Try to find some vinyl upholstery material. Scraps from a shop or get some off old chairs. This works well on smoker bellows. If you put an air intake hole in the bellow board above your exit hole it will take in more air and not pull as much air from the fire pot hole. You must glue or screw a piece of vinyl over the inside of the hole. Attach it to the can only on the top so it can open when the air is going in, and close when the is compressed. This is a flapper valve. Good luck with your projects.
From South Africa south coast kzn Port Edward and have started with bees in my garden. I only work with them at night as they are a wild bunch like yours. You are ok and will make it in life.
Great job, thanks for sharing. Excellent fuel for the smoke: 1st pine needles to get things going, then 2nd some of the very fine pine twigs, then last pine cone(will last quite a while).
Well done boy , I have found best smoker fuel is dry pine needles, if you can't find them bits of an old hessian sack. Don't smell as good as pine needles but last a long time.. best luck.
Hi 👋 from Louisiana in the United States 🇺🇸 new sub here just intrigued by your channel it’s very interesting and informative keep giving us knowledge and demonstration videos to learn and grow thanks 👍😎
Awesome instructions for setting up bee smoker. Thank you for your sub after visiting my channel, I've returned the kindness and subbed to your channel.
Good job. I have a few suggestions that might help - if you don't mind. If you can find an inner tube for a car tire that might be a more durable bellow than the visqueen. One reason you might have a hard time lighting your smoker is because all the fuel goes all the way to the bottom of the main can. Putting a tuna can inside the main can will hold the fuel up higher off the bottom and allow air to flow under the fuel. Of course it'll be necessary to punch a lot of holes in the tuna can bottom and to cut a hole so the bellow will blow air through both cans. A piece of metal mesh might also help fire from entering the bellow. When my smoker is hard to light it's usually because I get in a hurry. When that happens I just start all over and put a little fuel in and make sure that makes a flame. After the flame is going good enough I gradually add a lot more fuel on top of the flame which slows the air flow and increases the amount of smoke. For me Pine needles burn up way faster than I want. Dry oak leaves works pretty good when I crush them into small pieces and the leaves last pretty long. Most recently I'm using dried hay and that works OK too. Some people make a camera holder with a gallon jug almost full of sand - dirt - gravel. Good luck.
@@ecuadorhomestead6245 You're welcome. No problem about the long delay replying. I have the same problem on my channel sometimes. I was looking for homemade smoker ideas when I found your channel. Thanks for your demonstration. If I make a DIY smoker and a video about it I'll remember to credit you for your design ideas. That is if I can remember your channel name. My memory ain't what it once was. ((-:
Thanks so much and I just subbed to you! Also, I am trying to build my chatting list here on UA-cam to keep in contacted with the community and I would like to add you to my chatting list. You my have not heard of the feature because UA-cam just came out with it and I am trying to use this new feature to keep in contacted with the community. If you would like to be added to my chatting list just ask me for a link.
If you want to build it that's totally ok. I would be really grateful for a shout-out. Also I am doing an update on my bees soon and will mention you in it. Thanks for checking out my channel!
Looks great man, I like that you're working with what you have to make something you need, that's a good thing. Keep it up man!
Thank you, I am planning to make another one and make the Bello out of lether.
Try to find some vinyl upholstery material. Scraps from a shop or get some off old chairs. This works well on smoker bellows. If you put an air intake hole in the bellow board above your exit hole it will take in more air and not pull as much air from the fire pot hole. You must glue or screw a piece of vinyl over the inside of the hole. Attach it to the can only on the top so it can open when the air is going in, and close when the is compressed. This is a flapper valve. Good luck with your projects.
Thank you so much for the advice.
Brother that is good job done with localy available materials
Your an incredibly innovative young man. Keep up the awesome work! You remind me of myself when i was your age.
Well that's pretty darn cool man! Who the heck are the 23 idiots hitting that hate button?????
From South Africa south coast kzn Port Edward and have started with bees in my garden. I only work with them at night as they are a wild bunch like yours. You are ok and will make it in life.
You are very creative.
Great job, thanks for sharing. Excellent fuel for the smoke: 1st pine needles to get things going, then 2nd some of the very fine pine twigs, then last pine cone(will last quite a while).
Great fuel to keep the smoker going!
New friends! Look forward to following along. Your garden grounds are beautiful. This is such a great walk through on building a bee smoker.
Awesome video man, that's very crafty and impressive.
Thanks so much!
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Great job building a smoker new subscriber here great channel
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Congrats on reaching 1K . You are very nice to show how appreciative you are.
Blessing and keep on producing your good works.
very handy tool to have! Can't wait to have our own bees someday. Hope you all are staying safe and healthy :-)
Great video... I'm adding bees this year hopefully.... Definitely making my own
Thankyou for making this video. It gave me the courage to continue. I now have bees in my home made hive and home made equipment.
