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From: "Kent Stienburg" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Hobby Extractor
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:39:17 -0400
> Howard Kogan wrote:
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> >I am looking for a small hobby extractor.  


I don't think you said how many hives you have or how much honey you extract
in your area.  I only have 4 hives now.  They are currently going to produce
around 110-160 lbs each.  I have to agree with Bill.  When I first got into
the bees I used my grandfathers old hand crank  After the initial interest
wears off everyone seems to be busy the next year at the exact  time you
want to extract.  I have a good friend who welds so he made me up a
stainless drum and assembly for a 6 frame medium.  I then went to a shop
that sold used motors and bought a Bodine gear motor with a right angle
shaft.  Its RPM was 143 with a torque of 30 in/lb.  I then bought some
pulleys with a 2:1 ratio and a belt so I could have an extraction RPM of
close to 300.  By tightening or loosening the tension of the belt I could
control my speed.  It is fairly economical.  With an AC motor you will need
a clutch or pulleys as the AC motor will run the best at full RPM.  I have
since built one with a DC motor and drive.  Not because I felt I  had to,
just because I could.

Kent

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