According to Marc Sevigny:> > 4. Any good ideas for embedding the wax foundations into the wire? I don't > have an electric gizmo, and dont have an embedding wheel. What do-it-yourself > methods are practical from things found around a typical house? There have been some good responses to this, but in the end it's a lot of work! I am switching to all permadent or pierco snap-in plastic, wax-coated foundation. No cross wiring, no *blow-outs* on extracting, no holes chewed through comb, wax moth damage can be cut away or melted and the foundation recoated with melted wax and reused indefinitely. It is a little more expensive, but if you rarely/never have to replace it the extra cost now is worth it. And when I say plastic , wax-coated I do NOT mean Duragilt. I will never use it again. When it is stripped down to the plastic, there is no cell pattern and *my* girls will not draw it back out. I wish someone had told me about this when I started! Steve Creasy- (\ Maryville, Tennessee USA {|||8- Proverbs 24:13, 25:16 (/ [log in to unmask]