Originally Posted by
Someclown
Ended up at -29*c this morning
Use a punch to make a small indent to start your hole so the bit doesn't wonder and don't go high speed or you will burn the tip of the bit, stainless steel is hard metal.
Somehow we only dropped to -20°. The long range still is not getting better. Partially tempted to tap the bucket trees Monday, when the bark would warm up, but no sense in doing that, because no sap will run for awhile.
Would drilling a pilot hole help?
I can borrow a step drill bit from a friend, so I do not have to buy one. The bulkhead arrives Wednesday and I will get the other fittings on Thursday and hopefully have it working by Friday. I presume you can test it with water.
2022 - 5 pan block arch - 109 taps, 73 on 3/16 lines, 36 on drops into 5 gallon pails.
930 gallons boiled, 109 L (28.8 gals) of delicious syrup made.
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2023 - 170 taps, mostly on lines, 1153 gallons boiled, 130 L (34.34 gals) of delicious syrup made, on a 2x4 divided pan and base stack, 8” pipe, on a block arch that boiled at a rate of 13 gallons per hour.
2024 - made 48 L, December to March, primarily over two fire bowls.
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