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TO FASTEN THE FOUNDATION. 



In the thin sections, the foundation can best be fastened by 

 use of the melted wax. To accomplish this, 1 have used a 

 block made thus: Saw a board that is one-half of an inch 

 thinner than half the depth of the section, so that it will just 

 exactly fit in the section. Screw this to a second board, which 

 is one-half inch broader each way, so that the larger under 

 board will project one-quarter of an inch each side the top 

 board. Now set the section over the top board, place the 

 foundation, cut a trifle shorter than the inside of the section, 

 within, close to the top and one side of the section, and cause 

 it to adhere by running on a little of the melted wax, which, 

 by use of a kerosene lamp or stove, may be kept melted. If 

 the basin is double-walled, with water in the outer chamber 

 and wax in the inner, it is much safer, as then the wax will 

 never burn. A warm iron run on the foundation just at the 

 edge, will also glue it to the section" 



If the tops of the sections are thick, they may be grooved, 

 and by crowding the foundation into the groove, and, if neces- 

 sary, pressing it with a thin wedge, it will be securely held. 



This last method will work nicely in case of fastening into 

 the brood-frames. But I have found that I could fasten them 

 rapidly and very securely by simply pressing them against the 

 rectangular projection from the top-bar already described. In 

 this case a block (Fig. 107, a,) should reach up into the frame 

 from the side which is nearest to the rectangular projection — 

 it will be remembered that the projection (Fig. 45) is a little 

 to one side of the center of the top bar, so that the foundation 

 shall hang exactly in the center — so far that its upper surface 

 would be exactly level with the upper surface of the rectangu- 

 lar projection. This block, like the one described above, has 

 shoulders (Fig. 107, c), so that it will always reach just the 

 proper distance into the frame. It is also rabbeted at the edge 

 where the projection of the top-bar of the frame will rest (Fig. 

 107, b), so that the projection has a solid support, and will 

 not split off with pressure. We now set our frame on this 

 block, lay on our foundation, cut the size we desire, which, 

 unless strengthened, will be as long as the frame, and nearly 

 as wide. The foundation will rest firmly on the projection 

 and block, and touch the top-bar at every point. We now 

 take a board as thick as the projection is deep, and as wide 



