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Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:59:48 -0800
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> > I use a simple
> frame wiring board from Kelly to hold the frame but would like to see a
> frame wiring board that employed a lever to compress the end bars inward
> during wiring so that when released the wire would tension automatically.
> Has anyone ever made anything like that?


I made a few.  Still have my last generation.  Has wooden rollers at each
end so that the wire could easily be pulled through the holes without
binding.  Has a wooden lever/cam that bowed the end bar in.  Has a sheet of
plywood that holds the wax foundation up to the right height for embedding
with a 6-V battery-charger and simple embedding jig with a momentary switch
on top.

Every time that I think of throwing it away (since I haven't used in many
years), just can't bring myself to do so!

Randy Oliver

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