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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: hardwood on May 10, 2012, 09:12:45 pm

Title: Frame jig
Post by: hardwood on May 10, 2012, 09:12:45 pm

I've had several people ask me how we go about assembling our frames. Here ya go!

Frame jig.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULR8F5TBcqQ#ws)

When I get on a roll I can assemble 32 frames every 10-12 min.

Scott

Title: Re: Frame jig
Post by: AllenF on May 10, 2012, 09:40:39 pm

Good video Scott.   Thanks for posting.

Title: Re: Frame jig
Post by: tefer2 on May 10, 2012, 11:21:00 pm

I'm liking the bungee's Scott. Gonna have to make me one!

Title: Re: Frame jig
Post by: JP on May 11, 2012, 05:53:49 pm

Nice job on the video Scott.


...JP

Title: Re: Frame jig
Post by: jaseemtp on May 12, 2012, 12:23:55 am

Thanks for the video.  I will have to make one of those now.

Title: Re: Frame jig
Post by: mulesii on May 12, 2012, 11:00:58 am

Thanks for the video Scott.  I made one with the removable cross pieces.  Wish I had seen your video before I made mine.  I am going to scrap the one I made and make one like you show.  It looks like it is a lot easier to use.

Title: Re: Frame jig
Post by: Joe D on May 12, 2012, 03:40:09 pm

Thanks for the video, Scott.  Should make the job quicker and easier.

Joe

Title: Re: Frame jig
Post by: JP on May 12, 2012, 08:20:34 pm

Hey Scott, meant to ask you where you get your frames from?


...JP

Title: Re: Frame jig
Post by: hardwood on May 12, 2012, 10:59:30 pm

Those were from Dadant JP. I had to run fetch them quick before we left for Bud's because the flow really turned on when the saw palmetto and gallberry decided to bloom at the same time this year. I would have preferred to buy assembled frames at the time but none were available.

I normally buy unassembled wedge tops for foudationless and turn the wedge down but not only were they nowhere to be found but I wanted to draw out the foundation for the next round of splits for nuc sales.

Scott

Title: Re: Frame jig
Post by: BeeMaster2 on May 13, 2012, 12:56:43 am

Nice video Scott.
I like your way better than mine. I just use a super that has 2 3/16" by 1/2" by 18 7/8" shims stapled on the 2 end sides to hold the frames square while they are drying. I build 10 frames at once free hand and slide them in the modified super. To do this, I stack the 10 frame ends together, use a brush and a baby jar of glue to apply glue to the long grain then put them together, staple the bottom, slide them in the modified super and staple the  top. when you are done building the frames you can pull the shims out of the super with your fingers and use the supers. It worked pretty well for a 100 frames or so.
I am running out of frames so now I will have to build that gig.
Thanks for the video.
Jim

Title: Re: Frame jig
Post by: JP on May 13, 2012, 01:31:49 am

Been using Rossman frames but boy are they a tight fit! Might have trouble doing an assembly line of them on a jig like that. Just may have to try some other frames & make a jig. Been meaning to, just never got around to it. Put my headphones on & turn on Pandora & just gut them out one at a time. Not nearly as fast as what you can do with a jig but I just might have to change that.


...JP