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    Default Tips for removing shark fin cast alum taps

    Any tips for removing this style of tap? I don’t want to break any off in the tree. The metal is pretty brittle, don’t ask how I know.
    Marty, Sam, Henry, Jim, Brandi
    Richmond, VT

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    I've found a small pry bar works pretty good. I ground the end off a bit so there's just a small V left and it goes over the tap enough so the lever contacts the "shark fin"
    Dave Barker
    2014 30 taps, steam tray pans
    2015 ~100 taps, in conjunction with University of Louisville
    2x5 Smoky Lake hybrid pan
    2022 150 taps

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    I broke one of those off in a tree years ago. I then tapped it with a tap that just fit in the hole in the broken part, then I made a flat piece of bar stock that fit over the broken tap, with a hole just right that a screw fit thru and used it as a puller. It took maybe 3 minutes once I had the tool there, to cut the threads, then remove the broken piece. Once out the tree was no different than all of the ones that the taps had come out normally.
    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.

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