Originally Posted by
Someclown
-25*c here tonight
Mid to late March for tapping up here. Once we get to around 2*c I will start cleaning buckets and preping everything g else
Purchased a new tapping bit this year to see how much better it is than a regular drill bit
Not sure what youre drilling but I found the step bits from canadian tire work great for drilling stainless steel and they make a nice clean hole. They come in handy for many other uses as well and they're on sale this week.
-22° here overnight. We have a small stretch starting March 6, that if somehow it warms up 3°, I might tap my bucket trees. If it doesn’t warm up, it maybe the third week of March before we can tap. More time for ice fishing I guess.
The step drill bits are on sale at Cdn Tire. I have seen them before, but have never used them. I need to drill a 7/8” hole, which is the largest step on the largest step drill bit. I will check them out tomorrow.
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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