[Bradley_Bee]

My great grandfather put these together aside from the newer one that I made. Thought folks might get a kick out of em. I used to be able to wire a frame in under a minute with those tables. I've still never seen anything like them on the market. The embedder worked great too as long as you didn't shock yourself.

 

[Vance G]

Neat stuff! Thanks for sharing. MY old POS one I made and used in the seventies is knocking around in my shop needing repair. Those were made much better and prettier than mine.

 

[EastSideBuzz]

That is how mine look. More portable then the table but same design. I have a couple of them. I have been using mostly pastic but, who knows if I get time this winter I might wire up frames again. They are a lot more work but, they bees seem to draw them out quicker.

 

[My-smokepole]

? What does the spool do at the ends. When wiring.

 

[Knisely]

My-smokepole, I think that you loop the frame wire around the spool before feeding it back through the next hole in the opposite direction. It keeps it from kinking as you're doing that initial 'loose' runthrough.

If you look at Beesource sponsor 'Steel Bees' frame wiring device, it has similar spools.

Bradley-Bee, are those just spools from thread (like from the sewing machine) or something else?

 

[Hogback Honey]

Those are so cool!

 

[crofter]

If you pull the wire off the roll with tension and it drags around the eyelets the wire tries to turn into kinky coils. The spools lessen this effect. I no longer pull off the spool as I thread the frame, but instead precut lengths (81" for deeps) My wife does the threading!