🐝Heated Honey Cabinet Build with SIPs | No More Crystallized Honey!

[@eberntson]

Piano hinges. Another inspired build. You are so good a presenting these BEEK subject videos.

[@pangol1n]

Really nice video. I built my warming cabinet as a chest to hold honey buckets and not individual jars but seeing your video I'm going to turn mine on its end and steal some of your design ideas. I put casters on mine so that it was easy to move and I used flush hinges for the lid(door). Slightly more expensive but far easier to fit. I also mounted the temperature controller on the outside so that if the incandescent bulb fails I can tell due to the drop in temperature.

[@marlenesewell8492]

This would come in handy for living tiny...just think about toasty warm coat and socks 😊 ao many ideas for this.

[@thezfunk]

Growing up we lived on an old farm that had a well pumphouse. The pump was above ground. In the cold north it would freeze up in the winter time even with insulation. My dad got a thermostat and put 100 W bulb out there that would come on and heat the interior. Good idea, same concept.

[@BeeBoyBill]

Thanks for sharing! I heard a similar story when discussing the design with my father in law.

[@edchauvin1190]

Great job, I can see this project in my future. The only thing that will change for me is that I will use heat tape (a reptile product) instead of a light bulb that way the bottom area can be used for honey storage also. Thanks for the video.

[@BeeBoyBill]

Thanks Ed, I was looking for other options for heating but the bulb seemed to be the simplest solution. After I built it I did stumble across a mini heater I think they were using to warm a fermenting cabinet. Let me know how yours turns out with the heat tape!

[@edchauvin1190]

@@BeeBoyBill Here's a link to the heat tape: www.reptilebasics.com/heat-tape , you can use the same controller and add 2 shelves to your build. I will definitely let you know how mine turns out. Thanks Again!

[@maxashby2806]

Nice build and cool idea 👍, I think it would be kind of fun to also wire in a door switch like a fridge so that the light also comes on any time the door opens.

[@BeeBoyBill]

Haha. I’ll keep that in mind for version 2! Thanks Max

[@tedocanna3816]

I enjoy your build videos. Thanks for sharing. I think I would have used a router to remove most of the hinge pocket and only cleaned up the edges with a chisel. Finally, I did build a hive using this method. It turned out well, but is was a lot of pieces.

[@BeeBoyBill]

I imagine it was a ton of pieces. Thanks for the tip on the router, makes perfect sense now that I’ve heard it suggested. Thanks for watching Ted!

[@johnfitzgerald9859]

Another option would be to find an old refrigerator to use. It might even be free especially if it was broken. Back when I was working they were sometimes used to keep welding rod dry. Same light bulb but no controller.

[@BeeBoyBill]

Great idea John! Thanks for sharing.

[@kentcostello8099]

I have used my small router to make the pocket for the hinges.

[@BeeBoyBill]

That sounds like a def upgrade over the chisel. Thanks Kent!

[@Nik00gfdsa]

Use just an old refrigerator. Chip, fast

[@mckayrealty5754]

This looks great! Do you still have that parts list, by chance?

[@dermotjones]

nice build do you have parts list? by chance any plans?

[@Palanthon]

Awesome! I'm going to do this! Love your channel! Keep 'em coming! Couldn't you just use your router for the hinges?

[@BeeBoyBill]

Thats an idea! I hadn't thought about using a router but it sounds way better than using the chisel. Thanks for the suggestion and the support!

[@ChiefHamza]

Can you make a layers hive feeder video

[@BeeBoyBill]

I’ll keep that in mind Chief Hamza, I may be building some soon.