. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 44 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW It can, however, be belted to an old corn sheller, or any other crank machine, or pulley, which will give sufficient speed for practical boring. The shaft is a small piece of gas pipe with a wood split-pulley fastened at one end, and a small gimlet at the other, fastened securely by a wooden plug fitted into the end of the gas pipe. This plug is halved and gouged out to take in the gimlet shank, and the whole is then driven tightly into the end of the gas pipe or shaft. The boxings are pieces of hardwood with holes to fit the s
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 44 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW It can, however, be belted to an old corn sheller, or any other crank machine, or pulley, which will give sufficient speed for practical boring. The shaft is a small piece of gas pipe with a wood split-pulley fastened at one end, and a small gimlet at the other, fastened securely by a wooden plug fitted into the end of the gas pipe. This plug is halved and gouged out to take in the gimlet shank, and the whole is then driven tightly into the end of the gas pipe or shaft. The boxings are pieces of hardwood with holes to fit the shaft. Babbit box- ings would be better. The platform which this rests upon is a one by six inch board, Z}i feet long. The sliding table is a one by six inch board, one foot long, with strips nailed on each side, and extending below the edges of the board where it fits over the plat- form, and slides back and forth to and from the gimlet. A slide, fastened crosswise of this sliding table, holds the end-bars, and can be moved backwards or forwards to bore holes anywhere from one end to the other of the end bar. A spring-trigger is fastened back of this, with one end reaching over the bar- holder, which has notches cut to receive the end of the trigger, and hold the bars to the exact place for boring. Seven end-bars can be bored at once, which takes up the whole length of the gimlet; and a forward and backward of the sliding table is all the time it takes to do it. The trigger-spring is made from a corset steel and the trigger is controlled by the hand which slides the table. A firm grasp of the hand-hold and over the trigger hold the end-bars in place while boring the hole, when the trigger is instantly released, and springs up half an inch, releasing the bar-holder, which is moved to the next notch, the trigger gripped again, the hole bored, and so on, all taking less time than it takes to tell it. Barryton, Mich., Dec. 21, Please note that these images are extr
Size: 1174px × 2129px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectbeecult, bookyear1888
