I have 2 stainless wyes I am putting in my 1" mainline... how do I connect the branch line into the stainless eye with a mainline tool ?
Connecting a stainless 1" wye?
I have 2 stainless wyes I am putting in my 1" mainline... how do I connect the branch line into the stainless eye with a mainline tool ?
2010 - 28 taps, homemade brick arch
2011 - 421 taps, 2' x 6' homemade evaporator
2012 - 276 taps
2013 - 385 taps, new 2' x 6'
2014 - 600 taps, new 7" short bank filter press
Soak it in boiling water. Loosens right up.
Remember to keep on ticking while the sap is dripping.
2016- 50 buckets. Made 4 gallons.
2022- 3750 taps + Smartrek! Made 1300 gallons.
2023- 3750 taps after removing a pump house and connected two woods. Made 800 gallons.
That's about it. I've also done it by clamping a visegrip plier on the main body of the Y to give the mainline tool a place to catch, but that takes trial and error to get the placement right in order to work. The hot water works good, but only heat about 1/2-2/3 to keep part stiff enough to push it on, at least that helps for me.
Last edited by maple flats; 02-20-2018 at 06:58 AM.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
I do what Flats does with visegrips, and have had good luck.
Brian
Velvet Hollow Sugarworks
Greenwood, Maine
900 taps
CDL 2X6, leader RO
Wye
Ok, thanks guys... will try the vise grip trick... looks like the maple world needs to invent another specialty tool...lol
2010 - 28 taps, homemade brick arch
2011 - 421 taps, 2' x 6' homemade evaporator
2012 - 276 taps
2013 - 385 taps, new 2' x 6'
2014 - 600 taps, new 7" short bank filter press
Vise grip already invented it. Just be careful not to squeeze the fitting out of round.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
We built our own mainline tool. The base of the unit is like most others you find. We made the bits (clamp units) so they can be removed. We added on which was offset and this works for the "Y" fitting. You can always heat with a torch, but not too much heat.
Mike
Tapping since 1985 (four generations back to early to mid 1900s). 200-250 taps on buckets and then tubing in the mid 90s. 2013- 275 taps w/sap puller 25 gal. 2014-295 taps w/sap puller 55 ga. (re-tapped to vacuum theory) 2015-330 taps full vac. 65 gal, 2016-400 taps 105 gal, 2017-400 taps 95 gal. 2018-additional 800' mainline and maybe 400 new taps for a total near 800 taps. 2x6 Leader WSE (last year on it) supported by a 250 gph RO.
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