[Syrupmakers] Goldens' New Model #27 help needed & Fire Bowl???

[Dennis Cotton]

I have both guards for my 27.. the big one and small one..  Guess I was
lucky to find a compete mill.

 

Dennis

 

 

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From: syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net
[mailto:syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net] On Behalf Of Richard Harrison
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 5:41 AM
To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Goldens' New Model #27 help needed & Fire Bowl???

 

Floyd,

   Nice report. I have cooked small batches of syrup on the stove for years.
Like you say it is good for experimenting with different canes, etc. You
don't "mess up" a whole kettle of syrup that way.

  Now, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but.....you and MANY more people
are looking for the end gear guard for a Goldens' 27 (the 36 also). They
seem to be few and far between. I think many of them were removed to grease
the gear teeth and NEVER put back on and were probably sold for scrap. It
may be possible that some got broken--but even then they could have been
welded back. I know 1 man that would pay "a pretty penny" to get an end
guard for a 36 !  He has wanted to find 1 in good shape and pay a deposit
for it and ship it to a foundry(Amish, probably) just to have it duplicated
and then give back the original to the owner. Last I knew, he hadn't found
1.

                                       Richard

Floyd, what varieties of sugarcane do you grow ?

Floyd Boyett <floydandbobee at copper.net> wrote:

David,

 

I did not find a source for parts on the Golden #27.  The feed gear and the
discharge gear are the same part # and it was my discharge gear that was
badly worn and 3/4's of one tooth was broken out.  I the broken tooth
repaired and then put that gear on the feed side roller.  (The feed side
roller has much less pressure on it compared to the discharge roller.)  I
milled about 200 gals. of juice with it this year and it did just fine.  I
do want to use my good gear to have a new one made before this coming
season.  

 

I just read TJ's post and if he gets his casting operation going perhaps he
will be able to help us.  I am also missing the roller gears cover.  This is
the clover shaped cover for the outside of the three roller gears.  It is a
safety cover and I sure would like to have that also.

 

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Now, on to another subject:                          Fire Bowl ??? Syrup
Dish

 

Today there was an "Academy Sports & Outdoors" ad in our paper.  They are
having a close-out on some of the winter type things and they have the
"Monarch Fire Bowl" on sale.  I have seen these things before but today it
downed on me that this thing looks just like a syrup dish!  I rushed down to
the store and checked it out.  The dish gauge is fairly thin but I think it
will hold up to making syrup.  (It is made to have a fire in the dish so why
not under it?)  The dish will hold 5 gals.of juice before getting onto the
rim.  I see no reason why we can not put fire under it and use these things
to make small baches of syrup!!  They come with a stainless steel bowl (reg.
$59.99 - sale - $39.99) or a copper bowl ( reg. $89.99 - sale - $69.99).  We
would be looking at about 1/2 to 3/4 gal. of syrup per cooking and with such
a wide surface area I think the cooking time would be fast.  We would still
have a couple of inches of syrup in the bottom when it's done and you can
just pick the dish up off of the stand and set it on the ground or a table
to stop the cooking process.  (The dish does have a small flat area at the
base.)  

 

I can see that these things could be used for testing cane mixes or cooking
metheds without taking a chance on messing up a large amount of syrup.  Not
only that, we could let the kids make their own syrup on syrup making day!

 

Just thought I would pass this on to the list.  Perhaps someone else has
thought of this before and I just missed it.  If so, never mind as they used
to say on Saturday Night Live.

 

PS - We have a Dutch Oven cooking club and we cook outdoors at our farm each
month.  I bought two of this fire bowls.  I am going to try my hand at candy
making with the copper one!  The stainless steel one also looks just right
for boilling sweet corn!''  They even come with a cover screen that will
keep the leaves and honey bees out.

 

Have fun,

 

Floyd Boyett

Lumberton, Texas 

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