. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. HIVE-MAKING. IIIVE-MAKIN(;. most think tliis auflicient; but if you were to lay a Ki-foot plank on this sliding table- top, anil take hold of the would tind it would have a considerable twist, or " wig- gle,"' on its center. This twist would, of course, prevent cutting off the boards ac- curately. Now to make tlie table rigid where it stands, and still bear sliding to and fro, we have what is termed a rocking-shaft. This is a cast-iron shaft about 2i inches in diameter. Don'
. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. HIVE-MAKING. IIIVE-MAKIN(;. most think tliis auflicient; but if you were to lay a Ki-foot plank on this sliding table- top, anil take hold of the would tind it would have a considerable twist, or " wig- gle,"' on its center. This twist would, of course, prevent cutting off the boards ac- curately. Now to make tlie table rigid where it stands, and still bear sliding to and fro, we have what is termed a rocking-shaft. This is a cast-iron shaft about 2i inches in diameter. Don't make it any smaller, thinking it will do. Jietter have it larger, if anything. On this shaft is a pair of rigid cast-iron arms, as you see in the cut. At the toj) of each of these arms, short iron bars are bolted; and these bars are attached to the movable table-top. Now, providing these bolts all work closely, we have secured our table so that no twist is possible, unless the shaft should twist, lint a 2* iron shaft can not be expected to do this very much. A handle is attached to the sliding top, as you will see in the cut, for drawing it back easily. We have two of these tables in use —one about 10 feet long, and the other about S. and they are in use almost constant- ly. <Jt course, an iron gauge which can be adjusted at any required distance from the saw is a great help for cutting different lengths of lumber. And as before, your stuff ?/i((.s( be held tiyht rip to this gauge. Such a table, well made, ought to cost per- haps $ for the short ones, or .? for the long ones, as described above. If made as we have directed, it should, with a man- drel of proper size, be capable of carrying a 12 or 14 inch saw, and should cut up heavy planks used for chaff-hive corners, or such as will be required for slicing up wood into separators, or any similar work. Where inch boards are to be cut, or any thing thinner, we pile Iheni up until we get as many as the saw will
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