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I love ALL YOUR VIDIOS. YOU ARE TRULY A GENIUS. YOU PLAN THEN EXECUTE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR FACES. CHRIS IS JEALOUS, THAT HE DIDN'T THINK OF IF. BUT HE WILL GET TJE BEST OF ALL. HE GETS TO EAT THE SYRUP. GOD BLESS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING YOUR WONDERFUL LIFE. 👁👁🇵🇷
With Ryan's ru-vid.comUgkxy_pn55PK60wAV3X_C_RoLS_67mNonoCE plan I was like one taken by the hand and led step by step from start to finish. Thank you very much Ryan!
I think you are what every hoarder aspires to be. They justify keeping things with the idea of one day putting it to good use. You are very good at actually putting things to use.
How many gallons your tank holds is around 75 gallons, if you only fill it 2inches is about 12.5 gallons. Width: 24" (60.96cm) Height: 12" (30.48cm) Depth: 60" (152.4cm) Your tank's volume is approximately 17,280.0 cubic inches or 74.8 U.S. gallons, which is approximately 283.5 liters. Width: 24" (60.96cm) Height: 2" (5.08cm) Depth: 60" (152.4cm) Your tank's volume is approximately 2,880.0 cubic inches or 12.5 U.S. gallons, which is approximately 47.3 liters.
As always, awesome video. 👍 Question on the cabin chinking, if the chinking material is solid all the way through the gap will it carry the cold temperature from the outside in? Do you need a gap or is there a specific kind of material to use? 🤔 I'm in favor of the still idea! Especially if it helps the party pavillion to materialize! 😉 stay well in the fluctuating temperatures and give the family a big hug from those of us state side. ✌💜🐖💨
My intuition for avoiding using branches as pegs in pioneer building would be to avoid using any heart wood and young wood tends to be more flexible.. Just my guess though Did your metal working guy not make a lid for the container? Gonna get everything from twigs and leaves to beetles and birds falling in that sap and ending up on your pancakes without some kind of lid lol .. And a domed lid with a few holes would help it heat quicker but still allow all the steam to escape
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Pretty sure they're still making the oversize lid out of logs. ;) Should have skylights too! In all seriousness though, yeah, some sort of a lid does sound very reasonable to us city-folk. Even a tarp stretched above would probably prevent most of the junk. Though everything boils down to tradeoffs due to limited time... ...or maple syrup.
The lid was stood by the side it was the piece that he cut out of the tank, but they just wanted to watch the first boil and get excited that it actually worked.
Traditionally we have built log houses like saunas, barns, hay barns, small houses etc. is by notching the log ends so that they lock to each other. The logs are always skinned too to preserve. Then it is possible to build a complete house without any nails, everything made with an axe. This seems to work also. Thanks for this one.
It's just more work with same results, plus when we put the logs in we can rotate them in the direction they fit best with all the other logs already there. Many of them fit one way best, and you don't really know that until you try them. In a perfect world, each log would be the same size and shape and length, but ours are of various different lengths and widths. It made most sense to do it this way, and then adjust as necessary. The chinking will give it a great look after that you wouldn't get if you shaved off the rounded edges.
As Canadians we use what we have at our disposal and we make it work I’m gonna have 100 comments of people saying you shouldn’t do that you shouldn’t do that but at the end of the day we always do it and it seems to work out good job boys
You and Don done good, I do believe Chris did smirk, almost smile, lol ,I enjoyed this chapter very much, looking forward to next episode, keep living the dream, peace my brother.
DONT YOU JUST LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER!!!!! Was looking at your SugarShack progress looks great the pin method looks like the quickest to build although you may have to make the door opening alittle bigger just so the wood stove will pass through it. Floor would be awesome with gravel and fire brick underneath it like would level it effectively. Although make the stack side higher at ground level the mouth side for the wood lower so it would make it easier for the Maple syrup to drain more efficiently. Simple OUTSTANDING JOB GREAT VIDEO Thanks for sharing. God bless be safe stay warm. Jim
Ok, just to put that to bed. Yes, the average life expectancy for most of the non-modern world was ~30, but it wasn't because people died at that age. There were plenty of older people. Its that low because most babies didn't make it to see 1, and the few that made it past there tended to die off before puberty for various causes. Familes had loads of kids not just for extra help around the house, it was to increase the chance of at least one surviving.
Just a thought you could have predrilled those hole a size or two smaller then hammer in the connectors love the evaporator shows another creative idea brought to life
You can also tap walnut trees. I’m pretty sure they have a similar sugar content to maple, and they’re just about every where in the north east and the great lakes.
It's funny I watched you build first cabin on your brothers channel and recently somehow got a recommendation for a sauna video. Now am a subscriber and a fan, keep up a good job 👍💪💪
Just make a lip for the pan to sit in weld someone weld some 2 inch flat stock around the edge of the oil container for the evaporator pan to sit in a nut should eliminate all the gaps
And I wondered what kept the pan on top of the burner aside from just gravity. I mean, one errant nudge, and the thing could go sideways and come off...
