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Mines working great with the short barrel and larger heat shield.ive had no condensing once barrels up to temp and fan hasn't jammed either with condensed oa.probably done a hundred vapes now and its quick and portable

I scrape it back to the foundation myself

Having never used a varrox but have seen a video of it vapourisiing oxalic,it looked like an explosion of vapour that would cover everything in the hive.do you think a larger dose of oxalic is needed for the same coverage with the gas vapouriser and its stream of vapour.

All 4 cooker burners going with large stew pans and kettle.mix it in 60lb buckets with a spade

That's good news as there was hardly anything in supers last week

Even after heating barrel with separate blowtorch its still condenses.the reason they made it so long was to keep flame away from hive.it would probably have been better if they shortened the barrel and mounted the blowtorch at 90degrees so the flame didn't face the hive

It all comes apart.if you look underneath reservoir there's grub screws.i think arm on front was to deflect end of flame onto barrel but barrel is way too long too work

Probably be ok.its the hive you're protecting.put some fire proof soldering mat on it

Ive lopped 8inches off barrel but i think 5 or 6 would work.my phone won't let me upload pics but you'll need a larger heat shield so you dont burn hive or bees..my shield is 8×6 with a solder mat attached to soak up heat.i had some aluminum plates so i shaped one to attach to top of barrel...

I just cut the barrel down and knocked up a heat shield with a soldering mat stuck on it.no condensing in the barrel now and a nice stream of vapour flowing out tried on a brood box with clear top and a gram filled it with vapour.quite a bit condensed on the mesh at entrance though

I did try leaving fan off for a bit it helped but not enough.i might chop the barrel and put a heat shield close to the front to stop large flame hitting the hive.it will heat the chopped barrel better as well.just need to find something for a heat shield and some time to do it

I'm looking at cutting the barrel too as too much vapour condensing.even when heating the barrel the cool air from fan cools it too much.at the moment its great for nucs so not a waste of money and my half super framed 7 frame mini nucs are going all year round so great for them too.a thin rod...

Had a quick try of it last night.steady stream of vapour but no big clouds.larger dose of oxalic probably needed.until the barrel heats up there's a lot condensing in it but it soon heats up with the flame running up the arm on front to barrel.burnt off one dose then turned heat off and it...

They were my strongest hives.some doubles knocked back to singles and brood and halves.amazing flow last year but not this year

Went and checked hives yesterday and very little being stored in supers.weathers been horrid up the mountain.thunder and lightning going off overhead while checking hives

I normally find mine again in winter once all the vegetation has died back

With swarming,dud queens and problem hives I'm probably nearer 20lbs a hive average this year.if all hives didn't swarm or have problems I still wouldn't have anywhere near those figures with the weather we've had in wales.and to top it off the heathers hardly produced anything either this yearly

Tablesaw that will take a stacked dado and a planer thicknesser is all that's really needed to build hives but watch your fingers with a stacked dado blade.without a dado blade you would need a router and table.adds to the cost but much safer.make a jig for finger joints for roofs.hives can be...

I emailed the seller and he said it fits the usual blow torch canisters or words to that effect(his translation wasn't the best)he also added he can sell me gas canisters so it doesn't look like its going to be a problem.

Will do