. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Jau. 14, 1897.] THE BRITISH BEE JOUENAL. 15 in converting what was to me one of the greatest nuisances connected with bee-keeping into one of its greatest pleasures. My press is some- â what different in construction from the " Garstang " as I know it, and it will be found more come-at-able by those who manufacture their own appliances. I have dispensed with expensive screws and cast-iron plates, my object being to introduce a press to the notice of such of your readers as are willing and able to help themselves in providing an a
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Jau. 14, 1897.] THE BRITISH BEE JOUENAL. 15 in converting what was to me one of the greatest nuisances connected with bee-keeping into one of its greatest pleasures. My press is some- â what different in construction from the " Garstang " as I know it, and it will be found more come-at-able by those who manufacture their own appliances. I have dispensed with expensive screws and cast-iron plates, my object being to introduce a press to the notice of such of your readers as are willing and able to help themselves in providing an appliance for the purpose at a small cost. Further than that I have no interest either in its sale or manufacture. The press is made of " butternut," a wood close in texture, and comparatively light, and. Pig. 3.âVertical Section. Central Plates (actual si^e). which, when coated with spirit varnish, has the clean look about it that every article con- nected with honey production ought to have. By referring to the plan and elevation, it will be seen that the frame is so constructed that the parts can be taken separate in a few minutes. The back rail constitutes the end- plates, and a corresponding one, but movable, forms the plate against which the two screws act in pressing the combs. There are four centi'al (sections of which are shown full size in fig. 3). These reeded plates are covered with tinned wire-cloth (twelve meshes to the inch), bound on a light wire frame and fixed With wire hooks to the plates. The two bolts are f in. diameter, and work through an iron plates 5 in. by 2 in. by J in., having a I in. thick nut welded on the inside; the pressing-plate has an iron plate sunk into it, with a countersunk hole for the centrepoint of the bolts ; the ends of the movable plates are also slightly rounded. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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