tub is full it is placed under the screw of the press and pressure 
is gradually applied while the second tub is being filled. By the 
time the second tub is filled the maximum pressure has been applied 
to the first, and the cake of wax may be removed for further treat- 
ment. 
COMB HONEY 
Section Foundation Cutting Box 
The foundation for sections comes from the factory in sheets, 
which when cut into four equal parts will fill four sections. 
To cut these strips accurately and quickly a mitre-box-like device 
Fig. 28. Foundation cutting box (Root). 
may be used to advantage. (Fig. 28). This differs from a carpenter’s 
mitre box in that the cuts through the sides are made from the bottom 
instead of the top and also in that it has a follower board with 
two deep cleats. Six or eight sheets of foundation are placed in 
this, and the follower placed upon them. The box is then inverted, 
and with a sharp knife by quick strokes through the saw cuts the 
whole lot of foundation is cut at one operation. 
Section Folder 
The regular bottom board can be made to serve as a section 
folder even though a considerable number of sections are to be 
put up. After the V. cuts in the sections are dampened the lock 
corners may be pressed together by hand and the section placed 
in the angle formed by the side and back rails of the bottom board 
with the deep side up. About three light blows with a hammer on 
the lock corner of the section slightly crushes the corner and locks it. 
The Hubbard section press is an excellent piece of apparatus, 
although any employing the same principle would serve equally well. 
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