Hey, all -
I have quite a lot of cherry stacked up from a windfall earlier this summer, and the plan is to rough turn, boil, and paper bag over the winter months. I'll probably tackle this with several marathon turn/boil/bag Saturdays, rather than just one here and one there.
There's potential for 18 inch diameter bowls, so my boiling 'pot' will be fairly large. What do you use as a heat source for larger-scale boiling? I have propane set-up (from a turkey fryer), and I have looked at several rocket stove builds that I could try, although the bigger ones tend to involve paying a welder and/or machinist - if the time and materials of a large enough rocket stove gets near $100, that would buy a lot of hours of propane without the extra hassle. Thoughts/suggestions?