How To Make A Barrel Stove | DIY Maple Syrup Evaporator | Food From the Land
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Jim Baird: Homestead DIY Maple Syrup Evaporator: Do-it-yourself barrel stoves are great wood stoves for any homestead, remote log cabin, hobby farm, work shed, hunt camp, etc. The stove I make in this video is customized for maple syrup making but can also be used for off-the-grid canning too. Due to their large size and relative efficiency, barrel stoves are very effective at heating large spaces and can even be converted into hot water heaters. They are cheap to build and will last decades. The stoves were commonly used in logging camps across Northern Ontario, among other places.
Here's what you'll need to make a barrel stove evaporator for making Maple Syrup. Subtract the cost of the catering dishes if you want to forgo the maple surging evaporator customization. 1. A barrel stove kit ($100), 2. a fuel barrel ($10), 3. two heavy-duty catering pans ($60) 4. Four stainless steel cabinet handles for the evaporating pans ($20) and 5. four 2' long sections of 8" wide, single-walled stove pipe ($60). Total = $250 ...6. (Optional) 20 fire bricks for the inside of the stove ($100). What great value!
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Hi Jim. Keep your angle grinder at a 45° angle in this way your cutting blade will be round at the edges. In this way you can cut a circle... 🤠
Jim. To cut a circle with a angle grinder, keep the grinder at a 45° angle. In this way your disc will be round at the edge which will make it possible to cut a round circle. 🤠
👍 solid tip!
Or use a jigsaw
We started with 10 buckets and 3 stock pans. Built a barrel evaporator like yours and went to 50 buckets. Then went to a small evaporator and 250 buckets. We love it. Hard to find a product you can make from beginning to end. About 25 gallons a year. Love the video. take care and stay safe, Al
Wow, that’s a big jump up from the barrel stove. We definitely enjoy it too and have a decent number of maples here. This year we boiled down 69 imperial gallons of sap. I think we did that in about four days.
I made syrup for the first time this season on the same set up; 4 gallons, not too bad. Best tip I had was to line the bottom and sides inside the stove with firestone/brick/rocks etc.
1 - Protects the barrel for longer use
2 - Redirects heat towards the pans
3 - Burns less fuel
That is a good idea, we were going to buy some fire bricks but they wet about 5$ a pop so we opted out. The layer of ash in the bottom works okay but maybe something, even gravel would be a good idea. Thanks! Sounds like you have a pretty good set up there!
That is a great maple syrup stove. Good job guys. 💖
Nothing better than homemade Canadian maple syrup.You guys did a great job so nice you can do that on your property.Take care🙂❤
Thanks a lot and yes, I would have to agree!
It was a great idea that worked, and it's interesting to see how you did it with Tori. It just has to work. Gentlemen, no work is too difficult for your wife and she always knows how to help herself. Jim, you can be happy to have such a great comrade☘️💫👍🤩
Great job and looks like its working well!
I chuckled at the borrowing with Ted 😄 good to know it's not just our family. Great video learned something new. I can only imagine the sweet smells.
Nothing says fellow Canadian more than Home Hardware gloves :)
The ol’ SKILL grinder...the best $20 I’ve ever spent. I’ve had both of mine for more than 10 years and they are both still going strong!
I burnt up a Dewalt and Craftsman professional grinder in less than a year and a half.
I set up one grinder with a cutting disc and another with a flap disc.
Perfect, are you using it mostly for welding? A buddy of mine who’s a welder got carpel tunnel, he thinks from extended use of grinders. I have the craftsman one too with a grinding disk in it....It’s okay but I haven’t put it to a ton of hard use.
Jim Baird - Adventurer it’s very possible that he did get it from the grinders.
And yeah I use them for welding and odd jobs seeping the property.
👍🥞🥞 Good thing Tori was marking the cuts and holes. 🤣
Yes, she helped with the measuring
Great job! Put a layer of sand on the bottom and a couple rows of fire bricks, lasts longer and uses less wood. 👍
I should but those fire bricks aren’t cheap
@@JimBairdAdventurer sand will help..