You're welcome! I am glad that it helped. I hope you have a good day!
Great video and looks like the perfect solution for a bellows. Great job.
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Great upload. New friend here 836.
Very nice 👍
Cool. I really enjoyed watching this. Keep going and stay safe 😍
Well done boy , I have found best smoker fuel is dry pine needles, if you can't find them bits of an old hessian sack. Don't smell as good as pine needles but last a long time.. best luck.
Hi 👋 from Louisiana in the United States 🇺🇸 new sub here just intrigued by your channel it’s very interesting and informative keep giving us knowledge and demonstration videos to learn and grow thanks 👍😎
Really nice job! Enjoyed watching!
Thanks for sharing! I just subscribed.
Great build!!! Loving the channel!!!
Awesome instructions for setting up bee smoker. Thank you for your sub after visiting my channel, I've returned the kindness and subbed to your channel.
Thanks for checking out my channel, I will be watching your channel!
truly impressed, a man your age doing this..your parents did well :-D
I like it. Than know s for showing how to make it. Susie.
Good job.
I have a few suggestions that might help - if you don't mind.
If you can find an inner tube for a car tire that might be a more durable bellow than the visqueen. One reason you might have a hard time lighting your smoker is because all the fuel goes all the way to the bottom of the main can. Putting a tuna can inside the main can will hold the fuel up higher off the bottom and allow air to flow under the fuel. Of course it'll be necessary to punch a lot of holes in the tuna can bottom and to cut a hole so the bellow will blow air through both cans. A piece of metal mesh might also help fire from entering the bellow.
When my smoker is hard to light it's usually because I get in a hurry. When that happens I just start all over and put a little fuel in and make sure that makes a flame. After the flame is going good enough I gradually add a lot more fuel on top of the flame which slows the air flow and increases the amount of smoke. For me Pine needles burn up way faster than I want. Dry oak leaves works pretty good when I crush them into small pieces and the leaves last pretty long. Most recently I'm using dried hay and that works OK too.
Some people make a camera holder with a gallon jug almost full of sand - dirt - gravel.
Good luck.
Thanks so much for the advice, it means a lot to me! I am sorry that I did not respond to your comment faster some how it got past the bell.
@@ecuadorhomestead6245 You're welcome.
No problem about the long delay replying. I have the same problem on my channel sometimes.
I was looking for homemade smoker ideas when I found your channel. Thanks for your demonstration. If I make a DIY smoker and a video about it I'll remember to credit you for your design ideas. That is if I can remember your channel name. My memory ain't what it once was. ((-:
southernexposure123 I would be very grateful if you decided to do that. I just subscribed to your channel. I hope you have a wonderful day!
@@ecuadorhomestead6245 You're welcome and thank you.
Thanks for the info!
You're welcome!
Great video!
you did a great job, just learn to set the phone on a base. You are very good at creating the smoker!!!
Thanks so much! Yes I should have set it up instead of holding it. Thanks and have a wonderful day!
Hi .good job making your bee smoker.
Thank you!
If you still have this or another homemade bee smoker can you demonstrate it in use?
Okay, I will see what I can do! Thanks for watching!
Hey. I love your channel. It's great. I left a like on the video.
Thanks so much and I just subbed to you! Also, I am trying to build my chatting list here on UA-cam to keep in contacted with the
community and I would like to add you to my chatting list. You my have not heard of the feature because UA-cam just came out with it and I am trying to use this new feature to keep in contacted with the community. If you would like to be added to my chatting list just ask me for a link.
Sure. That sounds great.
Okay, here is your link youtu.be/addme/3tO64gyUyFtb5HvP0IfcEIQQ8Y0OuQ
If you want to be added to my chatting list you will have to click the link and then click accept.
Great video. New member here. Saw you visited my channel. Appreciate it. Awesome channel.
Thanks for stopping by!
Awesome build. I may want to do this build on my channel if that's OK. If I do I will give you a shoutout.
If you want to build it that's totally ok. I would be really grateful for a shout-out. Also I am doing an update on my bees soon and will mention you in it. Thanks for checking out my channel!
@@ecuadorhomestead6245 Thanks. The shout out would be appreciated. I will start looking into a smoker build ASAP. Thanks again.
You did a terrific job. Do you have a post office box where we can send you something? Have you gotten any honey yet? Blessings...
Use a welding glove ..
I wish you success. Waiting for my channel for the best movies🍀💎
From which country u r dear
I am from the United States.
You’ve got 2 options: Amazon or 3rd world country.
It would probably be better to buy one. Making a bee smoker should be the last option if you can not do anything else.
Brother that is good job done with localy available materials