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Fine Mesh Sieve and Strainer: Wire Cloth in a Beech Frame
A sieve is a woven mesh held in a frame; old wooden sieve rims were often beech. Nail fine wire cloth across the bottom of a small beech box and bind its edge with a strip. Shaken dry, it sifts powders; held over a pot, it strains solids out of a liquid.
The picture: a wooden flour sifter with a wire mesh bottom.
Beginner
Half a day
Instructions
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1
Make the frame
Make the frame
Saw and plane four beech sides, about 8 cm deep (our size), and nail them into a square box with no bottom. Add a short handle at two opposite sides.
Materials for this step:
Beech Lumber1 piece
Iron Nails12 piecesTools needed:
Hand Saw
Hand Plane
Cross Peen Hammer
Hand Drill
Ruler2
2
Cut the mesh
Cut the mesh
Cut wire cloth of the count you need a little larger than the frame, and fold the cut edges under so no loose wire ends stick out.
Materials for this step:
Wire Mesh / Screen1 pieceTools needed:
Tin SnipsRuler3
3
Fix the mesh
Fix the mesh
Stretch the cloth tight over the bottom edges, then nail thin beech strips over it all round, so the mesh is held between frame and strip.
Materials for this step:
Beech Lumber1 pieceIron Nails16 piecesTools needed:
Hand SawCross Peen Hammer4
4
Mesh count and opening
Mesh count and opening
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