Hammer woodworking project "top bar hive" from The Felder Group

[Keith Outten]

https://youtu.be/gkExxg_lR-Q

Nature has always provided us with the exceptional material wood. In our latest Hammer DIY video project we want to give nature something back and build a top bar hive. See how easy woodworking can be on our most affordable Hammer machines. Happy woodworking!

Click Here (http://www.feldergroupusa.com/products/bienenwiege/?region=us-us) for more projects from Felder.

[Ron Brese]

Quite interesting,

Ron

[Jim Becker]

While I'm not a fan of top-bar hives, that's a great project video. That said, I don't like the methodology they used for preparing the lumber. Cutting to rough length first...absolutely. But no way would I be ripping to width before I flattened and thicknessed the material at the J/P. Not only is that safer, but it also cuts out the step of edge-jointing. That said, it was very interesting to see a short-stroke slider in action and I learned a few things that might be helpful even with my longer machine. The magnetic attached deflector at the riving knife for small parts particularly caught my eye.

[James Zhu]

The magnetic attached deflector at the riving knife for small parts particularly caught my eye.

That is the Aigner deflector. https://www.werkzeuge-fuchs.de/en/milling/safety-technics/aigner-deflector-to-deflect-short-workpieces

Aigner has more interesting stuffs for the shaper, https://www.werkzeuge-fuchs.de/en/aigner?mnf=20.

You can download Aigner catalogue to see the detailed description of their product.

[Jim Becker]

Yea, Aigner has a lot of really kewel stuff for many types of tools...not inexpensive, but quite elegant sometimes.

[Rod Sheridan]

While I'm not a fan of top-bar hives, that's a great project video. That said, I don't like the methodology they used for preparing the lumber. Cutting to rough length first...absolutely. But no way would I be ripping to width before I flattened and thicknessed the material at the J/P. Not only is that safer, but it also cuts out the step of edge-jointing. That said, it was very interesting to see a short-stroke slider in action and I learned a few things that might be helpful even with my longer machine. The magnetic attached deflector at the riving knife for small parts particularly caught my eye.


Jim, I always crosscut and rip the rough lumber a bit oversize, then joint and plane to dimension. It's how I was taught by a cabinetmaker.

Yes the deflector wedge is very handy, keeps those offcuts out of the back of the blade........Rod.

[Jim Becker]

Jim, I always crosscut and rip the rough lumber a bit oversize, then joint and plane to dimension. It's how I was taught by a cabinetmaker.

I do cross cut rough first because processing smaller/shorter pieces is better, but I don't like ripping anything until it's been flattened (at a minimum) but usually thicknessed, too. That way, my rips get done once instead of twice and the edge is "glue line ready" right off the slider. I never edge joint. It's personal preference, for sure, but that seemed like the best way when I thought through the steps.