One-Day Beehive: Fully Functional and Very Cheap (In Progress)

This article is in progress, as I'm making the cut tomorrow and thus only have design pictures. Expect it to be updated with much more information and illustration soon.

Beehives are pretty expensive. The cheapest to be found on ebay or amazon are in the $250, while most good-quality hives retail for twice as much.  This instructable provides the opportunity to make one yourself a high quality hive in an hour, for a pittance. If you're a member at the Techshop, all you need to purchase for this entire project is a 4x8 sheet of the wood you want to use and a $10 router bit. No screws, no nails.
Time to cut: 1 hour
Time to assemble: 5 minutes
Cost: $60 or $152 if you need to take the Shopbot class.

The Shopbot Alpha is the only machine necessary for this project, as the whole thing is cut from a sheet of wood. The class is $92, but once you take it you can use any shopbot machine at any Techshop, and every shop so far has at least one.
Materials:
-One 4 x 8 x .75 sheet of the wood of your choice. Do some research to find out what's good for the bees, and what will stand up to weather. Birch plywood is around $45, and looks good.

-One router bit with a .5" shank, an end mill or a straight bit both work, optimally use one that is capable of plunging.

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Small Yet More Functional CNC Lathe Available at CNC Masters

CNC lathe tools becoming more and more available today, machinists can now say goodbye to the old and complicated ways of machining parts and materials into different shapes and forms. CNC lathes are readily available at CNC Masters, and unlike other types of lathes, they are built with smaller size yet more functionality.  

Despite its smaller size, CNC Masters’ CNC lathes are designed much like the conventional, bigger types of lathes. The only difference is that they can perform a huge variety of tasks, from shaping and forming to turning, facing, chamfering, and even doing machine threads. These lathes are also user-friendly, making them perfect both for novice and professional machinists. No extensive training is recommended, as they’re easy to program and navigate once they’ve been set up. Also, there is no need to hire professional machinists or technicians to tune and maintain the lathes.

The best part of using these lathes from CNC Masters is that every single lathe has gone through extensive quality and performance tests. This means machinists can expect fast and efficient production of top-quality and identical products as what CNC lathes are supposed to be. These CNC lathes make complex machining applications easier for machinists, making them more productive and efficient.

For additional information about CNC Master’s CNC lathe equipment, visit its website at http://www.cncmasters.com or call 877-262-8895.

CNC Masters is a provider of affordable machining systems such as the CNC lathe. For more information, see http://www.cncmasters.com or call 1-877-262-8895.

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