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Beekeeping => Do-It-Yourself Plans and Prints => Topic started by: Bakersdozen on July 07, 2020, 07:17:43 pm

Title: Base needed for an extractor
Post by: Bakersdozen on July 07, 2020, 07:17:43 pm

My new extractor arrived today.  It's a 4 frame electric model with 3 legs.  I would like to mount the extractor legs on some type of base to keep it from walking around.  As it is, the weight of the extractor is about all I can lift when empty.  So, something too heavy will be more than I can handle.  I also need to be able to take it through a doorway.  I was thinking of a sheet of plywood, cut to size, with locking wheels mounted on the bottom.  Any thoughts?

Title: Re: Base needed for an extractor
Post by: Zweefer on July 08, 2020, 03:25:49 pm

This is what I have on mine as well...
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200708/fe36d90d587c646cb3e637ea1bc9c977.jpg)
I don’t really have issues with it walking, but if I did I have the option to add weight to the plywood.  I don’t have wheels on mine, as a hand cart works just fine for the shop it lives in...


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