--- On Thu, 3/4/10, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Anyone have a tried method to unwarp plastic frames?
Depends on the degree of warp but in some circumstances, they will unwarp themselves.
Example: I freeze drone frames. Straight from the freezer to the beeyard, they are still rock hard so I prop them in the sun to thaw while getting everything else ready. During those few minutes, they warp as much as an inch out of true. I slide them into the hive anyway. They're straight in a day or two.
On the other hand, the ones that I put in the solar wax melter warped far beyond repair. Luckily my community recycles that grade of plastic so I scrape and discard. If you are going to clamp and straighten frames outside the hive, I suggest raising the temperature (under glass in the sun or perhaps in an oven with the pilot light going) to speed and set the process.
Mike Rossander
www.rossander.org/infosec
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