Apple leather done
This all amounted to almost 3 lbs of leather - 2 lb 10 oz. Not bad. Space saving is remarkable! This is equivalent to about 8 quarts of applesauce, or about 1/2 bushel of apples!
Chemical treatment trough
I desire to do a really good job at treating this wood so as not to have to replace these posts very soon. Therefore, I decided that instead of painting the CuNap solution onto the wood posts, I would instead soak the posts. I used some of the scrap lumber to make a wooden trough which I then lined with heavy PVC sheeting. I used hot glue to attach the PVC to the wood.
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| I dry-fit a post inside to be sure that there was clearance. I used some old antenna wire to raise and lower the post in the trough. |
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| The trough is about 100 inches long (needed it to accommodate an 8 ft tall post). The height of the walls and the distance between the walls is about 6 inches to allow room for a 5x5 inch post. |
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| This shows a bit of the process I used to place a post into the trough. I first move the post onto a couple of strips above the trough to align it with the trough. Then i place the wires around the post. After that, I go to one end and lift the wire and the post, then remove the wood strip and lower the post. I repeat for the other end. Then I add the chemical solution to fill the trough. |
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| I bought 5 gallons of the cuNap (88%) chemical from Poles, Inc. |
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| In the cold, this stuff flows like molasses! What a mess! I mixed 1/2 gal of this compound with 4 gallons of diesel fuel to make the treatment solution. |
