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thf! table-,- fitting the frame over it ; insert the sheet of founda- 

 tion ill the sa-WrCut, and then over the foundation draw two 

 more wires crosswise, as in fig. 18. To imbed the -mres in the 

 foundation I have found nothing better than a large bradawl or 



Fig. 17. — Frame wired and prepared for fixing Foundation in. 



small screwdriver, out of the edge of which a large /^-shaped 

 piece Jjas been filed. It must be heated in the fire or in a jug 

 of boiling water, and when many frames are being wired 

 it -will be found best to have two at hand, so that one 

 may be heating -while the other is in use. Place the edge of 



Pig. 18.— Frame fitted with sheet of Foundation, wired in. 



the instrument so that the /^-shaped part fits over the wire ; 

 then run it rapidly along the whole length of the -wire : if it be 

 done too slowly, it will burn holes in the foundation ; if too 

 rapidly, it will not melt the wax sufficiently to make it hold 

 firmly to the wire. 



