Foundation: we trim the sheets down slightly; if using solid bottom bars it definitely pays to have the foundation hanging slightly short to stop buckling but we also take a little off one side and then centre the sheet which hepls break the foundation barrier running through the centre of the clustering wax builders.
Nail Guns: we've been longtime converts to using nail guns (almost twenty years) but something which has become apparent over the last few years is that a lot of the early frames we did with the gun are now failing due to the nails rusting out. Not sure if it was simply poorer quality nails than we get today or whether this'll prove to be an ongoing issue. Being poor, I hate throwing away frames (so they get cut down to mating nuc size
) but it's hard to dismiss the obvious time saving of using a gun. There may possibly be scope in using resin coated nails although the initial outlay will be higher.
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