Would you buy them?

[MGBee]

TBH Folks:

This is my first year with TB hives and I will admit I am hooked after only 2 weeks.

My company is a furniture manufacturer here in NC and we run current CNC technology for all of our wood parts. CNC routers, saws etc.

I hand ripped my 32mm top bars from 4/4 red oak this year. Next year I plan on running them on a moulder. I'll run in 6' or 8' lengths, one pass and they're done. If you would be interested in buying some of these (4/4 oak), I'll price them and we will go from there. Sure took me a long time to hand rip and bevel 120 bars this year.

I am also going to set up a program on the CNC to build hive parts -- sides, bottom, back, and front. Dovetail construction, all from shop scrap, 3/4" or 1" plywood.

If we could arrive at a common size, I think they would be pretty cheap.

Are you interested?

Regards,
Miles

[chemistbert]

Sweet. I'd be interested if the price was right. Oh and they were 19" long.

[KSbee]

I'd be interested as well. Will your CNC machine accept AutoCad files to work from? You may contact me by e-mail to discuss further (mlaipple@yahoo.com). Thanks

[Jim Fischer]

If SLO-SYN CNC language is still used, I can
help out with programming, but I expect that
SLO-SYN went the way of paper punched tape
CNC "programs".

[MGBee]

Chemistbert:

I would run the bars in 5'or 6' lengths (ship UPS that way) you cut to the length desired.

KSbee:
I'll contact you to discuss.

Doesn't seem to be much interest yet, as top bar guys are like me -- very cheap-- and wanting to experiment with hive and bar design. That said , I'll still run my own bars and hive parts this year and post a price for those interested.

Regards
Miles

[Butterchurn]

I'm interested!

Ron

[onebigchaos]

i am interested how much do you charge?

[Rob-bee]

I am too..

[LET]

Me too!

[MIKI]

I think most of the fun is building them myself.

[Wayne Miles]

I am interested. Contact me please or post here.
I can drive to Kernersville or meet you at the NC State meeting in Clemmons.

I am new to this BB, have been a beekeeper for 1 year and wish I had known of TBH's before I started.

[Beesplease]

I'm interested. What hive dimensions did you use this year?