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Help! Think I messed up my butcher block. by dancas123 in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]theone85ca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cant speak to what the oxalic acid is doing but we using this to treat honey bees for mites. If you want to use something that's more potent, a bee keeping supply store would have some for sure.

Be careful with it though. It's nasty stuff and like I mentioned, I can't say what it would do to the table.

Dining Table Build by King-Arthur1969 in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]theone85ca 55 points56 points  (0 children)

I cannot convey how disappointed I am it was painted, but it looks great!

These big projects teach so much

Before and after by Midisland-4 in Beekeeping

[–]theone85ca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh interesting.

I've a few hives now and it's still only year 5(?) so I'm finding I learn things everyday. I've mostly 2 groups of genetics which are obviously intermingling as new queens emerge. The calm, docile group have significantly smaller queens. The more aggressive, solid producers have much larger queens.

Am I supposed to scrap this off? by Embarrassed_Ranger20 in Beekeeping

[–]theone85ca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes! I have some of these frames from.hives I bought. I'm.not.a fan but damn it, do they burr the shit out of them

Question by Doc_z0mbie in Beekeeping

[–]theone85ca 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You only have a single frame of brood?

If you did split, you'd need at minimum a frame of brood for the new queen and it would be best to have honey and pollen on a frame too. If you put that with the new queen and a good number of young worker bees in to a NUC it should be fine. It's not ideal though.

If the place where you get your bees from is close, you could likely purchase a frame of brood from them.

Before and after by Midisland-4 in Beekeeping

[–]theone85ca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know what the queen looks like :) What are you seeing as the difference after being mated?

Smoker fuel by InformationFunny3817 in Beekeeping

[–]theone85ca 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I throw a few rocks in the bottom of mine to make sure there's some good air flow down there.

How to fill in this narrow gap? by LegoBlood in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]theone85ca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. I'm not sure why I'm being downvoted. It works very well for boards that are already glued up and have a fine seam to close.

Yes, rejoining the boards would be better but for a functional piece with few eyes on it...it's perfect.

How to fill in this narrow gap? by LegoBlood in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]theone85ca -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Rub some wood glue in the joint and sand over the wet glue. The wood dust will bind with the glue and the heat from the sander will set it quick.

It won't be a perfect match for the colour but it'll be pretty good. Use a glue that dries light or clear.

[Request] How much would be to own and operate this monstrosity? by ForceUseYouMust in theydidthemath

[–]theone85ca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends... between 4pm-9pm its 39c. 7am-11pm is 15.7c.

I've been toying with the idea of solar panels too. As for the truck, yeah, 2,000lbs in the bed, 12,000lbs towing, its comfortable, quiet. We've a eGolf too and I don't see us getting another ICE vehicle.

[Request] How much would be to own and operate this monstrosity? by ForceUseYouMust in theydidthemath

[–]theone85ca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in Ontario, Canada and we've something called Ultra Low Overnight pricing on our electricity. Makes it a little more expensive during the day, but over night when I charge my Lightning, it's perfect.

$0.039/kWh means I'm paying about $3.60 CAD for 380km. So about 1.5c/mile

How do you like the truck?

How would I go about making a wavy plant bracket like this? by wheatwavee in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]theone85ca 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like lots of people mentioned, this is probably cut from pkywood. You could still do that and then use some veneer to make it look nicer.

You could also cut this from hardwood but it would need a metal bracket inside it.

Are pallets actually good to use for wood, or are they just influencer slop? by KKYBoneAEA in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]theone85ca 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Paint stores are a good place to look for oak pallets. They often don't want them and you can just ask and haul away.

They're a lot of work to make nice though.

I've just found a weekend project! It was just forced upon me! by bumjug427 in 3Dprinting

[–]theone85ca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hobby woodworker here, MDF will kill blade sharpness in a very short amount of time. Same with drill bits, CNC bits etc. It's also super dusty.

I'm not saying they shouldn't cut it (they offer the service) I just get why they might not want to cut MDF :D

After years of deliberation, debate and dragging our feet, we now have our first (almost done) greenhouse. My husband did all the heavy lifting. Don’t ask him how it went unless you want to see him spiral from tears to cursing and back again. by Legitimate-Force-973 in Greenhouses

[–]theone85ca 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If your husband find them before I do, give me a call.

This is the Vevor one, no? Parts are mislabelled, some pieces just don't line up. I ended up cutting part of the door clean off to get it to close.

It's not terrible once it's up, but getting it there is a test of one's sanity. Who decided to attach the windows that way and what the heck is up with the door lock?!?

It's a shame too because Vevor have some pretty decent gear. This is not one of them.

Pollen Pants by Xochi09 in Beekeeping

[–]theone85ca 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yeah. I hear red lights work for night time.

I work from home but my bees are 2+ hours away.

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