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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: FatherMichael on February 26, 2020, 09:21:42 pm

Title: Frame Jig
Post by: FatherMichael on February 26, 2020, 09:21:42 pm
Built a frame jig today, which made assembly of 20 deep frames a breeze.  Took longer to build the jig than to glue and nail the frames!  LOL
Title: Re: Frame Jig
Post by: Kwalt on February 26, 2020, 11:04:13 pm
They do make things easier. You?ll benefit from it for years.




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Title: Re: Frame Jig
Post by: Ben Framed on February 26, 2020, 11:23:32 pm
Yes they do make it much easier. I have a 10 frame jig. I would like to update to a 20 framer also. Did you make this from scratch or did you find the plans somewhere?
Thanks,
Phillip Hall
Title: Re: Frame Jig
Post by: BeeMaster2 on February 27, 2020, 08:21:52 am
That will definitely help in the future, Father.
I have just use an empty medium box with a piece of plywood under the inside of it to raise the frames up. Now I just use a short box. I also add 2 3/8 wood strips on the 2 short sides to force the frames to stay straight. It only does 10 frames at a time.
I bet I have made 3 to 4000 frames with them maybe more.
Jim Altmiller
Title: Re: Frame Jig
Post by: FatherMichael on February 27, 2020, 11:18:47 am
Yes they do make it much easier. I have a 10 frame jig. I would like to update to a 20 framer also. Did you make this from scratch or did you find the plans somewhere?
Thanks,
Phillip Hall
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Made it from scratch, using a 1x6.