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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: duck on September 22, 2012, 12:00:12 am
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Im about to start my building again as I have queens and need nucs for them now. Sooo, I got to tweaking on the dimensions for the D.Coates style box. I can build 6 nucs from one sheet of plywood. I build the lids out of 1" x 3/4" strips that are scrap from my bottom board builds. I also use a luan type material for the lids. Anyway, here is the layout in google sketchup on the 4x8 sheet. enjoy
http://bigthicketbees.com/?page_id=434 (http://bigthicketbees.com/?page_id=434)
oh yeah cut your entrances on the bottom edge of the front panels of course hehe, and Im using 1/2" blondewood from lowes.. I like a nicer sanded finish on em. Its 29.80 a sheet soo it comes out to 5.00 a nuc box minus the lids.
Edit: I guess this should have been in that sticky above didnt see that.
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Luan doesn't last long in our weather up here. I looked for a photo on my computer of the mess it created here, but I couldn't find it. Problem is the stuff delaminates something awful. I used the stuff for some of my hive/nuc entrance tunnels. I made them 9mm wide to start with and before long the dang luan started to delaminate and closed the things down to 5mm, and less. A good queen/drone excluder/includer!
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yeah I used luan at first, then the lumber yard switched to a different material it is from a hardwoord and they are calling it hardwood utility panel. I still call it luan even though it isnt. I have been having good luck with it so far. of course I cover everything in metal.
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Thanks for the layout measurments duck!! Gonna build some nucs next weekend in preparation for spring splits!!
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ripping the sheet longways for the first three cuts is the easy part! Its the others that are tricky.. a table saw can get away from you if not careful, i speak from experience!