HINTS ON CAGE MAKING. 



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The professional cage-maker rarely uses a saw, 

 except to make the first cut off the end of a, board; the 

 gauge, is then set to the required length, and each length 

 is cut perfectly true and to the desired dimensions. 

 Doors, draw-boards, and perches can all be cut accur- 

 ately and expeditious!}'. A gauge with a short handle, 

 as illustrated, will be found the most useful for small 

 work, but for cutting boards for breeding-cages, and 

 other long boards, one with an arm or handle of the 

 required length must be used. 



THE MAKIXG OF WIRE FRONTS. 



We have often 

 been asked to give 

 an illustration of a 

 suitable board for 

 making wire fronts 

 on. My mind goes 



Board for Wire Front. back tO the lim <: l 



attempted my. first 



soldered wire front, about twenty years since. At that 

 time they were practically unknown to the majority of 

 our cage-makers, and the amount of trouble and wasted 

 wire stands out very vividly in my memory. But all 

 that is altered now, with the introduction of punched 

 bar wire of any gauge and straightened wire of any size, 

 which can be obtained of our principal cage-makers and 

 AY ire workers. 



All that is required is a board, as illustrated, to 

 make this branch an easy and pleasant occupation. A A 

 is a narrow piece of wood nailed permanently across the 

 board; BB a corresponding piece that is fixed tempor- 

 arily, according to the height of the front required; CC 

 is an' imaginary line for the centre cross-bar. The 

 wires should be cut the required length and inserted in 

 the punched bar at A A and BB. It will be necessary 

 to solder almost every third wire, in the first instance, 

 to keep them in their proper places. 



