I got one a couple of weeks ago, I was willing to take a risk at $400. Don't throw away your scraper. I used a frame gripper to push and pull the frames in and out. It did a good job but I would check each frame, But this does away with the wax processing afterward. My wife has asthma and I don't want her to be near the smoke that the hot knife produces. She used to stage the cut frames and i would run the extractor. No need to stage anymore I just go direct from the uncapper. Putting a low frame a in few times while angling it differently is no big deal, still a lot faster. It fits the uncapping tank (plastic one from Mannlake) pretty well but will need to fasten it down better. I still run the scraper over the top and the low spots that don't get cut. I did about 10 medium boxes and I don't always wait until the frames are completely capped. Did some old dark ones and they cut pretty good.
I got one a couple of weeks ago, I was willing to take a risk at $400. Don't throw away your scraper. I used a frame gripper to push and pull the frames in and out. It did a good job but I would check each frame, But this does away with the wax processing afterward. My wife has asthma and I don't want her to be near the smoke that the hot knife produces. She used to stage the cut frames and i would run the extractor. No need to stage anymore I just go direct from the uncapper. Putting a low frame a in few times while angling it differently is no big deal, still a lot faster. It fits the uncapping tank (plastic one from Mannlake) pretty well but will need to fasten it down better. I still run the scraper over the top and the low spots that don't get cut. I did about 10 medium boxes and I don't always wait until the frames are completely capped. Did some old dark ones and they cut pretty good.
Jorge Larson yes it works well uncapping but you miss out on the wax. Instead it comes out in the extractor and clogs your honey screen.
Hello could you tell What shaft diameter? The thickness of the disc that cuts? And the length of the work piece?
How do you screw all those pipes into those tees with no unions? 🤔
William McNett tighten one end as much as you can and then loosen it to go into the other tee.
How much money is it
Heavenly Honey I think it was 400
How did the frames perform in the extractor? Did the honey spin out well, or were there issues with this style of opening the cells/uncapping?
Westernwilson running the extractor today and I’ll post a video.
Extracted well.
Nice!