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

Mon Jan 28 08:09:52 PST 2008

Rodney,
      Was this before OSHA ?
                             Richard

rodney riddle <rodneyariddle at yahoo.com> wrote:
  When I was in college, we had saw mill gears and wheels recast and remanufactured from obsolete broken parts. I cannot imagine that it could not be done with cane mill gears. We actually updated some of the parts in the process. We used a local trade school for the whole process.

Dennis Cotton <cottonfam at windstream.net> wrote:         v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}  o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}  w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}  .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}        st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }                Make that all 3, both the ones in the “transmission” and the one over the gears for the rollers.. The only bad part of the mill is the knife as it has been broken and rewelded but not very well..

  Dennis Cotton

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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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