I witnessed a demonstration by a Yorkshire beekeeper from Howarth.
He produced the most beautiful foundation in double quick time !
He had a set of Hertzog foundation moulds
He had a pair rubber rollered squeezers rescued from a scrap yard .
His method was wonderful in its simplicity .
He had a deep tray of molten wax floating on hot water !
He had an equal sized bath of cold water
This is the neat bit. He had constructed a curved plywood board the size of the required foundation ,it was fitted with a simple handle .
The demo went as followed .
He dipped the board into the cold water , then dipped ( rocked ) the board across the surface of the wax which stuck to the board and allowed him to literally pick up sheet of wax.
This he simply peeled of the board and placed in between both halves of the mould.
Next he fed the mould through the rollers , separated them and produced a piece of foundation patterned on each side!
He demonstrated the flexibility of the foundation , pointing out the brittleness of cast foundation.
He maintained that the act of pressing the foundation altered the molecular structure to his advantage !
Easier to demonstrate than to describe
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