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

Tue Jan 29 05:08:56 PST 2008

Did ya'll ever replace cast iron parts with some of these new aluminum  
alloys?

JT

In a message dated 1/29/2008 2:24:43 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
rodneyariddle at yahoo.com writes:

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:  

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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