Next, make the 3 plywood pieces. 2 @ 3-1\/2\" wide X 18-1\/2\" long (void filler) and 1 @ 1-3\/8\" wide X 8-3\/4\" long (frame spacer). Cut these 3 pieces for each top bar you will need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Glue and fasten the two 3-1\/2\" X 18-1\/2\" pieces together face to face. This will give you a void filler piece 3-1\/2\" wide X 18-1\/2\" long X 1-1\/4\" thick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fasten the frame spacer to the bottom of the top bar - flush with the sidebar notch on one end.\u00a0 Nails, staples, glue or not, it is you choice. As the screws you will use to attach the Langstroth frame do the real work, secure yet lightly attached is sufficient.\u00a0 Once the spacer is attached, drill 3\/16\" pilot holes through both the spacer and top bar.\u00a0\u00a0Drill these at 2\", 3-1\/2\", 6-1\/2\" and 11\" from one end. Using 2 of the screws, attach the void filler to the top bar.\u00a0 It should be positioned so as to overhang (1\/4\") the sidebar notch of the top bar.\u00a0This will help to maintain the 3\/8\" bee space down this side of the hive. The other 2 screws can be started into the remaining pilot holes in the top bar.\u00a0\u00a0That is it.\u00a0 The conversion top bar is ready to go to work.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The conversion top bar is very simple to make.\u00a0 It requires a Layens top bar,\u00a0 a few scrap pieces of 5\/8\" plywood, 4 screws (2\"), a few fasteners\/glue and some assembly time. Start by making the top bars.\u00a0\u00a0Plans are here\u00a0in the instructions for building frames.\u00a0 Make the top bars you need (one for each Langstroth ...continue reading \"Langstroth To Layens Conversion Topbar Plans\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","h-entry","hentry","h-as-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borrowedvesselsbeeworks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borrowedvesselsbeeworks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borrowedvesselsbeeworks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borrowedvesselsbeeworks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borrowedvesselsbeeworks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/borrowedvesselsbeeworks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190,"href":"https:\/\/borrowedvesselsbeeworks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions\/190"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borrowedvesselsbeeworks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borrowedvesselsbeeworks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/borrowedvesselsbeeworks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5947-768x1024.jpg\")
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