Great team work is awesome to watch. Jim PLEASE PLEASE! I would love to see you hook up a fish off that back porch! What an awesome location. This is exactly how my wife and I imagine our life being. YEAH jealous. Awesome video again. Thank you.
James & Trina
Okay, I will!! The water is a little high right now but I’ll do a catch and cook or catch and smoke vid from out front
@@JimBairdAdventurer I was just thinking..you could fashion a grill top for that new stove
Jim good man humble letting your wife help. Great job guys, Jim throwing things are for your baby, you are the big boy. Love you guys keep up the great videos. Love from New Zealand am nanna have 5grandchildren.
5 grandchildren, that’s a blessing. Thanks a lot for watching :)
Fantastic job, well done both you guys. Loving your channel Jim and your great range of content. 💖
Much appreciated and thanks a lot for watching. I try to pull it all together, my lifestyle and the things I do when I’m not out on a big trip. Trying to give the whole picture as it’s related to an extent. The ones I do around the house don’t usually get many views but I hope they start catching on. Thanks again for the support!
Great video Jim and Torri!! 👍👍👍💯💯💯
Awesome project! Fun to see it come together! Great little stove!
Thanks a lot!!
My brother and I made one for his garage a few years back. Fun project.
Thanks, and ya I agree!
A metal grain scoop is the best thing to clean the ashes out of those stoves. I have built about a dozen of them so far, and if you use a plasma cutter you can be done in an hour.
Nice, ya if I was going to build another in I’d be able to do it a lot faster. One thing that was a pain was that I drilled the holes for the back legs to far back. It was thought to get the bits and bolts into them.
Your little man is going to have such a fun upbringing on that property
What a fun video, Jim and Tori! Jim you always make videos better with your fun outlook on life and your facial expressions are the best ever! HEY TED BRING JIM BACK HIS DAMN SAWZALL! lol
Team work. Great job!!!
Thanks 🙂👍
Pretty cool project! turned out nicely as well, you guys make a great team!
Thanks!
Nice and awesome looking barrel stove Jim & Tori!👍
Thanks a lot!!
What a great mod kit! I may have to do something similar.
I don't need no stinking instructions either Brother!
Ted!!! Give Jim his Sawzall Back!!! Lmfao! Cheers you guys!
Thanks a lot! And ya, haha it might of helped to read them but I think it’s pretty straight forward. I actually have an amazing affiliate link to this barrel stove kit if you’re looking for one www.amazon.ca/US-Stove-BSK1000-Cast-Barrel/dp/B000IO6RAA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=barrel+stove+kit&qid=1586553011&sr=8-1&th=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=jimbairdadven-20&linkId=24ae9700a35da9c25588df574e72b1c6&language=en_CA
This is the most Canadian thing I've ever seen! I love it! Cheers!
Haha, awesome...thanks a lot! The stove works great!
Thinking about building one for my barn. Cast iron stoves are EXPENSIVE!
Ya, I know a guy who heating his house with a barrel stove for 20 years. They throw out a lot of heat. It’s best in that case to line the bottom with fire bricks or even just gravel.
Sweet!
Remember, measure 3 times and cut once...
Its awesome to have a wife that's into the same stuff you are, and capable of handling it if she has to.
Even a skill saw would've been easier.
👍 I will try to remember haha. Ya, my wife is awesome
Hi Jim and Tori. It must be wonderful living next to such a magnificent river... 🤠
Thanks, ya we love it!
Beautiful spot for a house you guys have
Thanks very much
There is no way a sawsall is better than a grinder for this job, but Ted, give him back his sawsall 🤣
In the end I would agree with you! As long as you have a cutting blade in the grinder.
Great video Again
Thanks!
Tori is like Rosie the riveter. You rock Girl. Nice Delta Blues going....rock on. Hey Jim, the two pieces you cut out for the trays will fit nice inside for the wood to sit on. Just weld some legs on it. Nice project, wish you had smell-a-vision. Bet that sap smells good.
I've never had maple syrup, looks yummy
It’s the best!!
Very cool bro 👌
Looks delicious!
Thanks! Ya, worked out great!
