Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => Do-It-Yourself Plans and Prints => Topic started by: Zweefer on June 29, 2020, 01:11:44 am
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Perry has a great post on this here, (https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/index.php?topic=90.msg13853#msg13853l) but unfortunately the photos have disappeared, so here is my take, hopefully with working photos...
Materials needed:
1x6 6ft long.
1x8 at least 15-1/4 inch long
Table saw
Glue
nails or screws
Cut the 1x6 into 4 pieces, 1 @ 22", 3 @ 15-1/4" on a 6 ft board there will be very little waste.
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cut the 1x8 to 15-1/4 length. set aside with other 1x6 of same length.
Rip the 22" piece into 2 pieces that are 1-7/8" wide. The extra piece can be cut to 14-3/4 length and ripped down to 3/4". This will be the back part of the bottom board.
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Next dado a groove 3/4" wide 3/4 from the top (3/8" from the bottom) on each of the 22" pieces.
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This is where the 15-1/4" pieces will go, so it would be a good idea to dry fit them to make sure the dado is wide enough.
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Next, rabbit the long edges of the 15-1/4" stock - 2 pieces will have to be done on both sides. Make sure the rabbits are exactly 1/2 the width of the board so when they fit together, both ends are flush.
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3/8" should be 1/2 way - you may want to test this depth on the scrap left over from the 1x6 to make sure you have it right...
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once the rabbits have been cut, you are ready for assembly! lay out your pieces in the order you want them, then glue the groves and slide each 15-1/4 board into the 22" pieces.
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Nail or screw the bottom boards to the 22" pieces to keep them in place. Attach the now 14-3/4"x3/4" to an end to complete the assembly.
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Fancy! here is the lazy cheap way... https://www.outyard.net/bottom-board.html I just use ripped boards and plywood.. some over six years old and still going... We need to get together, I will bring the camera and do videos of you building the components.. provided you still have any of that fancy rum left?
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Several varieties- my friends hooked me up for my birthday, and I am working my way through them...
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NOT to sidetrack the thread.. but was gifted 15 year old Bumbu rum.... only rum I definitely like better than the Captain atm! I DO have to come visit... Postponed all the stuff my cousin and I wanted to do when we retired, and he went and died before we could fulfill those plans... Life only comes around once man!
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Indeed! Sorry to hear about your cousin... you are welcome here any time!