Tag Archives: jigs

Frames for my new boxes

I need to move some sheet materials because they’re in the way of work that must be completed, but the place I’d like to move them to is already occupied by some other sheets for lining the bee shed. I … Continue reading

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Box-making jig revisited

I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me before, but all I needed to get the frame rails at the correct height in the jig was to find two old top bars and cut off the section opposite the … Continue reading

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A bee box-making jig

As I had a number of brood boxes to make up, today I decided to make a jig that holds them square and aligns the frame rails at the correct height. Only when it came to making the parts for … Continue reading

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Memory Lane, 24th August 2022: It’s a jig, Jim, but not as we know it

Cut a man some wood and he’ll start IKEA, give a man a tablesaw and there’ll not be a tree in sight within six months. As the saying goes. Easy-peasy one this, but it makes life so simple. I must … Continue reading

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Memory Lane, 20th August 2022: Getting the angle right

Prior to setting out on further adventures with the table saw, I decided it would be useful to put something together that would allow be to assemble parts at 90° to each other. I started by gluing together some offcuts … Continue reading

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Memory Lane, 19th June 2022: My first ever box joint

I must post about my table saw at some point… Anyhow, I want to start making more of my own beekeeping kit — ideally as much as possible, and whilst box joints aren’t required they’re a neat way to join … Continue reading

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