Fun project to watch... I want one just for backyard fires
It’s perfect for that. With the fire ban, you can have a fire in a wood stove as long as you’re on private property and 100m from your building.
Nice work folks , love the barrel stove , should make things easier and faster for you. IC the river is flowing well, nice property
That's good that your wife is helping you so you don't mess up
Haha, ya why not. But she does a lot when it comes to our maple sugaring operation in general.
Send me a p o box I will send u some good maple syrup from northern Minnesota
I bet, thanks for offering that up!
Beauty way there now to make your Maple Syrup 👍.
Thanks, we have a video of it in action coming out today. A little late as the season has passed but it’s pretty cool.
@@JimBairdAdventurer your welcome. Cool and wait for the video then. Almost done watching all your videos also.
nice project, think I'll get it ready for this year. I ran out of syrup this year.
Warming container, nice!
Thanks, ya, it speeds things up a lot by the end of the day.
Do you sometimes sit on the deck with your eyes closed and imagine sitting next to a busy freeway? Realtors always say the freeways sound like running water. lol. Love the barrel stove project. Great shop stoves too?
Haha, never once....retailers 🤦♂️
Steve, the problem with that is eventually you have to open your eyes and it is just a damn freeway!
Freeways sound like running water with straight pipe harley davidson motor boats. Nothing like the real thing
Most excellent. : )
Not sure if our local hardware or propane/gas stores have these fuel barrels or the stove kit.
I did see your link to get a kit, so I'll have to check it out.
Thank you for uploading Jim and Tori!
Nonprob and ya, I was smart enough this time to add a link. It’s the same one I got and anyone who buys from the link I get a small kick pack too....brutal that there’s no hockey 🏒
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Absolutely. Time to break out the NHL Ice video games.
Bonjour, vous allez bien ?...qu'elle vue de votre terrasse sur le torrent!...sirop d'érable !!... travail d'équipe, avec Madame..yes..🙂. Le garçon se porte bien?... poêle fait main. Porte et pieds en fonte.. c'est du travail, mais qu'elle satisfaction de le faire soi.meme..quelle bonne idée d'intégrer les deux contenants dans le pôle !👍bravo!!
hard working women you got there!
Indeed, thanks a lot
sweet porch for beer drinking!
It was a strategic purchase
The old school trick to prevent boil overs is to dip a piece of bacon rind on a wire into the syrup. Reduces the boil immediately.
Great tip!
@@JimBairdAdventurer I just lay a wooden spoon across my boiling pot and the foam dies down instantly.
What size buffet pans do you use here. I have already started making the barrel evaporator. Good stuff! Although my straight cut skills with my recip saw leave a lot to be desired. 🥴
Great video Tori and Jim. @Ted Baird where's the sawall? How do you check when it's at the syrup consistently. One step closer to a "Sugar Shack" If you make a sugar shack make it close to the river. Then if you use gravity and use lines into the shack. Thanks, Guys.
We have thought about that gravity feed idea and it’s totally viable! We use a thermometer to tell when it’s done but some people, particularly old timers , just dip in a wooden spoon and when it drips off twice but the third drip never falls off, they pull it off.
@@JimBairdAdventurer Thanks
Jim measure twice,,,,,cut once! Haha! The river behind you beckons.......Jim you might want to put out a disclaimer that the fuel drum should either be brand new or thoroughly purged of any fumes🗯
That’s a good point and were actually worried about it blowing up with the grinder sparks and I pulled the extinguisher out. There were some fumes but there was some water in the barrel so it was watered down. Plus, it was spray foam insolation. I’d have been a little more concerned if it was Jet A-1 💥 Thanks a lot for watching and glad you got a kick out of it!
Please let me suggest a little tip.....first thing off the start use one of the cut off wheels down about 1/2 way and take it off the grinder and save it for tight cutting ...like circles it does help, ...want to say I enjoy all your videos and some times wish I could be with you.....Johnny B. from down Florida way
Thanks for the great idea. This stove worked out very well and I may make another to heat in if my sheds too. Great to hear you’re enjoying the videos!
Fully Baked Kit!
👍
# 2 to like, and #1 to comment. Now to watch the vid. Rick.
Ha! Nice...I hope you like it!
