COMB FOUNDATION 
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If the work has been done right the 
sheet of foundation will be under the two 
diagonal wires and over the four horizon¬ 
tal wires. After the wire has been hooked 
over the nail-heads the remaining slack is 
taken up and fastened by winding it 
around the other tack. This is driven 
home, after which the two nails in the top- 
bar are driven down. The foundation is 
secured to the top-bar by one of the wedge- 
shaped strips described further on. 
The two diagonals, while on one side of 
the sheet, and the four horizontals, can all 
be imbedded by electricity at one operation 
in one circuit, as will be explained further 
on. 
in the center of the bottom-bar. The wire 
is then passed thru slot No. 1 in the end- 
bar, thru the before-mentioned staple, C, 
and then on thru Nos. 3, 4, etc. The 
strand next to the bottom-bar is grasped 
on each side of the staple, and hooked over 
tacks A and B in the top-bar as shown op¬ 
posite. This plan stiffens the comb next 
to the bottom-bar, and for extracting it 
will be better than either Figs. 14 or 15. 
It takes, however, a little extra work and 
wire. 
Where there is much work to be done in 
wiring and imbedding, a frame-holder or 
form should be made. The general design 
of it is shown in the illustration below. It 
consists of two parts—a general frame¬ 
work to hold the frame at an angle of 45 
degrees while the wires are being threaded 
thru the holes back and forth. This is 
hinged at the bottom to a boai'd. The 
frame to be wired is laid on, when the 
four horizontal wires are threaded back 
and forth, including the wire next to the 
bottom-bar. The sheet of foundation is 
laid on the four horizontal wires, bot¬ 
tom-bar upward. The strand of wire 
close to the bottom-bar, which is now at 
the top, is drawn down and hooked over 
one or two nails as the case may be, after 
which all the wires are drawn taut and 
fastened. This leaves the sheet of founda¬ 
tion between the four horizontal wires and 
the two diagonal wires running to the 
top-bar. As soon as this is done the frame¬ 
work holding the frame and the founda¬ 
tion is pushed down to a horizontal posi¬ 
tion. This act closes the electric circuit, 
when the wires are heated and imbedded. 
As soon as they sink into place, the frame¬ 
work is lifted up to the 45-degree angle, 
when the circuit is broken. The wired 
frame with its foundation may now be 
taken out. 
A very convenient tool is a little wooden 
roller to bring pressure on the foundation 
and on the wires while hot. The three op¬ 
erations are shown successively in the half¬ 
tone engraving below. 
Frame for wiring and imbedding the wires. 
