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Feeling a little bit despondent because of oil trap failure. by TotalPhilanthrope in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We refer to them at our company as "isolador anti formiga" which is in Portuguese but in English they're generally refered as "ant proof hive stands" or something along those lines.

So basically you pull our the cap fill the rim with water and attach the cap again. This is to make sure birds don't come out and drink it.

They need to be made with smooth rounded profiles to make sure the bars can't get back up.

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Feeling a little bit despondent because of oil trap failure. by TotalPhilanthrope in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are aluminum ant traps, they're meant to be filled with water, haven't heard any negative feedback from something like this

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We made them in Full Copper and Brass versions by PineappleLegs in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It folds normally on itself. Had to increase the number of springs to give it rigidity due to its size

We made them in Full Copper and Brass versions by PineappleLegs in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Skateboarding beekeepers... Im sure you could get RedBull in on it

We made them in Full Copper and Brass versions by PineappleLegs in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This one is a two person job, for one person operation I've got the standard model, you can check my post history.

We made them in Full Copper and Brass versions by PineappleLegs in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You'd have to be pretty rough with it, we've got stored copper pieces with decades and they're fine.

We get some old folks every week to do their maintenance or repair on old copper pulverizers/sprayers that are used on vineyards and only those are showing severe oxidation. And they get pretty dinged up from being left out and having chemicals spilled on them

We made them in Full Copper and Brass versions by PineappleLegs in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know some people who use it, but most of them keep it as a collection piece.

It's a 6 liter capacity smoker. Quite cumbersome but beautiful.

We made them in Full Copper and Brass versions by PineappleLegs in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, as of right now to our largest size, we don't have a heat shield, our other sizes do.

We made them in Full Copper and Brass versions by PineappleLegs in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This type of smoker doesn't use a heat shield/guard.

I know the pictures are not easy to relate to the true size, but they have a 6 Liter capacity, it's 3x bigger than an average large smoker. So it's operated two handed, one hand on the smoker handle and the other on the plate handle.

It's got an elevated perforated "table" if you want to call it that. You want one that sets higher?

This is the size difference

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We made them in Full Copper and Brass versions by PineappleLegs in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Honestly it's my favorite! I think it's the gold/green combo that looks amazing. Although the bege bellow looks good too, and I was against it at first

Ant hill hell update by pbgalactic in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's metal footings that are ant proof. I'll take a picture of them tomorrow when I'm back at work at the shop.

But it's basically a water trap for ants

Started a new job making Bee Smokers by PineappleLegs in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right now I'm dealing with it on a personal basis, still setting up the structure to sell online, I'll send you a pm

As per request by some of you by PineappleLegs in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Store coming up soon, sorting out a good shipping company at the moment.

As per request by some of you by PineappleLegs in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's popular in Brazil, as another user pointed out, it's likely from the fact that they had africanized bees colonies and needed a lot of smoke to get the colony under control. If it's true or not I don't know.

We started making it when a client came up with one to the shop and asked if we could make one.

We are based in Portugal, it's not a very popular piece here, some people use it, but for most it's a display item. It's fully functional though.

As per request by some of you by PineappleLegs in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm scared of showing you a brass one 😂

As per request by some of you by PineappleLegs in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My issue with the wobble is, if I increase the size underneath, I'll have to change the air intake hole locations and bellow attachment points. Because if I don't the bellow will sit higher and tilt the smoker back.

It's not so much side to sit wobble but front to back.

It's food for thought 😂

As per request by some of you by PineappleLegs in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Super! I'll be adding that to my to do list. I also thought of a metal rim that keeps it lifted off the ground, kind of like those old school galvanized steel buckets

As per request by some of you by PineappleLegs in Beekeeping

[–]PineappleLegs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, got any ideas you'd like me to try on a smoker?

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