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« Reply #60 on: March 24, 2015, 07:51:19 am »
Great instructions, Scott!  I've read over this a few times and have checked out the more thorough explanation on your site.  I'll be taking advantage of your method, hopefully, this week!  I even ordered (below) to help!  Should arrive in the next day, or so... I hope!  As an added bonus... I got it for 55.3% OFF the original price!!!  I wanted one for a couple of other projects... but it's the bees that pushed me to finally buy one.

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« Reply #61 on: March 24, 2015, 04:49:45 pm »
Ooooooo shiney!!!
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Re: FRAMES
« Reply #62 on: March 26, 2015, 12:32:37 pm »
Scott,

I'm nearly done with my first round of 49.  I bought 2 2x8x10s.  Cut one to all 19" pieces, then cut one 19" piece off the second.  The remainder of the second to all 9 1/8" for deep.  This is my first stab at this, so I expect it will take a little longer... But I'm curious as to how long, either per frame or per ~50.  I'm thinking that by time I'm done, it will average about 3.6 minutes/frame.  But I'm not entirely sure, yet.
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Re: FRAMES
« Reply #63 on: March 31, 2015, 07:54:12 am »
I've never timed it, but am making more this weekend... I'll let you know.
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Re: FRAMES
« Reply #64 on: April 02, 2015, 02:18:33 am »

  I have never timed myself. It is not the time I spend on the work that matters, it is the money I save by not buying frames at two dollars each, or  more.   I try to do them 100 at a time and would guess it takes me about ten hours to do 100 of them with foundation installed. I could of course speed that up considerably if I didnt answer my phone, and no one came by to have a beer, and if I worked harder at it...
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Re: FRAMES
« Reply #65 on: April 02, 2015, 07:12:50 am »
Quote from: LazyBkpr on April 02, 2015, 02:18:33 am

  I have never timed myself. It is not the time I spend on the work that matters, it is the money I save by not buying frames at two dollars each, or  more.   I try to do them 100 at a time and would guess it takes me about ten hours to do 100 of them with foundation installed. I could of course speed that up considerably if I didnt answer my phone, and no one came by to have a beer, and if I worked harder at it...

 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: But then it wouldn't be as much fun either.
While it does hamper production, I always welcome most of the interruptions. It can be mind numbing work at times.
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« Reply #66 on: April 02, 2015, 09:17:25 pm »
Well... I'm still waitin for my new router table to arrive (should be next week), but one of my orders came in!  This was another great deal... I had about $6 in rewards points with Sears so I only paid $16 for the two!



This will help make life a little easier. I also think I'll end up using the band saw to cut the sides.  That way there's virtually no waste. We shall see how it goes!
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« Reply #67 on: April 05, 2015, 11:32:50 pm »
Well, had a change of plans... After making an attempt to use the band saw to cut the sides and having a bit too much inconsistency, I decided to rip them on the table saw.  I only have a 1/4" band on the band saw, maybe if I had a 1/2" band?  The 1/4" seemed to wander a bit.

I would like to thank you for your instructions again, though!  My first round of 40 is done.  They are clearly my first stab at it and some flaws exist... But they'll work perfectly fine.  Thank you very much for such clear directions to follow!
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Re: FRAMES
« Reply #68 on: April 06, 2015, 09:46:28 pm »
unless your going to sell them, all you need is functional!
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Re: FRAMES
« Reply #69 on: April 09, 2015, 01:12:25 pm »
What he said...  My bees never complained with mine.
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