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    Got a really late start here in Sugar Camp WI....

    Got a really late start here in Sugar Camp WI. Tapped 21 trees yesterday and about half dripped. Snow is still 2 feet deep so I had to blow the road open to get into the trees. Temps have been warm...
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    Nice work Love to see the older machines fixed...

    Nice work Love to see the older machines fixed up. I have an Atlas 12" and enjoy using it. 99% of all my tools are old cast iron and I like it that way. Jay
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    I ran into the same situation that you have...

    I ran into the same situation that you have except on a bottle filler I was making. this was welded but might give you an idea of how you can do your pan. The rounded corner was an issue. I made a...
  4. Thread: Propane

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    Your tank has liquid on the bottom and a gas...

    Your tank has liquid on the bottom and a gas pocket at the top. When you vent off gas, reducing pressure, the liquid boils off to replenish that gas pocket. As that liquid changes "state" it absorbs...
  5. Look on ebay for Perforated Sheet Stainless...

    Look on ebay for Perforated Sheet Stainless Steel. I bought it originally to make a filtering funnel but it cut off too much of the flow so I used an oven baking rack instead and had this laying...
  6. I bent up a bracket out of stainless attached...

    I bent up a bracket out of stainless attached with 4 small stainless screws. Slip fit holes in the chimney pipe and the bracket that sits 1/2" out from the pipe support the thermometer and it isn't...
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    Drove 25 taps yesterday. Half of them dripped...

    Drove 25 taps yesterday. Half of them dripped nicely the other half nothing. Roads are muddy already....................bummer. Another nice day today !!! Happy Tapping Jay
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    I live a little South and West from your location...

    I live a little South and West from your location in Sugar Camp WI. My red maples do exactly the same thing some holes stay open like they were drilled yesterday others are healed in a year or so and...
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    Had to get the blower on my loader to open up the...

    Had to get the blower on my loader to open up the roads into the woods. Still frozen in here. As usual still have too much to do before I start haha. Good luck Twosaps. Jay
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    Also consider gauges don't like to be hammered or...

    Also consider gauges don't like to be hammered or shocked the oil filled ones will take more of a surge / shock than a regular one but if it is a situation where there is a fast change in pressure /...
  11. You should be able to just drill out the "bottom"...

    You should be able to just drill out the "bottom" of the fitting to accommodate the probe. But just wondering are you going to use a copper compression ring on that probe? it could damage it. A...
  12. I love the "stovetop" addition to your arch Jay

    I love the "stovetop" addition to your arch Jay
  13. I cut my tubing using a dremel tool with a cutoff...

    I cut my tubing using a dremel tool with a cutoff wheel in it. Just go around the circumference of the tube over and over with a light touch until it separates then I sand the end. But if I want the...
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    I have a 6" single wall from a woodstove and it...

    I have a 6" single wall from a woodstove and it adapts to 6" double wall with this adapter ...
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    The magnetic ones just fall off at some point the...

    The magnetic ones just fall off at some point the magnet becomes weak with high temperatures. I purchased this one...
  16. Thread: Flue pipe

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    When I moved inside my sugar shack I had to add 3...

    When I moved inside my sugar shack I had to add 3 feet of 6" to my evaporator and now it pulls much more draft. I think like NhShaun suggests its a balance of flue diameter to length. For piping /...
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    This is my collection tank but same idea. I used...

    This is my collection tank but same idea. I used a 3/4" valve with a 3/4 x 4" nipple into the threaded hole in the barrel bung. Using 1/2" pipe I turned down the end of the pipe for inside the...
  18. There is no pressure at that connection so you...

    There is no pressure at that connection so you could run a pipe tap into the existing threads and re cut the out of shape damage. Then I would make a bottoming tap by cutting off the end of a tap and...
  19. Look up "Screwplug Heaters" you will have to...

    Look up "Screwplug Heaters" you will have to search for the higher wattage you need. I used a water heater element and a 220 volt immersion thermostat for my setup and it works great. Check "Hobby...
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    tapped yesterday later in the afternoon and every...

    tapped yesterday later in the afternoon and every tree was dripping. Snow in the forecast...........go figure hey?
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    We're only about 35 miles south of you I drove a...

    We're only about 35 miles south of you I drove a test tap yesterday bone dry but neighbors are getting a trickle here and there so I"m with you and I'm tapping today in Sugar Camp Wi. Jay
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    This place has powdered flavorings, natural and...

    This place has powdered flavorings, natural and some organic, I purchased their cherry flavoring for something I was doing............no not in maple syrup. I was happy with the product. ...
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    Neighbor has taps in.................sure is...

    Neighbor has taps in.................sure is early for us this year. I'll give it a try this week and see if my early trees drip????? Jay
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    At work we used an ultrasonic microphone tool to...

    At work we used an ultrasonic microphone tool to find leaks, vacuum or pressure. It was a very expensive handgun shaped tool that would listen to sounds at an ultrasonic frequency then translate that...
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    I shoot for a stack temp around 700 through a 6"...

    I shoot for a stack temp around 700 through a 6" single wall at that same height above the arch. That seems to be the best boil for the buck for my little 2 by 3. There is never a build up in the...
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