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reset the gauge to a quarter of an inch, and mark on 

 top edges from the inside for rabbet b, Fig. 20. 



The rabbets, being all marked, will require cutting 

 out. The best tool for this purpose I have ever used 

 was an iron plough (American). With this tool, fitted 

 with a three-eighths iron and set to a three-eighths 

 gauge, it will scarcely require the marking gauge to 

 be used. By cutting out the rabbets d and e (Fig. 20) 

 first, some little labour will be saved when cutting c. 

 If a saw cut is put in across the latter it will expedite 



Fig. 23. SHOWING HOW THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF 



THE HIVE GO TOGETHER. 



the cutting. For c and b a seven-eighths iron will be 

 required, with the gauge of the plough set to the 

 proper depth. After the rabbets are cut, strips of tin, 

 i^in. wide by i4in. long, should be folded in the centre 

 to form the metal supports A (Fig. 20). These are 

 tacked on, as shown, so as to allow the upper edges to 

 project above the lower part of rabbets about one- 

 eighth of an inch. Metal supports, or, as they are 



