SOLAR WAX MELTER
DETAILS FOR 3/4" LUMBER
A melter of this size will handle wax
1/2" THICK WOOD
rendering from 60 hives. You can modify the
BRACE FOR LID
dimensions and design to fit your own needs.
Melters come in all shapes and sizes and
24"
can be made out of just about any used
material. The sheet metal pan should be 4"
METAL PAN
to 6" deep and big enough to accept
20"
excluders or at least 2 full-depth frames.
Paint the entire unit black for max. heat
absorption. You should put a coarse screen
1 " - INSULATING BOARD
across the outlet of the pan to keep debris
from getting into the pan of molten wax.
20-3/4"
Make a cappings basket out of "expanded"
metal (wire lath) that will fit into the sheet
metal pan.
BACK VIEW
DOUBLE GLAZING/
THERMOPANE LID
1/2" x 2" x 17"
BRACE FOR LID
3/4" x 11-1/4"
METAL PAN
20" x 20" x 5"
1 " - INSULATING BOARD
13-1/4"
16"
15º
7"
28-1/2"
SIDE VIEW
24"
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