AUSTRALASIAN BEE MANUAL 51 



perfectly straight. Mark the depth (loin.) from the 

 straight edge, and rip off the strip ; now cut from your 

 12ft. board four pieces i6in. long for end pieces, and 

 four iQ^in. long, for sides, then set your gauge to mark 

 three-eighths, and take each of your end pieces, lay 

 them on the bench, planed side up, and run your gauge 

 along the rough edges, marking for the rabbet d shown 



Fig. 22. SIDE OF HIVE (inside VIEW). 



in Fig. 20. Next hold the pieces on their edges, and 

 mark with the same gauge in from the planed side. 

 This will show the piece to be taken out to form the 

 rabbet d. The pieces should now be turned the planed 

 edges up, and the same gauge run along the edges 

 from the planed side of the board to mark for the 

 rabbet e, shown in Fig. 20. Now lay the ends flat 

 (rough side up), and mark with same gauge in from 

 the edges for rabbet e, and also run the gauge down 

 the ends of the boards from the planed sides to mark 

 for rabbet c (Fig. 20). Before shifting the gauge, the 

 rabbets on the side pieces can be marked. The rabbets 

 D and E (Fig. 22) are marked exactly the same as the 

 rabbets d and e in Fig. 20. We have now the rabbets 

 D e and the edge of c marked. The gauge will then 

 require to be set at seven-eighths of an inch to mark 

 in from the ends of the end pieces on the inside for 

 rabbet c, Fig. 20, and also down from the top edges 

 for rabbet b, Fig. 20. All that is wanted now is to 



