Easy Beehive Handle Jig
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- Опубліковано 18 бер 2020
- Join me as we have fun building a jig to make the handle cut outs for our beehive boxes. This was a lot of fun. I hope you will enjoy it as well!!
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1 board 24"x2 1/4" (60.96cmX5.715cm)
2 boards 15"x2 1/4" (38.1cmX5.715cm)
1/4" (.635cm) Plywood piece 15"x20" (38.1cmX5.715cm)
Stips cut to fit the slots on your table saw
20 1/4" x 2 1/4" (51.435cmX5.715cm)
Dado setup: 3/8" (.95cm)
Dado protruding from the jig 1/2" (1.27cm)
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That looks perfect thanks for sharing
I've watched 5 different methods so far. This looks the best so far.
Your right not much out there on hand holds. You made that look ease. Thank You sir.
I just love how you made it very simple thanks for being a good teacher may God bless you and hold to his unchanging hands
Thanks for showing how to build these.
I made one very similar to your setup - Thank You - for sharing. I would recommend cutting out an opening around the Table Saw Insert on the base of the fixture. Remove the throat plate and the saw dust will fall into the base of the table saw instead of up all over you and the fixture. It works great on my table saw.. Make a removable insert for the long sides, and another removable insert for going between deeps and mediums.
I have tried a number of jigs to cut hand holds but none were satisfactory. I liked yours and build a modified version today. I don't want to assemble boxes first, so I left a space on either side to grab the top edges of the boards. It also helps getting shavings out of the box. Also I marked to add a different bottom stop for when I do mediums. And I used spacers to keep the short side centered. I practiced on some scrap and then went to work on my actual sides. The first was good but would need slight sanding. By number four they were smooth and looked great. I like the shape the dado head makes. Thanks again for sharing.
Awesome I’m glad it helped
nicely done one that jig!
That is a nice jig set up indeed brother. Thanks for sharing.
Good job on the video! Thanks for sharing the jig 17:51
You bet
awesome thanks for sharing
I like it. Thanks.
That's really smart!
This is such a cool jig. You should remake this video with sound.
Weird It has sound when I play it.
Hi good video.thanks for sharing .🐝safe and keep your smoker lit!!
Konrad
Very good video,
Thanks for the great video.. I figured out how to make one for my table saw- and it works real good... But you have a LOT less sawdust flying around than I do-
Mine for some reason gets stuck in the bottom of the saw. No matter how much I clean it. Glad it was successful for you! 😁
Do you have a more specific set of directions for this jig. How far from the blade was your fence etc. How would you set up the jig for 8 frame mediums?
Sharee Godley I only used my fence to clamp to. If I remember tonight I’ll take a measurement. I’ll put it in my phone. This jig was only for the long sides. I never seem to want to grab the short sides. So if you are using deeps you wouldn’t need to change anything for the long side. If you are wanting to do the short side just make a adapter piece to fit in the jig to the size of the narrow portion of the box. Then add your half moon to that piece. May have to lengthen the hole up so you can get center but that’s no biggy.
How wide was your dado blade? Also the curved pieces what were the dimensions before you cut the curve? Thanks.
looks like the same belt sander as mine, which has a 3" diameter drum...so those look to be 1.5" radii.
I'm new to bees, building my first box....I'm just wondering why everyone goes through the effort of making these negative (recessed) handles? They seem tricky to make, hard on the saw, dont give great purchase and make a thin spot in your hive wall.....what am I missing?
ps..and alternate way(easier?) to make the radii would be to just just a hole saw & chop it into quarters afterwards.
They aren't hard to make when you have a jig made and go slow. I haven't had any issues with the saw when using this. Also they are great for picking up the boxes. I like them on all sides. It is just a faster way to do this and with a lot of time saved. It doesn't create a weak point. I've never had any box issue there.
@@GDHoneyAcresandCraftWork you not having issues, doesn't mean you haven't made a weak point, you absolutely have. I
Same goes for the wear on your saw, its just not made to handle not radial loads.
All to get 3/8"-1/2" of grip area? No thanks.
Appreciate you answering, but I put real handles on mine, no reason not too.
@@mtraven23 where I live handles would get in the way of overwintering the beehives. Hence the normal handles on the Langstroth boxes. I’ve used the same boxes for years. Still doing great with no issues
@@mtraven23 also what handles did you end up going with. Others reading this may want to know because they want to go that route. Let’s give everyone the different ideas so people can choose what works best for them. For me climate reasons handles are out because of overwintering needa
@@GDHoneyAcresandCraftWork sure, and I didn't mean to be overly critical.
I'm not a keeper, so I dont need to worry about boxes stacking neatly. I did read a lot about problems people having problems with rot on external handles, steaming from the horizontal surface. So I made up some hickory dowels / nobs. 2 per side, ~1.25" in diameter, spread about 3" apart. This forms a nice handle & doesn't have any surfaces for water to sit since everything is round. The dowels were pressed & glued into holes drilled in the boxes & everything was stained & sealed. I'm pleased with them. Now I just gotta find some bees!😁
What happened to the sound? CC works, and I can see what you're doing. So still a good video, just odd that I can't here you.
What is wrong with the audio? I can't understand a word. I like the jig and I appreciate your idea. It looks pretty safe and strait forward.
Not sure what’s wrong on your end but I can hear it just fine on multiple devices. Also I didn’t have sound equipment back then. I’m in a metal shop so there was a little echo.
Audio and video were fine on my end too - I think the problem is in your set up
Thank you. I make hives and sell them on a small scale. I make handles with a different kind of jig which does not put the half moon on the bottom. I might try this for the future. The only thing I don't like about it is have to move the jig and make multiple cuts. I am using a cabinet saw with an 8 inch dado stack and I wonder if I could get by with just one cut. It would be ideal for me then. Check out my Facebook page Athena Timber Products or my Google Business web page under the same name if your interested in seeing some of what I do.
I’m the only reason I move it some is my saw can only do up to a 3/8 dado and I want a large area to grab. If I just stuck with the one spot my fingers still all fit. I just want a larger purchase to grab. It goes pretty quick. Especially when you clamp it and then do multiple boxes
One drop cut and then the radius cuts, but the jig stays put.
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Music is too loud. You may want to remix this. Otherwise, great info.
Get the music out of the video