Just wanted to add the method I used this year, which is kind of a hybrid of everyone's here plus a few extra steps. I bought a used coffee urn for $5 and fill that with water and let it maintain...
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Just wanted to add the method I used this year, which is kind of a hybrid of everyone's here plus a few extra steps. I bought a used coffee urn for $5 and fill that with water and let it maintain...
I hope I am not hijacking this thread, if so someone let me know! Yesterday (2/24) I ended up with about 25 gallons, but most of that only came from about 20% of my trees (~15). I noticed that aside...
I'm in the same situation as you guys, I tapped Feb. 16 and have had nothing but ice. Does anyone also have dry taps even today with a good cold night and almost 50* day today? I'm tapping a final...
I will actually be finding that out this season, now that I've move my setup indoors I am going to try percolating coffee on it. If I had to guess it probably would it may take a while though. The...
Not having done either the coffee urn method or the true water jacket unit I wasn't sure how much of a problem scorching really was or if the unit i linked was worth the extra money over a $10 urn. I...
That back portion was 1/8" thick, definitely doesn't warp and it gets warm enough that you can warm the sap a little bit.
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6" Schedule 40 steel pipe should work pretty well, it will have an ID of 6.065" which should work well. When I built mine I used an 8" stack and 8" pipe worked perfect.
I was fortunate enough to...
Thanks all for the replies! And Berkshires I get that it's essentially a glorified coffee urn lol, and that's what I've been fighting with. I want to upgrade from cups and funnels but don't know if...
Hello All,
I've lurked around this website and to my shame have yet to contribute, though I have learned quite a bit from all of you! I am looking to upgrade from stock pots, measuring cups and...