Comments on: Hensel Handle – Sloping Pocket Handle for Hive boxes

By: robert powley

robert powley — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:26:26 +0000

sure would like to know how he gets his to cut with a dado blade , is it woobler , or stacked blade , ive order a var,blade from sears , and have the jig made and ready to cut . rpowleysr@comcast.net sure would like see this on a drawing .

By: dave Morgan

dave Morgan — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:13:00 +0000

If you have a table saw you can build a jig to use the saw to make the handle. The idea is to have a pair of shims perpendicular to the blade that are cut so that the box, as it rests on them, will be just above the blade and long enough so that when the box is slid down them it comes to rest on the table (about 2.5 inches). The blade height should be set to the depth of the handle. The end of the shims should be set so that they are the distance from the top of the box you want the handle away from the blade. Clamp rails to the table to hold the box in place as it is slid. Now slide the box down the shim with the saw in motion and when it gets to the table hold it still and stop the blade. Remove the box. The slower you go the smoother the cut will be.

By: Joe Schmidbauer

Joe Schmidbauer — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:57:44 +0000

Thank you very much for sharing this with all of us! This is an outstanding idea. I have tried cutting the handle slot with just the router and I too didn’t like the flat bottom slot where it can catch water. This will solve that problem. Great Job!!