1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



235 



NAILING HOFFMAN FRAMES. 



A Very Unique and Effective Plan for Doing the 

 Work Expeditiously. 



BY C. B. THWING. 



Having- 3000 Hofl'man frames to nail, it 

 occurred to me to try to devise means for 

 doincf the work as rapidly as possible. 

 The plan I evolved enables me to nail and 

 wire Hoffman frames at the rate of 30 per 

 hour (when I move livel}'), and every nail 

 and staple goes exactly where it will do the 

 most good. 



It is, of course, important to have the mei- 

 terials conveniently placed, and to perform 



staple comes 3 s inch from the notch in the 

 end-bar, and the nails }( from the same 

 line. The nails are '+ inch apart. Guide 

 F holds the end-bar square. I prefer to 

 have the staple placed at an angle, because 

 its lower leg will then strike the top-bar to 

 one side of the foundation groove, and also 

 because it is less likely to split the end-bar, 

 when so. placed, than when set straight. :^ 

 For wiring I fasten a small box, G, see 

 Fig. 6, about 12x16, to the wall, with its bot- 

 tom as high as my breast. Into the side of 

 the bottom of this box I drive two lOd com- 

 mon nails, slanting a little downward. The 

 nails project far enough so that, when a 



THWING'S PLAN FOR NAILING HOFFMAN FRAMES. 



the various operations in such an order that 

 no false motions be made. Fig. 1. general 

 view, shows how I find it convenient to 

 place things. The nail-boxes should be 

 wide and shallow, with nails spread out 



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THE WOODEN ANVIL OR SPACING- 

 BLOCK. 



frame is hung upon them the heads hold it 

 snug against the box. Theslantof the nails 

 lets them spring down a little when the but- 

 ton H is turned down upon the frame. On 

 the end of the box G, Fig. 6, at the left, is 

 screwed a ^notched piece J, Fig. 5, which 

 keeps the frame from slipping endwise. A 

 little box, K, Fig. 6, exactly wide enough to 

 hold a spool of wire, is placed 4J2 feet from 

 the nearest end of G. The wire runs 

 through a small hole in the end of this box, 

 and the blocks LL prevent the wire from 

 slipping over the ends of the spool. The 

 best driver is a small-nosed farrier's ,or 

 electrician's hammer. 



over the bottom. It saves time to have two 

 boxes for second nails, as shown. The 

 wooden anvil or holder I) in Figs. 1 and 2, 

 for spacing the nails and staples, consists 

 of a block 4x4 and 7 high, to which is fas- 

 tened a block, K, notched out on its under 

 side to admit an end-bar onl}' when the 

 beveled edge is toward the right. It has in 

 the middle a large notch for the staples, 

 and two smaller ones for the nails. A stop 

 or guide on the under side of K admits the 

 end-bar far enough so that the top of the 



TO NAIL A FRAME. 



Take a bottom-bar, 1, Fig. 1, from the 

 pile; start the nails and let it lie till need- 

 ed. Take an end-bar, 2, in Fig. 1, from the 

 pile; slip it in the anvil D, Fig. 2; pick up 

 a staple with the left hand; pass it to the 



