Langstroth - 1.0 - Initial Review

[Amakaruk]

Assembled View

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Exploded View

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Corner Join Detail

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Inner Cover Detail

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Pros & Cons

Pros

1. Everything looks like it can be made with a CNC router without having to flip the material - success.
2. The Langstroth is the most widely used hive design, so its great to have that in our library.

Cons

1. These corner joints will have to be made with dogbones - they allow for the 90 degree edges but have to account for the width of the router bit (see here):
   
   The downside of this is that there will be gaps in the walls of the hive that insects can get through, but in general, the bees will fill the gaps with propolis.
2. Using finger joints on the corners like this without glues or screws will be unstable. You'll be able to pry the edge pieces apart. See how we handle this issue on the Warre v2.0:
   
3. The inner cover and bottom board are made from thinner materials than the walls (correct me if I'm wrong). This means that the hive needs two different types of materials. We could route these using the same materials as the side walls and it would cut down on the overall complexity of the manufacturing process.

[openyk]

Consider the alternative way to get 90 degree corners- by routing into one of the two perpendicular surfaces instead of both. If someone could post the joint assembly picture I could comment further.

[Amakaruk]

@openyk I posted some photos of the joint above - which photos do you need?

[openyk]

@Amakaruk Something about dogbones and the related picture. Joint assembly for the langstroth.