Curing refractory cement with a torpedo heater
Since I got my evaporator late, I still need to put in the firebricks. It is definitley not warm enough for them to cure on their own, and I'm waiting on Patrick for another 4 ft section of smoke pipe, so I can't build a fire in it yet. I thought about heating up the sugarhouse with a kerosene torpedo heater. I will then mortar in the bricks over the ceramic insulation, then point the heater through the doors of the arch and cure the cement that way. The pans will be off and the arch will be covered by a sheet of metal roofing. Getting nervous because I have a ton to still do and the seasons coming up fast.
1000 taps on vac down to 100+ buckets 99% sugars
2x5 SL Hi-Output Raised Flue Corsair evaporator
SL Short bank press with CDL diaphragm pump
Leader Micro 1 RO for 2024
Constantly changing
2010:36 gal 2011:126 gal 2012:81 gal 2013:248 gal 2014: 329.5 gal 2015:305 gal 2016:316 gal 2017:258 gal 2018:147 gal 2019:91 gal 2020:30 gal 2021:30 gal 2023:50 gal Total since 2010: 2047.5 gal
Tapping the same trees my great, great and great grandfathers tapped.