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Warren(Oh) 
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 Posted: 22 Oct 2010 at 7:30pm |
Few more pix of the cutting process, video would be about as exciting as watching paint dry ! haha
First pic after about 2 hours of cutting, 2 cutters.
Shot of trailer,
After another couple hours of just me cutting
Close up of trailer
About half way through, got to work tomorrow, should finish cutting tomorrow afternoon. I have 2 20x20 canvas tarps that we cover it with till it gets mashed. That should happen the first week of November, I took the whole week off ! Just got a little more to finish up on the mill wagon, I bought 5000lb jack stands to put on each corner, got to weld the plate on them so they can be bolted to the main frame and it will be ready. Oh, we got a cut off saw at auction last week, the engine will get turned around to run the saw. Gonna get slabs to fire the cook fire with ! So much work, only one me ! Good night.
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Warren(Oh)
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Posted: 24 Oct 2010 at 8:05pm |
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Mill wagon is finally finished. Added 5000lb trailer tongue jacks to each corner. Steadies it up nice. Got the engine turned around and belted to the cut off saw. Got to get a few bundles of slabs now. Pix later.
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Jim-Tea
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Posted: 24 Oct 2010 at 8:46pm |
Warren I would check with the local hospital for a S.Steel table or tank. They use them for awhile and then toss them out or the maintance shop gets them.
Jim
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Warren(Oh)
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Posted: 06 Nov 2010 at 8:42pm |
This has been one long road but the sorghum should flow, or ooze, tomorrow. The rain Friday hampered efforts to be ready today but everything is in place now. Sorry there isn't any video of me pulling the mill wagon into place with my G but here are a few pix showing them hooked together. The wagon probably out weighs the G 3 to 1 but it did ok on mostly level ground. The belt had to be tightened up quite a bit on the mill after using it to run the saw but I think it is tight enough now. Got to make a crank tightener to keep the belt tight. You can see the corner jacks in use and the oilers too. Got to get to bed, another short night !
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Jeff Z. NY
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Posted: 07 Nov 2010 at 7:18am |
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Wouldn't want to get my finger in those gears.
Nice looking rig.
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Jim Lindemood
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Posted: 07 Nov 2010 at 7:32am |
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Looks like you are about ready to go. In the first picture - the chickens appear to be helping move the thing -- slave labor, LOL. The projects some of you guys take on just amaze me. You have done a lot of work on this one, still looks like fun.
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Warren(Oh)
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Posted: 07 Nov 2010 at 8:15pm |
JZ, the gears wouldn't be anything next to getting them in the rollers. A 1 1/2 inch stalk going in comes out nearly 6 inches wide ! The juice just pours.
Jim, it is alot of work and fun but a lot is relief that the thing works and does what it's supposed to.
We got about a third of the cane run today. It's slow work with only 4 people. I fed the mill most of the day, it's a bit tall for everyone else to comfortably feed. By the time I got the trailer empty, the 100 gallon tank was full all while they were taking from it cooking. Took another couple hours to cook off and clean up before calling it a day. This may even carry over to next weekend because I won't likely get another day off but I've got Monday off ! I will be sure to have my camera tomorrow, walked right out without it today.
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Warren(Oh)
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Posted: 08 Nov 2010 at 11:32pm |
As promised, here is video of our sorghum maiking. This will likely be the last installment on this thread. I'd like to thank everyone who has viewed it and posted a response.
First video is the start of day 2, engine started fairly easy after warming it up a bit with a small space heater. Cane moved into place, lines thawed out.
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Second video shows the back of my head and me feeding stalks into the mill. I was barely keeping up with what the mill can handle. Right after I stopped the camera, the belt slipped and I had to shut it down and tighten the belt. Next year belt tightening will be a much simpler process but it's 6 bolts and a lever now ! He'll kill me again !!
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Third is a lull in the squeezing while getting the cooking started. We left the pan full of water the day before and they chased it out as juice flowed in.
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Hope everyone has enjoyed this, thanks for watching.
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Bob D. (La)
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Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 5:06am |
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Gosh Warren, something must be wrong. Alsmost lookslike ya'll know what your doing. Glad it went well and all the hard work getting your new mill running has now paid off. God Bless.
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Jim Lindemood
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Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 7:52am |
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Wow -- that has been a lot of work -- but so NEAT! Not many folks around that can say they have done that. I did not realize how much juice would come from the cane. Looks like a pretty good flow out of the mill. Find the whole process amazing. Thanks for sharing your experience.
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Chalmersbob
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Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 9:41pm |
WARREN, Thank you for sharing your pictures with us. I found it to be very interesting.
It sure was a lot of work getting everything set up. It looks like you plant the can in rows like corn. Do you cultivate it also? Does it have to be cut by hand? can't you cut it by machine? It great to see the whole family working together at the project. Bob
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Pat the Plumber CIL
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Posted: 09 Nov 2010 at 11:21pm |
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How much for a Quart Warren? Thanks for all the photos and videos.I can barely remember my family helping a nieghbor squeeze and cook and jar molasses(They would split up the booty afterward).The sights,sounds and smells bring back a lot of memories.
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You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails
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Warren(Oh)
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Posted: 10 Nov 2010 at 7:37am |
Chalmersbob, yes the cane is planted in rows just like corn. I did cultivate it with the G this spring and also sprayed it with Weed B Gone, still had jimsom, pig weed and cockleburrs but not as bad as they would have been. Hope to get a better job cultivating next year (if there is a next year ! Lot of work !) so the spray won't be needed but there are a lot of weed seeds in the ground, it likely will be needed. We hope to have a pto driven corn binder for next year. Guy I work with says he has one way in the back of one of his barns that we can have if we can get it out !
Pat, sent you a PM. Asking $7 a quart. Priority mail medium USPS box costs $11.40 with Delivery Confirmation. I'll have to buy more bubble wrap if anyone else wants it by mail. Thanks
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Jim Lindemood
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Posted: 10 Nov 2010 at 8:13am |
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Of course there will be a next year. Now that you have gone through all the experiment phase, you have it all figured out and can breeze through it -- oh, forgot you still have to plant, cultivate, strip, harvest, press, evaporate and things like that -- LOL.
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Warren(Oh)
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Posted: 10 Nov 2010 at 6:16pm |
Jim, I think you ought to come help next year ! Cincy ain't that far away, we'll feed ya' !
It was a lot of experimentaion, seeing how things do and work or don't work. Biggest thing needed is a new furnace, second being a pan. We can build the furnace given time. Would rather someone else makes the pan, personally. I would like to try one a foot narrower and the sections wider and deeper but I don't know if I can convince everyone else to go along with it.
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Jim Lindemood
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Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 7:06am |
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Warren, actually thought I might try and swing by this year but other stuff happened. Maybe I can make it out that way next year -- ya never know.
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LannyMTN
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Posted: 11 Nov 2010 at 9:29pm |
So, with the ride, a quart cost $18.40.
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Warren(Oh)
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Posted: 15 Nov 2010 at 4:31pm |
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Sorry Lanny, been busy ( had to go back to work !) Yes, $18.40 for the trip, $18 if you just want to send cash. Got to get signs made and try to get it all sold ! Thanks
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Bob D. (La)
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Posted: 15 Nov 2010 at 5:42pm |
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Warren, Sure is good over hot biscuits. Yum, Yum. Thanks again. God Bless.
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Posted: 15 Nov 2010 at 7:03pm |
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Bob, I have 3 left over cornbread muffins and plan on having them for breakfast with some of Warren's squeezin's on em.
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