The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . THE FIGURE FOUR GAUGE. This hardly needs explanation. That itmay slide easily, and without shake, it runson an iron track. This iron track is simplya straight bar, i inch square, screwed fastto each of the strips on the under side of thetable-top. It is made of hard-wood stuffabout i thick. The longest piece, w
The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary . THE FIGURE FOUR GAUGE. This hardly needs explanation. That itmay slide easily, and without shake, it runson an iron track. This iron track is simplya straight bar, i inch square, screwed fastto each of the strips on the under side of thetable-top. It is made of hard-wood stuffabout i thick. The longest piece, which isgrooved to run over the iron bar. is exactlythe length of the table. The right-angledpiece is two feet long. All are about4 inchesin width. This right-angled piece must beso adjusted as to cut boards off exactlysquare; and when right, it should be screweddown and braced with iron, as shown, so itcan never get racked out of true. On theaccuracy and fineness of this adjustmentdepends all your work, if one could affordit, it would be a fine thing to have the wholetable-top, and all of these gauges, of SAAV-MAXDREL for 8AAV-TABLE. The mandrel used for these saw-tables isour one, generally; but for a greatdeal of work I would advise the heavier one,costing about $, Tlie parallel-bar gauge does very well forhome-made work; but there is nothingequal for general ripping purposes, to War-ners ripping-gauge. This was devised bythe superintendent of our hive-factory, andthey are used all through our wood-workuigdepartment. The gauge is held at the right distancefrom the saw by means of a pair of screws,on the end of which ara sprocket-wheelsconnected by a chain. Simply pulling thechain moves each screw at the same speed ;and as the gauge is fastened to the s:rewsby means of Wnvaded lugs, it will travelparallel to the saw. The great feature* ofthis is, that it holds the gauge perfectlysolid, and at the same time permits of a AVhere the bee-keeper has but litt
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