John asks "What kind of separator are others using under a Cowan?  Mine
melts the wax and runs it out a pipe, the honey level is controlled and runs
out another pipe."

I use the Kelley Separator, and love it!  It is designed so that the honey
comes out cool, so can be added to your extracted honey, and makes a
beautiful yellow cake!

Unfortunately, it is relatively expensive.  In the current catalog it is
$125 for the melter and another $68 for the separator.  I use two
separators, but have found that one is all that is really needed.  Used
models are occasionally available on EBay, but go for almost as much as a
new model!

Under the Cowan uncapper, one really needs an uncapping tank to hold the
cappings and drain them (properly made, the tank's floor slopes away from
the uncapper) as well as a set of rails to hold the uncapped combs.  The set
of rails needs to hold at least enough frames to fill the extractor.  Thus
the number of frames to fill your extractor determines the length of the
uncapping tank.

I bought my uncapping tank from Maxant, but similar tanks are sold by
several dealers.  An uncapping tank is such a useful tool that they almost
never appear on EBay!


Lloyd
Lloyd Spear, Owner Ross Rounds, Inc.
Manufacturers of Ross Rounds Comb
Honey Equipment, Sundance Pollen Traps
and Custom Printer of Sundance Labels.

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