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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => EQUIPMENT USAGE, EXPERIMENTATION, HIVE PLANS, CONSTRUCTION TIPS AND TOOLS => Topic started by: Yappy on March 18, 2010, 02:05:42 PM

Title: DIY Smoker
Post by: Yappy on March 18, 2010, 02:05:42 PM
 
I would like to ask for any plans on making a DIY Smoker.
I was thinking along the big tin can with a little smaller tin can inside, for the combustion chamber and a copper pipe nozzle at top, copper pipe INPUT near bottom, bent up to let you blow air in.
Hope you can visualize that.
... Rob
Title: Re: DIY Smoker
Post by: contactme_11 on March 18, 2010, 11:21:01 PM
see this old link: http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=214110 (http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=214110)
I guy in my area made this one and it's much like you envision
Title: Re: DIY Smoker
Post by: Yappy on March 19, 2010, 12:08:05 AM
That's quite close, but instead of Bellows, I figured a detective's pipe stem.
Thanks for the link.  :)
Title: Re: DIY Smoker
Post by: Scadsobees on March 19, 2010, 01:22:45 PM
The problem with those is that you have to cut a hole into your veil in order to get it to your mouth.  Then the bees can get to your mouth too.... ;)
Title: Re: DIY Smoker
Post by: Yappy on March 19, 2010, 01:47:43 PM
veil?? :oops:
Slightly forgot about that thing.

:?So how did/Do Smoking persons work bees?
Title: Re: DIY Smoker
Post by: Scadsobees on March 20, 2010, 12:15:08 AM
Quote from: FIREGUY on March 19, 2010, 01:47:43 PM
veil?? :oops:
Slightly forgot about that thing.

:?So how did/Do Smoking persons work bees?


Just take hits off of the smoker.  Aren't we all smokers when it comes to bees?

I'd guess they just need to take a break every so often like everybody else.