Tangential extractor?

[Hawklord]

When using a tangential extractor, is there a right and wrong direction?

 

[oliver90owner]

Yes

 

[Erichalfbee]

Top bars at leading edge of direction of spin

...........I think

 

[MuswellMetro]

agree,

 

[Stoney147]

Top bars at leading edge of direction of spin

That's not what it says in thornes catalogue. Bottom bars lead????

 

[Erichalfbee]

That's not what it says in thornes catalogue. Bottom bars lead????

You know you're right.
I just had a look at my table top one

 

[BeeJayBee]

When using a tangential extractor, is there a right and wrong direction?

Bottom bars lead????

The cell entrances angle slightly upwards, towards the top bar, so need to be trailing. If the top bars lead the honey will be pushed further into the cells.

 

[Hawklord]

So why do some photos show top bars at oposite ends of the basket? Can the frames be put into the basket top bar to bottom bar? The reason I'm asking is I'm looking to upgrade and want to make sure I get my money's worth as they're not cheap.

 

[Davelin]

In that case and with six hives why not go radial? Much quicker and less fiddly.

 

[jd101k2000]

Is it possible that we could get a fourth opinion, to help clear up this question? ;-)

 

[Tom Bick]

It makes no odds either way is fine.

Perhaps if you were to get all the tools out of the cupboard and the big equation on the blackboard it will prove one way is better over the other but in practice its hard to see any advantage.

 

[protheroe]

give the frames a light spin then turn around or the weight of the honey at the back can be forced to the front,collapsing the frame.

 

[La Folie]

I recently bought a small, 2 - frame tangential extractor, the instructions said top bar leading, spin gently then turn over but still top bar leading

 

[Frisbee]

Just to add the fourth opinion then...

I put my top bars back to back to aid turning. The centrifugal force out, will easily overcome any slope resistance.

I'm sure when I bought my first tangential that I would have been told the correct way (which I then promptly forgot). Of course it's easy to reverse the turn, but whatever, there is no honey left in my frames when I've finished (apart form crystallised)

Frisbee

 

[Spikedog]

Ditto- Top bars back-to-back to aid turning (balance in turn)

 

[Erichalfbee]

Well I spun out 18 frames today and tried it both ways.
No difference.