Sounds like you have a great jump on the project... Just a suggestion that you might want to try to buy a pan for your evaporator... Stainless is not an easy material to work with if you haven't...
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Sounds like you have a great jump on the project... Just a suggestion that you might want to try to buy a pan for your evaporator... Stainless is not an easy material to work with if you haven't...
Hello,
Is anyone interested in teaching an Adult Education Maple Sugaring course in the Auburn Area? The adult education is gathering courses for the Fall semester to put in their brochure... If...
Ask before you tap!!! I read an article from a Vermont sugarmaker and logger who said the scares left from tap holes can actually add value to the wood... which I could remember where the article...
This tool made life easier 7194 plus I don't have to take my tubing down...
I feel the pain of doing exactly what you did... Not only did I fall backwards in deep snow with snowshoes, but my palms...
Sorry to keep asking questions, but I'm impressed... one more question... for the walls did you use slip forms? I think that's what the process is called... If so how did you estimate the amount of...
Did you set up forms and then pour concrete? What is the foundation for that structure?
That looks awesome... how did you do the stone work?
Did anyone see this new bill Gov. Lepage signed... http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topic=Portal+News&id=361700&v=Article-2008
Does anyone know more about this... does this mean we can...
Look for the six or eight inch (deep) full size drip trays/pans... if you go to a restaurant supply store they should have them... it's fairly thin so you get pretty good heat transfer... we have...
How often are you feeding the fire & what size logs are you using?
In Maine we have the same land owner liability laws jmayerl is talking about... The state did this to encourage private landowners to open their property up for recreation...
I would look on your...
The guy who welded up my pan used the purging method... I had 22 gauge, which was a bit difficult (easy to blow through). He said with 20 gauge it would have been a bit easier. Tight fit up was...
What is the material & thickness?
I replied to the other post... I believe the SuperSplitter is the original... I have done a ton of research on these kinetic splitters and I have never heard a bad thing about the SuperSplitter. I...
Boo-Yay... I can promise you your new addition will be celebrating with you soon!!! When I got the four-wheeler... Junior says, "dad that's awesome... is it ours? Moms going to kill you!!!" As you...
I bought one of these... the one from tractor supply... If you use one you will never use a hydraulic splitter again! I have mostly beech and it never has any issues. I bought the three year...
Hey sapsick... If you need someone to build you a new pan/rig, I have a guy that did a great job for me... he is wicked responsible and can build anything you want...
I have found that galvanized garbage cans tend to leak after a short time of use... never used it for sap just to hold water...
I agree Revi... Josh great idea... Good luck to everyone this season!!!
Casey... can you tell me again where you boil in newburgh?
Hello All,
Last year I did a bunch of research and got ideas for my arch from many people on mapletrader. I was looking for a file and came across these drawings I did in google sketch up. These...
CMeal... not to far from there (Winthrop)... didn't even think of them... thanks for the lead
I have read in here of people buying steel from scrap yards... Do any of the members from Maine know of where you can buy scrapped steel in Central Maine... I'm looking to get angle, square tubing,...
I was speaking with someone about how far to drill my tap holes... he said if you drill to deep your sap will be dark because it is in heart wood... the other guy sitting there also said that the...
I got about 60 taps in yesterday & today... things were running well, even my northern slope trees... I hope this isn't to early... I'm going with the weather not the calendar...
Thanks a lot for the information...