Diagnosis of my Spinfloat Chatter

[@kat2641]

At 12:05 that looks like an idea that only us farmers would invent 👍 sure beats turning a hand crank!! My heart melted when I seen that lol we are always re inventing to make our life easier. I love the idea!

[@ricksutton2902]

Well you are getting better at fixing things. It don't take you nowhere as long as it used to be. But you are still the king of getting stuck. LOL 😆 🤣 😂

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

LOL

[@toddknecht2106]

Awesome to watch the ingenuity that you incorporate into your business, it’s a must to help keep things running smoothly and help reduce maintenance cost!

[@barbaraturner2611]

Could try cooling the shaft in dry ice (or even a freezer), and putting the bearing in an old toaster oven for easy bearing install. A quick shot with a torch on the bearing to get it off. I am tickled at your shower rod fix! That's tricky! You're a hard worker, stay safe.

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Virgin Queens... No... Virgin Shafts... Yes... :) Nice temp fix! Yeah I've always been a fan of belts over chains.. that forgiveness can get you through a job sometimes. Thanks for the spinner explanation.. Very interesting design!

[@youn9567]

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[@mikehill9888]

Thank you for the video. Great to see progress.

[@btbrilz]

A little trick for getting bearings on a shaft. Wrap the bearing in a wet paper towel/cloth and stick it in the microwave. Wrapping it in a wet cloth will keep it from over heating and ruining the bearings heat treat because it will allow the bearing to get up to the boiling point of water but no hotter. Wrapping it in a wet cloth also protects your microwave by absorbing the microwaves into the water and not being reflected by the metal bearing. I learned that trick from ave.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

That is interesting

[@btbrilz]

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[@phillee2814]

Or wrap it in clingfilm then paper towel (to catch any damp that gets in), seal it in a ziplock, and dunk it in boiling water for a couple of minutes. Same temperature, and works for any size bearing whatever the size of the microwave you have. Metal in microwaves is generally not a good recommendation. For getting it into the housing, either a spell in the freezer, or if it is too big, there are refrigerant sprays you can use.

[@jeffsea6490]

Good video Ian 👍

[@georgeoverton3103]

Changed the drum bearings last winter get the torches out to cut off the top bearing and find a large press good luck

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Hmm looking forward to it ha ha

[@jonhatchcirclejfarms1628]

Pretty cool how everything works. Thanks for showing that. I wonder if the canola being so hard, wears the bearings out faster.

[@BucketListBees]

When replacing bearings mic the shaft. Never emery a shaft. High grade cleaner only. For ease of instillation a induction heater to pre heat the bearing itself. Not a bad investment when your repairing equipment. Saves a lot of time.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Ya I’m certain I caused too much play which allowed the bearing to spin

[@rsburruss]

Next time, put the shaft in the freezer for a day or two and warm the bearings just before installing. Slip on quickly before the temps even out. Should slip right on.

[@neilbush9873]

I wonder if you could do a vidio explaining how the speed of the honey exiting from the spinning drum is controlled ,obviously there must be a limit or the exit point would plug up with wax.

[@phillee2814]

Bearings are' consumables in any hostile environment, so spares on hand and quick'n'easy replacement are key. And most food production can be classed as hostile because of the limitations on acceptable oils or greases. Is stud & bearing fit compound allowable? If so, it is a good way to stop bearings spinning on the shaft or in the housing. Great stuff, as it sets like superglue but breaks down with the wave of a blowtorch. Of course, waving the blowtorch might be an issue with wax everywhere, so cleanup beforehand might be the biggest task. I may be showing my age, but I used to buy all my bearings from the factory shop at Hoffman's in Chelmsford, later absorbed int RHP (Ransome, Hoffman & Pollard) then bought out by I believe Timken,, who close that works. Shame, as the expertise they lost by doing so was irreplaceable, and the treatment of those workers was poor, after they had risked their lives keeping production going through WW2 with the factory painted in camouflage and 24/7 production even during raids. Easy target with the confluence of 3 rivers at Chelmsford making it impossible to effectively disguise. Anyway, now all SKF or Timken for me, except for special fit ones that they don't supply (like maglev bearings on fans - coolest thing ever, with no physical contact at all, but only capable of handling light loads at present). Mainland Chinese bearings cost you money in repeated maintenance, in my experience.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Very useful comment I appreciate that

[@firstdawn5465]

great video.

