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little boxes made of ticky tacky
AdeV:
I think you keep your lunch cool in the front section, and melt wax with the heat you take out of your lunch in the back section.
I cannot imagine why, however...
BTW, those boxes are some seriously beautiful work. That Big Leaf Quilted Maple is really stunning, in a couple of those pictures it almost looks like it's got a pearl effect.
dsquire:
Troutsqueezer
Is this by any chance used for extracting honey? Just a wild guess. :lol: :lol:
Cheers :beer:
Don
Bluechip:
OK
Wild guess ... filtering beeswax ... for polish ... or on toast ...
BC
BTW, there's a poem/song about Birds-Eye Maple ... poke the MP3 button on ...
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/barnicle/stanley/words/three%20ha'pence%20a%20foot.htm
Not that it would make any sense at all for folk not from North West England ... :scratch:
Troutsqueezer:
AdeV, Thanks for the compliment! Wrong guess on the box though!
woodguy, you've been hanging around groundhogs way too much...
Don, close....you've hit on the right hobby but wrong application. I use a centrifugal honey extractor for that job. It's like a really big salad spinner.
Ding ding ding! sparky961 gets the prize! After I extract the honey from the bee hive frames, I scrape off the wax honey comb and put it in this box under the hot CA sun. It melts down into the pile of "groundhog poop". Then I melt it down further into blocks and such to eventually make candles, etc.
BC, you and I were typing at the same time. It does filter the wax to a degree, a lot of the pollen and bee parts don't slide down the metal ramp into the plastic bucket but I do filter the wax more at a later stage. And yep, I do use the beeswax on some of my boxes. :thumbup: Oh, for toast, I use the stuff right from the jar.
I thought I was going to get star thistle honey last year and made the labels to reflect that but it turned out to be dark honey, from another type of plant. Yumm....
raynerd:
I`ve never touched wood at all in terms of anything so intricate. I`ve made a set of stairs which I was quite proud but that is my limit. I must admit, I`ve always fancied making a hardwood box and this thread has really inspired me. You have a talent - I hope one day you find some time to post construction pictures! I`d be sure to have a go and try and follow them!! Have you got any construction pictures?
:bow: great work!
Chris
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