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Honey warmer cabinet
« on: November 17, 2014, 07:54:42 pm »
Last week I decided to make a honey warmer cabinet.  The cabinet came from the Subaru plant here in town.  We demo an area so I was able to bring home a robot control cabinet.  Bought a water heater thermostat and styrofoam.  Rest I had laying around.  Top shelf can be removed if I wanted to warm up a 5 gal. bucket.  Thermostat is set at 110.  In a couple days my crystallized honey was liquid.








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Re: Honey warmer cabinet
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2014, 08:09:46 pm »
Wow!
Very nice, professional, and clean looking. It almost looks purpose built! :goodjob:
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Re: Honey warmer cabinet
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2014, 08:53:41 pm »
Thanks Perry!  Wish I could get the pics turned! 
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Re: Honey warmer cabinet
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2014, 10:04:55 pm »
Ask riverbee. She can turn them for you.
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Re: Honey warmer cabinet
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2014, 12:27:41 am »
fixed pix crazy......

btw, VERY, VERY COOL!  err....wait....very, very WARM.......... :D

i like it crazy! 
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Re: Honey warmer cabinet
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2014, 07:20:20 am »
I'm going to see about converting a stand up freezer or something like that as well, for doing the buckets. The cabinet I have set up for the supers is way bigger than neccessary, and is not very efficient when it comes to heating a few pails.
That looks too nice not to try and copy Crazy!  :-[
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Re: Honey warmer cabinet
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2014, 09:42:52 am »
I agree...  I'm betting finding a stand up freezer wouldnt be that difficult.. or, at least I know of several that have been junked.. now that I WANT one I am thinking there will be none found...
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Re: Honey warmer cabinet
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2014, 10:47:01 am »
scott, for you? if you drive 250 miles on ice and snow covered roads with a big trailer, ya might find one......... :D
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Re: Honey warmer cabinet
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2014, 06:25:55 pm »
Thanks Riverbee!  I was quite surprised that a 100w  C:-) bulb could do the trick.  I think it took 3 days to completely melt all the honey.  Probably because I kept opening it up to make sure everything was going ok.  I have a few fans that are compact I thought about mounting one inside but this box isnt big enough that it was needed.   
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Re: Honey warmer cabinet
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2014, 01:26:58 am »
put me down for one as well :)
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Re: Honey warmer cabinet
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2014, 08:15:30 pm »
Quote from: riverbee on November 18, 2014, 10:47:01 am
scott, for you? if you drive 250 miles on ice and snow covered roads with a big trailer, ya might find one......... :D

   Be careful what you wish for!
   The only problem would be surviving the trip.. not because of the snow covered roads, but because the wife has a heart attack every time we hit a bump or someone puts on their brakes in front of us....    Youd swear she was a city driver from somewhere down south...   Its OK to go 85 mph bumper to bumper darting in and out of traffic, until you see a snowflake.. then you have to drive 15 mph.....
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Re: Honey warmer cabinet
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2014, 08:54:01 pm »
LOL scott!!!
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Re: Honey warmer cabinet
« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2014, 08:17:49 am »
nice looking cabinet.  I always like when something can be repurposed.

As far as finding a freezer to use.  I posted a wanted ad on Freecycle. I had a small chest freezer within the week.
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Re: Honey warmer cabinet
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2014, 03:26:28 pm »
Get building!
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