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Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« on: August 03, 2014, 08:59:39 pm »
Been waiting to get this since Christmas. Only thing I will be buying from bee supply place now will be frames and foundation.

Perry, get ready to start talking building specs come winter  :)



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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2014, 09:15:07 pm »
Sweet!
You will not regret getting that saw. It is what I have and use. I chose it because two of my contractor friends each has one. They are really picky about what the buy. I especially like the fence being on a rack like that, not having to check with a tape measure to see if the measurement is on, or the fence is square. A really nice saw that will do what you want.
Good for you.  :yes:
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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2014, 09:39:09 pm »
Yea, I have seen yours. I also bought because of the rip fence adjustment knob.

I have a question about you inner covers. How do you cut the ends on the short boards. The 1 1/4 inch cut. Do you stand the board on end and run over table saw blade?
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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2014, 09:42:39 pm »
Yes. I use dado blades, and stand the boards on end and run them through. One pass does the trick.
Same thing making the rabbets on all those boxes you're gonna build! Once you're set up it's just a matter of running them through. Sky's the limit.
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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2014, 04:41:05 pm »
So you  say your lumber from sawmill. Is it rough cut and do you do anything else to it once you get it?
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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2014, 07:40:42 pm »
I get my lumber from a local mill, 7 minutes away. I actually have one of my beeyards across the street in a abandoned orchard.
I get my pine dressed (planed) to 7/8" x 9 3/4" at 50 cents a foot (deeps). I have to buy 7/8" x 8" dressed, and rip it down to 6 3/4" for the mediums, and I pay somewhere around 42 cents a foot for that. There may be a tiny bit of rough sawn on one side, but I just face that to the inside if there is. There are some big ugly knots here and there, but when I am marking them out I work those into my offcuts for the most part. Very little waste.
Titebond III and screws, cut hand holds, one coat of primer and 2 coats of paint, done. I have also been selling these assembled and primed, along with bottom boards, inner covers and telescoping covers. The last picture is the ones I made last year before I started using the molding head cutter for the nicer hand holds.


















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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2014, 11:23:53 pm »
Man, That saw is the bomb. I may have just got my money back in one night.

Spent about 95 bucks on lumber today and probably made close to 450 dollars worth of wooden ware.

Bee supply prices.
7 deeps- 18.00 each
12 inner covers- 11.00 each
10 solid bottom boards- 20.00 each

This is what I cut out tonight for 95 bucks.
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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2014, 11:39:41 pm »
Nice saw and nice work. It doesn't take long to cut out a bunch of hive parts.
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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2014, 02:49:52 am »
Yeah Buddy! Your in business now!
   I have enough equipment for 50 hives. Cost me about 2 grand for everything. Commercial price would have been over 12 grand.  You can buy a LOT of woodworking equipment for 12 grand!!

   Being the cheap bugger I am.. I dont use the dado blade.. I do as you said, stand the board on end, make the 3/8 width x 3/4" deep cut. Flip it over and make another 3/4" deep cut..   Run all the end boards I intend to assemble..   Raise the blade to 5/8 and stand the board on end to make the frame rest cut. Move the fence and adjust the blade to do the 3/4 width and 3/8 deep cut with the boards laying flat. Adjust fence to 5/8 and run the frame rest cut.  Slower than using a dado by far, but have you priced a good dado blade set lately? 
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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2014, 08:25:16 am »
Also found out last night. the strip I cut off of the 1x12's to make the deeps 9 5/8, That strip can be used to make the inner cover frame.

So a sheet of 1/4 plywood for 18 bucks make 12 inner covers. Thats a tad over 1.00 each for inner covers.
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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2014, 05:24:18 pm »
How does this look Perry,







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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2014, 05:28:08 pm »
Quote from: Yankee11 on August 05, 2014, 08:25:16 am
Also found out last night. the strip I cut off of the 1x12's to make the deeps 9 5/8, That strip can be used to make the inner cover frame.

So a sheet of 1/4 plywood for 18 bucks make 12 inner covers. Thats a tad over 1.00 each for inner covers.

Check how you're laying out your cuts on that plywood Yankee11. I was probably doing it the same way as you, and one of my carpenter friends said "cut them this way", and I got 15!  :D
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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2014, 05:29:41 pm »
Quote from: Yankee11 on August 05, 2014, 05:24:18 pm
How does this look Perry,








Inner covers sell up here for about $13!  Well done Yankee11.  :goodone:
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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2014, 06:09:51 pm »
wow,

can you get 3 wide by rotating the cut? or was it a combination?
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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2014, 08:19:40 pm »
Quote from: Yankee11 on August 05, 2014, 06:09:51 pm
wow,

can you get 3 wide by rotating the cut? or was it a combination?

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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #15 on: August 06, 2014, 10:50:07 am »
Nicely done!
  I'll have to look into figuring out that layout too!
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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #16 on: August 06, 2014, 05:05:39 pm »
Perry has the details at the end of this forum with the measurments, pictures and all.

The accuracy of this Dewalt saw is something.

Think I'll  make some toothpicks tonight. :D
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Re: Ok Perry, pulled the trigger.
« Reply #17 on: August 06, 2014, 05:24:05 pm »
Just turn your pieces end ways on the plywood.
Make 2 cuts 15 1/8" wide, ripping your plywood into 3 lengths. You 3rd piece will need to be trimmed a hair.
Then just cut your pieces off at 18/58".
The old way I did it, I ended up with 12 pieces from a sheet of plywood, now I can get 15.
I just did 2 sheets (30 pieces) and got lucky my bud showed up and stopped me at the last minute.
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