Cindee
Niter will begin to precipitate in syrup at about 180 degrees. If your syrup is at the correct density and well filtered, heat to 180-185 degrees and can quickly to minimize evaporation. ...
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Cindee
Niter will begin to precipitate in syrup at about 180 degrees. If your syrup is at the correct density and well filtered, heat to 180-185 degrees and can quickly to minimize evaporation. ...
mrtgrizzly
What are you using for a paper filter? If it's is a prefilter, it will usually leave the syrup a little cloudy as they(prefilters) are meant to be used with a felt filter. The prefilter...
I have painted black plastic pipe for years with good results. Use the cheapest latex paint you can find and wipe it on the pipe with a glove. It will last for several years. You can paint almost...
I would stay with the 1 inch.
Gordon
With me, if its really stupid and no one is around and it leaves no tracks, it never happened.
When we used english tin pans we only used clean water. A good scrubbing and left the remaining niter on the pan.
I have a Farmall pulley that I aquired with a pile of stuff at an auction. It's in good shape so I put it in the barn. I'll look at it tomorrow and see if I can furnish details. I have no use for...
Steve, that's the way I've done for years with good results.
I would use the J-hooks with the insulater. Looping around the tree is ok if you loosen the mainline every year and move the loop up or down. Otherwise it will still grow into the tree.
I make a...
I have a McCormick-Deering very similar to that one that I got from a friend who quit sugaring. He used it for about 250 taps. I don't know anything about the pump, but would think it's comprable...
I use a 1/2" pipe to vent my parallel flow preheater, the pipe extends about 6-8' above the top of the hood with a open ended cotainer on the top of the pipe. This container allows the burps to...
My solution to this type of problem,(which I probably should not relate here) is to remove the dam and then go sit quietly on the bank and watch. Soon the beavers will appear to make repairs to the...
Running water will dissolve nitre if you have time. Condesate water from a preheater, or permeate from an RO will remove it even quicker as there are fewer minerals in that water.
Always use black zip ties, carbon black is one of the best UV inhibators there is.
vermaple
A simple solution to reading a thermometer without bending over that I caught on to years ago. Add thread tape to the termometer so it is tight and then turn it so the dial is bottom side up, then...
Sounds like they are getting around maple laws by calling it Natural Syrup, not Maple Syrup.
Bark on mature Norway Maples is very similar to White Ash.
I think all filter presses are plumbed with a bypass valve between the pump and the plates to provide the opportunity for recirculating syrup for mixing or using the pump as a transfer pump. I have...
It's called the nut effect. If drops are left hanging down, squirrels will chew the spouts off and store them. I've lost some through the years. An aquaintance lost about 800 one year -- he found...
It depends greatly on what you have. Preheater,Forced Draft,etc. With hoods, I would guess that you have a preheater, Without the hoods won't do much if anything except get rid of the steam. That...
I frequently buy them at Barker Steel. Any re-bar, concrete supply place should have them.
Work at home is on hold as of now. Off to the Big E to shore up the troops at the Vermont Building for the weekend.
Now your thinking.
Back on subject, I always used cone filters before I got a filter press. I used felts with paper prefilters to minimize washing the felts. Never thought of using filter aid, but it would work quite...
If you are in this game for the duration I would go with a quality 2 cycle pump. Stay with a name brand for durability and dependability.(Nothing worse than a tank full of sap and a pump that won't...