Kodiak Kid
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What I wouldn't give to have the timber fir making syrup that you guys have!
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I’ve repurposed my beer brewing equipment to maple syrup 3 high btu burners . This is with my old evaporator pan . I’m really liking the one I bought this year so much betterThat sounds very civilized and easy. I like things to be difficult!
I have ceramic insulation panels in the barrel. That make all the difference. It keeps boiling(not a hard boil but boiling) with a bed of coals. I've used 6 armfuls of wood so far. I used to have the barrel glowing to get a decent boil and as soon as the flames died I would loose the boil.
You don’t want to see me danceMan! Everything you do looks good. Vehicle restoration, maple syrup, venison stir fry...
Good on ya!
Are there birch trees on Kodiak Island? You could make birch syrup if there were.
Kodiak Kid
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Only black birch, but not very many and not very big.
I see. I'm pretty sure that it takes twice the sap to make syrup vs. maple. The trees should be 12" diameter for tapping.
Yum yum. Great sear.Sea Scallops on the Iron tonight blue plate special
Since you guys are posting cast-iron pics, here’s a few from this weekend.
Tonight’s dinner was roasted brussels sprouts and smoked pork loin. The pork was a gift from a friend and I sliced it and seared it in garlic infused olive oil. It was absolutely delicious-sort of like bacon, but leaner.
Caramel brownies in the vintage square skillet.
Next up, we have about 10 pounds worth of cabbage, kielbasa, onions, and bacon. This is in a big size 14, and will be several days of meal prep.
Lastly, lasagna I made in my new square baking pan.
Tonight’s dinner was roasted brussels sprouts and smoked pork loin. The pork was a gift from a friend and I sliced it and seared it in garlic infused olive oil. It was absolutely delicious-sort of like bacon, but leaner.
Caramel brownies in the vintage square skillet.
Next up, we have about 10 pounds worth of cabbage, kielbasa, onions, and bacon. This is in a big size 14, and will be several days of meal prep.
Lastly, lasagna I made in my new square baking pan.
Kodiak Kid
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12 inches across would be a massive black birch here.
those lil drill/mills are great! i have spent hundreds of hours using one to make specialty parts. their utility and accuracy goes way up with HD clamps and machining table vises... i have on i bolt to x-y bed i can barely lift... no end mill chatter at all! rigidity is the key!Installed a couple of canless LED lights over the "machining" area of my shop. They have a nice soft light and fill a void in between my existing shop lights. Now I just need to wire up a work light for the mill and I'll be set.
machining center line looks ideal! ~
looks like that mill flattens beer cans quite well!!Now that it's completely dark outside, I'm digging the light in here:
usually they just clean them up for a pix! LOL... when i was making chips, i had a vac handy... and vac'd all the metal shavings off the work piece, etc. sloppier shops just hit the area with compressed air ~
cut, vac
cut, cac
bit of a pita, but area stayed very clean!
@Lightning Performance
I tried to read your other thread, but then it was locked and then much of it was deleted. I can’t say that I fully understand what’s going on, but you certainly seem to be trying to make things transparent for everyone.
I had significant trouble with Randy and his henchmen myself back when I was a moderator of this site. When he tried to lead his great exodus out of here, he did his best to discredit the moderators and site owners while acting like he was the victim of some great conspiracy; when in reality he was the one spinning the scheme to mislead people. He’s a narcissist and manipulator of the first order. For anyone who doesn’t believe me… Watch the way he deals with people over at his place and how so many people come and go… One minute they are his best friend, “bro”, “brother”, “cuz”, etc, and the next minute they are on the outs, never to be heard from again. Everything is fine and dandy until someone disagrees with him or he feels threatened by them. No, I’m not going to say that he doesn’t know his stuff about saws, runs a bad business, or won’t help all the fellow in need, because he certainly does those things well. But people need to understand that he’s not this happy go lucky good old boy that he tries to portray.
Some people make a life out of acting like that….manipulating and bullying people into getting their way. I have no interest in that BS. To each their own.
I wish you the best in figuring out your situation, and I know there’s a lot of people who feel the same as I do so I wouldn’t worry too much about Randy slamming you… people who believe him would never do business with you anyway because they’re buffaloed by his line of BS.
I tried to read your other thread, but then it was locked and then much of it was deleted. I can’t say that I fully understand what’s going on, but you certainly seem to be trying to make things transparent for everyone.
I had significant trouble with Randy and his henchmen myself back when I was a moderator of this site. When he tried to lead his great exodus out of here, he did his best to discredit the moderators and site owners while acting like he was the victim of some great conspiracy; when in reality he was the one spinning the scheme to mislead people. He’s a narcissist and manipulator of the first order. For anyone who doesn’t believe me… Watch the way he deals with people over at his place and how so many people come and go… One minute they are his best friend, “bro”, “brother”, “cuz”, etc, and the next minute they are on the outs, never to be heard from again. Everything is fine and dandy until someone disagrees with him or he feels threatened by them. No, I’m not going to say that he doesn’t know his stuff about saws, runs a bad business, or won’t help all the fellow in need, because he certainly does those things well. But people need to understand that he’s not this happy go lucky good old boy that he tries to portray.
Some people make a life out of acting like that….manipulating and bullying people into getting their way. I have no interest in that BS. To each their own.
I wish you the best in figuring out your situation, and I know there’s a lot of people who feel the same as I do so I wouldn’t worry too much about Randy slamming you… people who believe him would never do business with you anyway because they’re buffaloed by his line of BS.
Kodiak Kid
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My favorite sea food!!!Sea Scallops on the Iron tonight blue plate special
had a rare sighting middle last week. got up in am and looked out door... there mid field in pasture just E of my home place were 2 does ginerly walking across the pasture stopping here n there for a bite to eat....
just got an item off the 'bay... Buy It Now, or Make Offer... 1st 2 offers rejected. so i wrote the lister... suggested a fair price based on actual market demand. he replied with an ok, i can do that!Fee Bay , yea I was kinda surprised myself, but made the offer , and was accepted
a 30-30 lever action!
