OK Huaco...here's your pics.
Here's how a cheapskate homebrewer (me) taps maples...
Go to the basement and "shop"...first a roll of poly tube I bought when Lowes shut some stores, a 5/16 speed and drill, 2 old drilled lids, 2 old bungs and 2 old grape juice bags I saved from wine kits (I knew I'd need them some day), 2 old buckets from the garage (don't need to be clean) and a few bricks to hold them down while Nemo passed through (I set these before the 29" of snow as the weather person on TV promised above freezing days soon after the storm).
I did break down and buy 2 tree-saver taps for $1.09 @.
Drill the trees about 2" deep (premarked the bit), prewrap the hose connection with electric tape so it's snug then tap the spiles (word of the day) into the holes until tight. Press fit the hose, through drilled lid, shove into bung, put bung in wine sack and wait.
This morning I put 1.5 gallons into the fridge.
We've had a couple days recently where daytime temp barely reached 32 if that so although started, flow rates aren't spectacular...but for only 2 taps, I'm happy. The sap is almost crystal clear and I am sure, with this set-up, I'm not getting water.