What did you do in the 'workshop' today

[Gilberdyke John]

What thickness Perspex did you use? I didn’t realise until after I made four out of 3mm, of the issue of sagging that could encroach on their bee space?

I've a number of 3mm clear crownboards with a central hole. In practice using round feeders has never caused any issues whatsoever.

 

[Millet]

I've a number of 3mm clear crownboards with a central hole. In practice using round feeders has never caused any issues whatsoever.

Me neither

 

[Brian Bush]

Today I assemble 5 supers and 4 brood boxes. I planed and cut everything to size yesterday.
This morning I cut a groove with the router to hold the end walls firmly.
Tomorrow I will add the rails and then spend hours cleaning the garage. Cutting grooves with the router tends to leave a pile on the floor!!!

 

[Newbeeneil]

Timed myself making 2 brood boxes from scratch today. 105 mins from planed cedar to finished boxes. Using my normal "handyman" rates it worked out at £19.52 per box.
I'm quite pleased at that as it's probably on par with using seconds from the big boys sales.

 

[Angry_Mob]

Thornes had cedar seconds supers in the Christmas sale for £13 IIRC.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Thornes had cedar seconds supers in the Christmas sale for £13 IIRC.

Maisies, at the moment £12.50, Thorne's £13.00

 

[Swarm]

Timed myself making 2 brood boxes from scratch today. 105 mins from planed cedar to finished boxes. Using my normal "handyman" rates it worked out at £19.52 per box.
I'm quite pleased at that as it's probably on par with using seconds from the big boys sales.

Smashing bit of carpentry too, they look great.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

As it was teeming down and blowing a hooligan all day, I spent most of the day rendering show quality wax and fixing foundation in shallow frames in preparation. In between watching England lose - three times

 

[Newbeeneil]

Maisies, at the moment £12.50, Thorne's £13.00

Constructed?

And driving to one of the conventions from Sussex might just tip the economic balance even at my "handyman rates"

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Constructed?

And driving to one of the conventions from Sussex might just tip the economic balance even at my "handyman rates" ������

Takes little time at all to put them together, and with a bit of forward planning, you can get them delivered Autumn (Maisie's) New Year (Big T's)

 

[thedozzer]

Made up two Maise poly suppers, painted and frames to suit ready for the spring!

 

[colinc]

Constructed?

And driving to one of the conventions from Sussex might just tip the economic balance even at my "handyman rates"

And your cedar doesn’t look seconds quality. You should be comparing to boxes in the £30-50 range. Nice work.

Even if you are selling your rates cheap and not accounting for workshop/tool/consumable costs


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[citrus]

Wet and windy here so a day indoors making up a few more underfloor OMF's

JBM .. .thanks for sharing these ... I must get on and do some of these ... so at the back of the hive .. you have a bit of timber .. I get that is allow an inspection board to be slotted in ?

Then you just nail on the mesh on top and you are ready I guess ?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

JBM .. .thanks for sharing these ... I must get on and do some of these ... so at the back of the hive .. you have a bit of timber .. I get that is allow an inspection board to be slotted in ?

Then you just nail on the mesh on top and you are ready I guess ?

Yes, the piece of timber at the back it to tack your wire mesh to, there are runners underneath to hold an inspection board

 

[citrus]

Yes, the piece of timber at the back it to tack your wire mesh to, there are runners underneath to hold an inspection board

i remember you saying you liked beefy floors and these images are nice examples of it ..

now I must get round to getting some mesh ... tho I guess if I am going to replace a paynes poly national floor maybe I could reuse that !

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

i remember you saying you liked beefy floors !

Built to last and take a hammering, unlike a lot of the copycat floors I've now seen on offer at stoopid prices that would probably collapse if subjected to anything but the gentlest treatment

 

[Millet]

Timed myself making 2 brood boxes from scratch today. 105 mins from planed cedar to finished boxes. Using my normal "handyman" rates it worked out at £19.52 per box.
I'm quite pleased at that as it's probably on par with using seconds from the big boys sales.

Cracking job.. well done Neil.. .. i like playing with wood myself and i might copy that simple but yet very effective method to make a few wood supers for spares..
Cheers
Steve.

 

[Newbeeneil]

Cracking job.. well done Neil.. .. i like playing with wood myself and i might copy that simple but yet very effective method to make a few wood supers for spares..
Cheers
Steve.

I rout a 4mm channel to hold the ends and get the end bars/handles profiled by a mate who has a joinery shop for the odd jar of honey.
I fix with a PU glue and stainless screws.
I use the same construction method for 5 frame nucs as well.
I love playing with cedar, in fact I knocked up a Asian hornet trap from cedar today, similar to the one in the latest BBKA mag.

 

[deemann1]

Thornes had cedar seconds supers in the Christmas sale for £13 IIRC.

Yes I bought 3 just to check them out for quality, missing 2 battons and a third was unusable, I didn't think 2nds would be such crap . I will never buy again I'll just have to continue making my own boxes....

 

[Millet]

Yes I bought 3 just to check them out for quality, missing 2 battons and a third was unusable, I didn't think 2nds would be such crap . I will never buy again I'll just have to continue making my own boxes....

I bought from them once..never again ..the problem that was fixed should not have happened..