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Tom Bick
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Not exactly conventional for TBH’s but going to give these frames a try in a couple of hives as it should reduce or even stop the brace comb to the side walls of the hive and they hate it when you have to cut through it.
Your ingenuity knows no bounds, Tom.
How's my small scale WBC coming along?
Don't let thornes see them unless you have a patent. JBM might be interested in a few
Not exactly conventional for TBH’s but going to give these frames a try in a couple of hives as it should reduce or even stop the brace comb to the side walls of the hive and they hate it when you have to cut through it.
Very nice ...if I had had your carpentry skills I would now be the owner of a Kenyan Top Bar Framed Hive ... but I couldn't handle the trigonometry or the woodwork skills ... so started my journey towards a Long Deep Hive !!
Hope they work for you ...
Surprisingly easy with a small table saw and I would say easier than regular frames. The assembly perhaps a bit fiddly without an air nailer.
Each to his own of course and best of luck with it. So I suppose its best described as a trapezoidal shaped non standard size hive with non standard trapezoidal shaped frames, which can not by definition be a TBH. Sorry, but for me this deviates completely away from the KISS principle for which TBH’s are best known for. It just seems to me you will get the worst of both worlds and not the best. Looks nice though.
So you worked out the angle and then tilted your table saw to do the slots for the tops of the side bars to go in ? ... Clever ..
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Yes basically that's it but it's the block at the bottom that's the key you need to pin and glue that first. Once pushed into the top rail the angle holds the sides in place and they won't fall out without a bit of pressure but obviously a bit of glue and a few pins a final check to see everything is in line and job done
I suppose its best described as a trapezoidal shaped non standard size hive with non standard trapezoidal shaped frames, which can not by definition be a TBH.
For me this deviates completely away from the KISS principle for which TBH’s are best known for.
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