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GI.EANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 15. 



HOME-MADE BICYCL E FOO T-POWER BUZZ-SAW, 



How to Build it; Something for Boys who 

 have Nothing to Do. 



BY C. H. PIERCE. 



I inclose two snap-shots of 

 my foot-power saw that I made 

 early last spring, and have used 

 this season. A glance at the two 

 pictures will give a general idea 

 of how it is made. It is the eas- 

 iest-running foot - power saw I 

 have ever tried. The saw re- 

 volves about 3500 times per min- 

 ute. I use it and the parallel 

 gauges. In cutting off I have to 

 pedal backward ; but to a man 

 used to the motion of a bicycle, 

 that is nothing. In ripping I 

 change my saw and pedal for- 

 ward, drawing all my stufif to- 

 ward me with a stick with a 

 short sharp brad in it. The 

 boards, being all short, are just 

 as easy to handle, and all dust is 

 thrown from the operator. The 

 fly (or belt) wheel is the rear 

 wheel to a bicycle, and in place 

 of the tire it has about 7 lbs. of 

 lead run into the hollow rim to 

 give the wheel weight. 



Any one used to wheeling can 

 sit in the saddle and work this 

 machine with perfect ease. It 

 would be just the thing for A. I. 

 R. to keep his muscle up with 



this winter while waiting for the roads to open 

 next spring. 



Last week I sawed up and made 60 bodies, 

 20 covers, and 20 bottom-boards, and worked 

 through only the middle of the day, while it 

 was warm. In cutting up long boards I have 



PIERCE'S BICYCI,E BUZZ-SAW. 



BICYCLE BUZZ-SAW IN OPERATION. 



a man hold up the far end of 

 the board. 



A. I. R. being such a wander- 

 er, I would suggest he make his 

 plans now for a trip next sum- 

 mer to Kilbourn City, the famed 

 Dells of the Wisconsin, the 

 home of the writer of this article. 

 The latch-string hangs out, Mr. 

 Root, and you will be shown 

 some scenery the beauty of which 

 you never dreamed of. 



C. H. Pierce. 



Kilbourn, Wis. 



[There are plenty of old cast- 

 off out-of-date bicycles that can 

 be bought for a mere song, that 

 have seen their best days for the 

 work for which they were 

 made, but which would do as 

 well for this purpose as the most 

 up-to-date machine made. The 

 illustrations, together with the 

 description, make the whole so 

 plain that any mechanic, or one 

 handy with tools, can make a 

 foot-power buzz - saw that will 

 equal the best there is made. I 

 personally tried this velocipede 

 foot-power, as it is called, in my 

 younger days, and know that it 



