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

Tue Jan 29 03:02:18 PST 2008

I will be home this weekend and will send it then..  

Dennis

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From: syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net
[mailto:syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net] On Behalf Of
DBACrownhoney at aol.com
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 1:37 PM
To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Goldens' New Model #27 help needed & Fire Bowl???

Hey Dennis,

Can send me some pictures of the guards your talking about. I would like to
see how hard they would be to cast and what type of casting would work for
these. 

thanks,

J.T.

In a message dated 1/28/2008 7:34:17 A.M. Central Standard Time,
cottonfam at windstream.net writes:

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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