I always heard that you want to burn the paint off the drum too as it’s poisonous...
I’d check the warnings on that spray paint that Tori applied after the burn in.
Ya, and the residue on the inside too. We used high heat paint, it’s meant for BBQs
Jim Baird - Adventurer ok cool, just making sure man.
Hi Jim by the way Ted let me use the item will give it back to him in a year or two hahaha
Bahaha
@@JimBairdAdventurer just had to pull at your leg about that Jim great way of doing it for you all
Hey Jim buy a funnel to help Tory with poring the bucket of sap into the blue jug. You can't waste one drop right.
This is true! Thanks 👍
What a great piece. I laughed out loud. It reminds me that men should always marry a smarter woman.
Haha, thanks - ya that had to go in for a laugh
HAHAHAHAH the look on Torys face after cough at 1:37 is priceless, no way you got the Covid up in north. Nice job on the stove you two. Thank you for sharing
Ha! Totally a covid fear caugh
Hey so what about sending your favorite troll in new jersey a bottle of maple syrup? i made pancakes yesterday and had some delicious vermont maple syrup i bought at the grocery store here, i bet yours is thousands of times better.
Haha, well I don’t know about that. We’ve been using a lot of it in baking, making fudge etc. It’s going fast!
You needed a recricating saw for those round holes (🤣) (Ted)?
Haha!
I need to build one for next year. I've been done by the end of March here in Ohio, How the fishing out your back door?
Ya, you should for sure. Great and very practice. Fishing is decent. A lot of action but the fish are small.
@@JimBairdAdventurer What river is it? I couldn't help but wish I was there with a boat and a fly rod. Thanks for sharing Jim. Ted if you are reading this return his tools, ha ha!
Did you at least get your saw back from Ted yet? :) Jim do you know what dimensions your catering trays are??
I actually found it in my shed. I forget on the size
I gotta say, you are great at adventures, but you could use some work on the grinder! 🤣🤣🤣 Great little barrel stove makes me wish I lived in an area that allowed fires!
Thanks a lot sometimes you can get away with outdoor fires when you do it in a wood stove
I want to see the resulting maple syrup !!!!
It’s good! Maybe we’ll put out a vid in that soon
Did you add bricks to the inside of the barrel?
No because we didn’t want to spring, they’re not cheap
seemed like an easy build..
Pretty much. The hard part was getting the nuts and bolts in for the back legs. I’d put them a little closer to the front next time.
Ted, where's the saw'all?
Ya!! Haha
Grinder make cleaner cut in metal than Sawzall anyway.Brothers punishment should be he has help
how much for the syrup, lol...
Pancakes tomorrow?
Heck ya!
show us the finish product!!!!!
I don’t think they make maple syrup in Finland
@@JimBairdAdventurer I see what you did there. Nice.
Are you hinting at me rushing 😐
TED!! GIVE JIM back his tools dude..😤
Turns out I actually found it in a bin at the back of my shed
Ted, my bad fine Sir. You are a gentleman and a descent human being.. sorry we blamed you for not bringing back Jim's saw 😈
Yes, I haven’t admitted it to Ted yet lol
@@JimBairdAdventurer lmao :p
Make it wooden with the help of the Stodoys instructions.
A wooden fireplace?
Great video.... But "the stove I make" needs an edit.....
Thanks a lot and you would be right 👍
@@JimBairdAdventurer cheers!
Thanks
Without Tori this was one big disaster..!
Hahah 👍
Needs taller feet, to bring it up to waist height, make working that syrup without bending down, and some big ass wheels for moving around, pimp that thang out hard ,maybe some chrome spinners lol, just kidding, but yes for wheels
Stealing the life blood from the national tree. There's gotta be a law!
To the contrary...nothing is more Canadian than maple syrup.
How the hell did you ever end up with Tori she's way way better than anybody I have ever dated
Haha, I don’t know, I tell her that regularly. In all sincerity I think it was just me making some hard decisions before I got someone who I knew had these deeper things in common with me. I’m not sure what her answer is but somehow both our paths came together. Thanks a lot, that is a big compliment.