On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Jim Moore wrote:
 
>         I'm curious about the various techniques used when decapping frames with
> a decapping fork. I had always assummed that one just scratched the cappings
> with the points to the fork. However the first person I saw using one was
> "shoveling" the capping by sliding the fork tines under the cappings and
> lifting.
 
I have tried the shoveling method and I don't like it. You have to be
careful to get the angle just right or it digs in. If you drag the fork
across the comb it works just as well and the operation is completely
mindless.
 
 
Donald Aitken
11710-129 Street
Edmonton Alberta Canada
T5M 0Y7