@@ModernSelfReliance I made the comment because I saw the pan shift when you were installing the drain pipe @26:56. Sure the pan is empty, but I wouldn't think a tank near the end of the reduction would be that much heavier.
Hmmm, not the right way to make a log Cabin... you are going to have to do some chinking between the logs,, in the future. but this channel is called "Modern Self Reliance" Cool stuff Kevin .. stay safe cheers from Simcoe County!
Nice job on the evaporator Kevin. Keep it up on the cabin Don. Maybe Chris and Kevin will break the bank for the last couple feet of the cabin and spend their hard earned cash on some 12” structural wood screws so Don can keep some feeling in his hands.
When i started printing tshirts with industrial equipment vs hobby sized equipment i had the same feeling “Boy what was i doing with my time these past couple of years.” Now I’m looking at bigger equipment and wondering why I’m wasting my time. This thing…will have you feeling like you need another one as you start becoming the syrup tycoon of canada. I dont think I’ve ever tasted natural maple syrup. Whenever i have it its in an ihop or something which is rare, i doubt they serve that backwoods brewed stuff. The still is a hugely awesome idea and i think a good incentive to get even more of that maple sap goodness.
I made birch syrup once, wouldn't bother to do it again. Make the still column and head out of copper, and boiler from 306 stainless , and a still house.
I just love to watch you and Don work. You always find a way to make it work, even when it looks like disaster is about to happen. Thank you for the video's.
OMG, HE SAID TICKLE TRUNK!! To the young-ins, that probably sounds inappropriate, but I remember Mr. Dress-up. We watched it in Metro Detroit from the Windsor TV station. I wouldn't have ever thought of that again on my own.
It's my first year doing sap. I have already been thru many evaporator "builds" in NEW HAMPSHIRE. Its alot of fun. One thing I noticed is you should have put baffles in the pan.
So enjoyable to watch you guys build. Explaining your work as you go. Then the excitement in your voice as the syrup comes to a boil. Your a little kid in a way. Thanks for sharing. Iowa is watching. 58 degrees. Rain tonight, then maybe 8 Inches of snow moving in.
Birds will come from miles and miles to crap in your syrup. You should have built a sugar shack, lol. You know? Making pancakes out of sap instead of water, humm? Or some level of concentration. Wonder what level of sap concentration should make good alcohol? 15 to 1? calculate the boil down and add brewers yeast to a fermentation inside where it's warm. Maple mead? Yummie and Whaaahooo!
You can't make syrup out of elm, or hickory or walnut. you can make syrup out of any true maple tree (not box elder - which looks like maple) or birch or sycamore. But you can't just use any tree with leaves, please be careful what you tell people. Nice looking pan, if your guy would deliver to Michigan I'd consider getting one. Because of my heart I'm not making syrup this year, but it sure looks fun. :D
Oh, I know a little about ice! Basically, if it's just a top-layer (a few inches thick), it's probably mostly water. Because early on, the way water crystallizes tends to push the impurities away. That's when you get really good, clear ice. Eventually even the less-pure water will freeze, trapping that sugar inside it (it will also try to expel the gasses that are trapped in there, which is why you often get those ice cubes that are clear around the edges and then have a lot of bubbles right in the middle). So, if you find you have a bucket with a relatively thin ice layer on top (like, up to a third of the total contents), yeah, you can probably discard that layer and save yourself some energy with the boiling. But yeah, if it's frozen straight through it's a moot point and you should just boil it all.
You should check out townsend's channel he built a cabin and the roof was a continuation of the walls that was a fast build. You don't need to make a still. To make Meade just a glass bottle, and ferment.
Looks great!! However, i have one safety concern... Have you thought of a way to secure the maple syrup tank to the boiler? I know it will be heavy, but nothing like -God forbid- a spill accident or tipping over.. etc I suggest a tray similar to the car batter tray or at least 90 degree corners welded to the boiler top. ;)
I think Don needs a raise! 😂 Especially since I just watched your brother's channel and saw him feeding you and Don lamprey. Think he needs a metal as well.🤣
Why is there a widowmaker tree over the area where you are boiling the maple sap at? Install a temp. gauge in the sap tank and one into the wood fire boiler.
Great video, thank you for sharing. I see some other people posting about the freezing process, and I think I agree with them. It's the water that will freeze first, just as it's the water that will boil first. When you boil the sap, some of the sugar will be aerosolized with the boiling water. Likewise, when freezing, some of the sugar will be frozen with the water, but a slow freeze will also help concentrate the sugar. I'm just a small hobbyist boiler, though, thanks again!
Here's one vote for building a maple still. Love the content Kevin. I tapped my maple last week after temps made it above freezing for the first time in months. No evaporator so I just drink the sap as is and use it as potable liquid.
At what stage do you filter the bugs and junk out of the syrup? I thought that would be at the beginning, before the boil, otherwise it would be too sticky, right?
Don is the real deal for sure. What a great guy. On the topic of Maple Whisky Sortilege is amazingly tasty and I'm so irked I can't import it where I live in the USA (in a state that borders Canada no less!)
