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In our case, the tray / box is just that. I can fit 9 or 10 frames in the box (which holds the Uncapper stable) and it is there to catch drips as you go through the frames and then load them into your spinner. After uncapping 20 fat frames loaded with warm runny hunny in Drone Comb filled frames...

@Jimmy, our uncapper comes with fixing points and fixings. They are designed to fix it the tray / box we are including in the sale price. Our box is standard so we will probably off the box as an opt out item, in the case of a breakage the box is very easy to replace. If you have basic DIY...

Since you raised design development, i have a question for you (thanks for being so active in interrogating the Uncapper, i will be adding your questions to the FAQ page over the coming days.) I was testing it out with a local small scale commercial beekeeper (30 hives) yesterday evening and she...

I think we could easily produce a set of "Heather Loosener" rollers that could be swapped out or a sleeve over the roller, thanks for the idea and i'll add it to the dev list. I believe the main market is going to be in non-heather honey uncapping so we want to sell a few of those before...

With all the respect that a cheap Chinese knock off deserves, this copy of the American, Langstroth sized version is missing at least 5 significant design improvements. You can actually get an even cheaper one made from mild steel punched discs for $108 plus £55 shipping. By all means run a...

@blackcloud @Anduril The blades are aligned and the gap between cuts is 4.2mm which does open even the smaller 4.9mm cells. Other than being fast and clean, the third main benefit of this type of twin spindle uncapper is efficiency, which i put into 3 categories: Repairing damaged wax Replacing...

Anduril, that sounds about right to me. In our early tests we have been very deliberate and careful, but since i have now passed 50+ frames through it i can identify any frame that requires care and pre-trim it, or apply additional pressure to a sunken area, in seconds. What it means is that...

Pembroke, Yes well observed. the young people are my 12 yr old daughters, who for the testing purposes are not very strong, or tall and have never used the Uncapper before. After the first prototype we reduced the minimum width between the spindles by 3mm, to help with less well filled out...

the side bars are untouched by the blades as they fit in the gap between the last blade and the HDPE frame. So unless i have miss-understood your question it will cope with any sidebar without damaging them.

Yes it does work on deep frames. The limiting factor will be on the depth of the box to receive the frame. I have measured for your "Deep" frames from the underside of your topbar to the underside of your bottom bar is a max of 270mm with the box we supply. Clearly there is a similar shaped box...

Yes i was alerted to their version yesterday - I'm not sure our version would be improved by adding half a dozen mild-steel bolts and butterfly wingnuts! i guess you lot will decide.

working on that!

Thanks for all your interest and questions. I have started uploading more videos on @youtube.com on how it deals with sunken frames or really bumpy ones. more to come on replacing O Rings and mounting the frame to the box. My Association - Petersfield&DBKA - is having our extraction day next...

Well my bees are cleaning it up this morning but i just hose it down in the back garden. The other way is to unbolt it from the box and run it through the dishwasher on a suitable cycle. (cool - you don't want to melt the wax into your dishwasher filter) It does inevitably get propolis on it...

Eric, spares would be the drip tray and the O Rings. The drip tray is available online everywhere from "The Really Useful Box Company" and you can get one for £20. The box could break in time but is tough and i've been using the same brand for storage for years for my cycling gear. The O Rings...

Yes Will, go ahead and share the pics.

Square cut @Gary Rigby so they cut through the wax caps in most cases. Because we use a figure of 8 "O" ring arrangement, the spindles rotate together so it is cut motion rather than a drag. Other sellers are using a single O Ring situated inside the frame which will get very sticky, slippery...

Thanks for posting your report Will, good to meet you.

Eric, since it is hot off the production line i have only put 42 frames through it but it hasn't clogged up significantly. The cappings and honey caught on the rollers and between the blades just drip down into the tray. Materials are all food grade, HDPE frame, the white stuff you see - which...

Wilco, yes we are aiming for £325 buy will have a weekly rental option too. Since you are looking to trial it, lets get in touch to see if you can road test it for me? Martin