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precautions will result in the wax sheet being 

 cut completely, through. Only, just sufficient heat 

 and pressure should be used to effect the object, 

 which is the sinking of the wires well into the 

 wax. This work may be done with an awl with 

 a V groove filed in the point and heated in the 

 fire, but the above-named tool is vastly, superior 

 and should be obtained. 



In fixing foundation in sections the method to 

 be adopted depends on the kind of section which 

 is being used. Sections are made to take founda- 

 tion in various ways. There are split-top sections, 

 split-top and side grooves, split all round, and 

 solid sections with neither split nor groove. The 

 two sections most used, however, are the split- 

 top and the solid section, and these shall be taken 

 first. Section boxes are made in one piece, with 

 V grooves at the joints and dovetails to lock the 

 whole together. When they are bought they re- 

 quire folding, and before doing this a little warm 

 water must be poured along the V. grooves to 

 impart elasticity, lor they are liable to break if 

 very dry. In folding split-top sections only one 

 half of the lid should be placed in position be- 

 fore inserting the sheet of foundation, which is 

 then secured by closing the other portion of the 

 lid. Foundation for sections should be cut very 

 accurately. It must not touch the sides, and, as in 

 frames, it should hang a quarter inch clear from 

 the bottom. Being so exceedingly thin it will 

 buckle at a touch, and buckled sheets of founda- 



