November Journal

[Sugarmaker]

Update on hand break.
Well several hours of general machining and fabrication I made a couple of OK looking bends in some scrap stainless. The bends were a little more rounded than I really wanted but considering I have 72 cents invested so far it may work. This stuff really bends hard. It is stainless off of some bulk tank skins and misc pieces. Not sure of the exact thickness, I think it is about .035 inch thick, I should buy a set of calipers I modified the hold down portion of the brake and it is almost functional now, As in nothing broke when I made 4 bends.
Big Eddy would be proud of the effort so far. Now to see if it may actually be able to help make some projects. Kieth was over last night and wants me to help make a hood for his 30 inch x 7 foot, two pan rig. On thinner material I think this break will work quite well!
Pictures? Humm never thought of that! MAYBEEEEEEE!

Anyone notice how dark it was tonight at 6:00? Weird!


Chris

[jrthe3]

well hi all it been a while sence i be on i think my computer got the hog flu but now it fixed and i back

[Haynes Forest Products]

Dang that must have been one heck of a hog. Welcome back. My comp took a crap about 2 weeks ago and after about 3 days I was thinking WHAT are they saying about my last post

[3rdgen.maple]

Welcome back jrthe3
Chris dark did you not see that great big full hunters moon last night?
Haynes there was a couple post were people where wondering if you were okay or not cause there was no post from you.

[Revi]

We are putting in a planter and steel on the door of the sugarhouse. That ought to defend against any stray bullets.

We have had to spend nearly a thousand dollars in defense this season.

We are now into deficit spending.

C'est la guerre.

[red maples]

Revi I hope you can find the bandits.

Got in saddles on 9 laterals and put in all the T's and sloped and tightened everything all nice. and put in about 40 drop lines only 160+ to go. ordering a few more things need more tubing !!!

[Dave Y]

Finally,after suffering thru a wet September a stinking building inspector and being laid up for better part of a month,The sugar house expansion is complete. I have 725 sq ft of floor space. I know right now that it will not be big enough. Bur there is nothing I can do about it. I built as big as I could. The next construction will be some where else. The Force 5 is due to arrive Saturday. Once it gets here there is more work to be done the entire sap plumbing has to be redone. cant wait to get started. I am looking at Dec 19Th as a Demo day if anyone with in driving distance wants to see one run. I will post more details later.

[Sugarmaker]

DaveY,
Glad to see you are back at it. The Force 5 should be real nice with all those taps! You will love the expanded sugar house too.
Spent the day with the wife at the hospital, she is home and feeling pretty good! Not thinking much maple today!
Did get a nice thank you card from local church that we donate syrup to for the town fair. Nice touch!

Regards,
Chris

[jrthe3]

dave y keep me posted on demo day i would love to see that run

[mapleack]

This past weekend we put up 1,000' of wire, tied it back at got it tight. Still have 800' to go, then tie up the 1.5" vacuum supply line to it once I get wire ties. I have to set some fence posts for another vacuum line and figure out how to secure that line through a 5' diameter road culvert. I'm thinking of using a short section of wire, with a hook at the downstream end hooked to the top of the culvert, then pulling it tight to a brace post on the bank on the upstream side. Only catch will be if the township complains. If they do, we'll have to bribe 'em with donuts. Dave Y, I'd like to see the Force 5 in action, thought about going to Somerset to Friedlines this Saturday, but too much to do at home if its not raining. Hope everyone is having fun getting ready for another maple season!