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Hi @CarolinnDC! It is an electric powered planer, I borrowed it from a friend for the project. If you have a local makerspace or DIY space they likely have one. I would also try renting one from Home Depot or Lowes perhaps? Best of luck!

So great! Love the design and how stoked it makes you- as it should! Added to my to-do list.

Hi Again Kurt- I went ahead and added that vertical corner trim as you suggested and WOW it really did clean up the look. Thanks so much for the great suggestion, much appreciated!

No, no- no offence taken!I like your thinking- next project will need to be more sound-proofing the garage for when I start cutting dove-tails and really have to cuss :)

Thanks so much! This is a great idea- I think chains would be a much better way to go in general- so much more flexibility and great strength.

Love it! Glad that I've got years of sturdy shelving to look forward to :)

Sounds good, thanks for the thoughtful comments! I really like what @meswanson says above with the Chains- seems like it would add a lot of flexibility to the design.

Great advice! Thanks for the improvement to the design! Where I live the humidity stays very low all year round so I likely won't get too much movement- but I didn't account for other locales where this would certainly be the case!

Thanks very much!

This is so good! Great Instructable and way to take the time and fully commit to this beautiful wood! I'm going to make a smaller version asap!

Great Question!Beekeeping is very rewarding and much lower maintenance that it can seem from the videos. I have heard that you can still centrifuge top bar comb with the right setup- I haven't tried it yet. Had my bees survived, I probably would have looked further into that and may next year when I have another hive. I wanted to get all of the wax and honey and pollen out of this hive asap so that pests wouldn't infest the hive (wax moths, ants, etc.) so the smooshing was the way to go for me. I would have to guess that it is very comparable to centrifugal extraction as I had a ball of wax at the end with little-to-no honey in it. However- you're totally right that if you want to save your bees a lot of work drawing comb, slicing/melting the caps and spinning is a great way to be kind to…

Great Question!Beekeeping is very rewarding and much lower maintenance that it can seem from the videos. I have heard that you can still centrifuge top bar comb with the right setup- I haven't tried it yet. Had my bees survived, I probably would have looked further into that and may next year when I have another hive. I wanted to get all of the wax and honey and pollen out of this hive asap so that pests wouldn't infest the hive (wax moths, ants, etc.) so the smooshing was the way to go for me. I would have to guess that it is very comparable to centrifugal extraction as I had a ball of wax at the end with little-to-no honey in it. However- you're totally right that if you want to save your bees a lot of work drawing comb, slicing/melting the caps and spinning is a great way to be kind to your bees. For reference, I pulled 8 bars of full to partially full honeycomb and gleaned 32.5 lbs of honey. Thanks again!

Thanks Kris- I thought it was a nice touch as well :)

So Good! Would love to have you post images of your creation too! I'll bet you come up with some great advances in the tech :)

Happy to inspire! Thanks, please be sure to vote in the outdoor cooking contest and the outdoor contest, many thanks!