My home made extractor!

[BeeGhost]

I'll try to get pics up tomorrow evening of the frame holder and seat in the bottom of the barrel. Ran out of time today because I actually got to hang out with my bees after work before I went to a mandatory pre-fair meeting for 4-H!!

[BeeGhost]

And thanks everyone for the praises, this bee keeping stuff is fun and keeps the mind young!!

[Ozarks Honey Company]

Very creative, Well done!

Coming from Maxant who makes honey processing equipment that is one heck of a compliment!

I couldn't agree more!!!

I just purchased a 12 frame radial and wish I had the creativity and talent to build such a fine piece of equipment. Very nice BeeGhost!

[BeeGhost]

Coming from Maxant who makes honey processing equipment that is one heck of a compliment!

I couldn't agree more!!!

I just purchased a 12 frame radial and wish I had the creativity and talent to build such a fine piece of equipment. Very nice BeeGhost!

Thanks OHC!! And yes, it was a very nice compliment from MAXANT, and if I ever decide to go pro, I will be buying nothing but a MAXANT!!

Infact my mother was going to buy me a Maxant extractor for a fathers day/birthday combo present, but I told her to hold off until next year, after I see how the honey sales are going to go after this season!! If things go good, i'll be expanding the apiary and running two extractors next year!!LOL

[BeeGhost]

Here is where the spinner attaches to the bottom. It is a bearing that I picked up at Orchard Supply, got home and boiled it in a pot of hot water to remove any grease. After rinsing and repeating a few times until it didnt have any sort of grease residue I camcoated it as well. The wood holding it is a piece of pine which is camcoated as well and the bolts holding it in are SS.


I did the same to the top of the spinner frame. Heck, even the 2x4 is camcoated!! Oh ya, after loading the extractor I have two pieces of lexan to help keep the honey from splattering everywhere out of the tub. The top of the frame is a bolt welded to the tubing then extends through the 2x4/bearing and the treadmill pulley is bolted to it. The bottom pin goes through the bottom bearing and into a camcoated metal "cup". I dont remember what it is called, but I think it pushes onto bolts as a cap or something.