[@researcherAmateur]

It's the same equipment used in olive oil production to separate the oil from pulp.. that spinner

[@chickenpow122]

Quick question. How late in the season are you able to mate viable queens?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Not too far into august

[@pixieridgefarms]

If you had to do it again. Do you think you would get a wax spinner or would you look into the wax/honey augers? Trying to decide what I want to invest in, but I don't have any first hand knowledge around one vs the other.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

100 % spinner

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Ian any thoughts on a line wax auger press system? I ask having no idea whatsoever. On a small scale, I recently saw a keeper that was pressing his wax though a fruit press. Darn if that seemed to work for him. We were quite surprised.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Oh ya they work. But the Spinfloat runs everything through so no sumps or skimming

[@deanmalkewich2366]

Man I end up with 2” of wax in my drum for clean out. If I cut it back too much I end up cutting honey. Set it at 7/8” and it works great

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

It dosent always cut this cute lol

[@deanmalkewich2366]

@@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog haha right on. As long as the honey is clean and the wax is dry I don’t care how much I have to carve out of it.

[@rickmengert6394]

Do you have a lot of swarming in fall when you go back to 1 box. Seems like I got 2 full now after I took homey off.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Rarely ever but this year it’s a concern

[@WillyPete_]

Bearings made in Germany or USA in that order or I'm not going to use it.

[@matthewsweeney2577]

All in a day’s work… hmm I’d better step it up tomorrow lol 👍

[@michaelshelnutt3534]

Sir Steppler, I know you probably won’t see this, but curious to know, knowing what you know now, if you could go back in time to when you were first starting with bees, what would you do differently?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Build 14’ honey house walls instead of 12’

[@wojciechjamiokowski2885]

I would apreciate a shot of the BEE window in the for this year . Are there any chances for that?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Yes you bet

[@sentimentalbloke7586]

A drop of low strength Loctite on assembly would solve your bearing issue

[@cluelessbeekeeping1322]

What does that gizmo do?

[@goodlifebees2773]

are you using the water sprayer on your knives or running dry

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

It runs as the honey pumps run, I have a valve wired to a solenoid

[@rehmangusandapiary9024]

That'll teach ya using that "P" word. Nothing is perfect! Sure enjoy your videos although we are a day apart if traveling fast!

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

LOL I Know right ! Damn that spinner

[@larrytornetta9764]

Your wife called and she wants her shower curtain rod back. She’s tired of mopping up the bathroom floor.

[@danielweston9188]

Like fixing things or like things to run?

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Lol

[@pauldow1648]

Wobble wears the bearing assembly. Excessive wobble causes failure. Poor assembly design and manufacture support can cause Bearing problems. M6 frame wobbles. Company said bolt it to a pallet and and don't spin it over #7 on the 10 number dial.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

What RPM is #7?

[@abeillesmerveilles73]

👍

[@apisincognito8173]

That honey that you wash down the drain? How much is that? We waste a few barrels every year from our direct wax melter/screw press. This looks more efficient.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Oh not very much , from the waste here, we’ve put through 100 drums

[@LoociferZ]

Virgin Rod? Errr is this still the bee channel???

[@MrMigrantman]

Ha

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Lol

[@benjamindejonge3624]

That will keep you busy for a while I guess

[@jlemieu1]

before watching bearing is my guess

[@mikeries8549]

We process and bottle but at hobby level. Nothing about it is cheap. We don't feel guilty at all about charging $7/pound for bottled grade A honey. It's Putin's fault...lol

[@МихайлоПавлюк-т5ъ]

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