 up along the line E G, and left standing at right 

 angles to the broad part, and the short end along 

 the line G G, the whole thus forming a kind of 

 trough, open at one end, and having the other 

 end double the height of the sides. A touch of 

 solder in the corners will bind the edges firmly 

 together, and make the work stronger. The sharp 

 corners of the projecting end should also be nipped 

 off, and rounded nicely with a file. 



The bands may now be connected together with 

 these slides, into which the comb baskets slip. 

 Place one of the bands on the bench with the 

 bridge up, and stand a slide, with the stopped end 

 down, at one of the corners, its back surface being 

 in contact with one of the long sides of the band, 

 and pushed up as tightly as possible towards the 

 corner. A small cramp and two pieces of wood 

 can be used to hold the two firmly together, while 

 the square is applied to see that the slide is at 

 right angles to the band. A little solder is then 

 run between the two, and a similar operation per- 

 formed with the three other slides. The upper 

 band can now be put over the ends of the four 

 vertical slides, and if the work has been done 

 carefully, it will be found to fit well, each slide 

 going right into its corner. If, however, things 

 are not true, the square can be applied, and the 

 erring slide or slides found, unsoldered from the 

 lower band, and set right. See that both bridges 



