2x6 Homeade Arch

[3 Boys Syrup]

I saw how nice a job Brian did on his 2x6 arch so i thought i would look at his design and make my own.

here is the start.

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[3 Boys Syrup]

Test fitting my pans.

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[B.D.L]

looks good, better work fast if you want to fire it up this season!!!!

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[Troutman10]

looks good!

[3 Boys Syrup]

Got the door made. The tin on and the fire brick in!

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[3 Boys Syrup]

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[3 Boys Syrup]

Almost ready to boil now. In the process of cutting a cupola in the sugar shack now. I will post some pictures of that soon.

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[Peepers]

Nice work! Did you or are you going to insulate the door?

[3 Boys Syrup]

Nice work! Did you or are you going to insulate the door?

No we decided not to because the arch itself is so insulated that we are worried we will not have enough heat to heat the sugar shack.
We figured we might get some heat off of the door to help warm the 12' x 20' shack.

[Peepers]

looks like that door should handle the heat but its gonna be glowing! are you guys doing air over/under the fire too? I've pushed my arch build to next year (I think) but like what everyone on here is doing. good stuff! let us know how it works and what you learn. hope the sap runs good this year!!!

[3 Boys Syrup]

looks like that door should handle the heat but its gonna be glowing! are you guys doing air over/under the fire too? I've pushed my arch build to next year (I think) but like what everyone on here is doing. good stuff! let us know how it works and what you learn. hope the sap runs good this year!!!

I just picked up a small but powerful squirrel cage fan. We are thinking about fabricating some sort of manifold underneath the grates.
We will have several holes drilled into tubing or a metal box blowing forced air under the fire. The fan will be mounted underneath the arch behind the firebox so it is out of the way.

[ericjeeper]

Once it is up and running, after a few hours the brick will be hot enough to heat the sugar shack.. Not to mention once you get a good forced air draft you will be opening the door to feed it about every 15 minutes minimum.. I use a stanley squirrel cage fan right in the top center of my fire.. and it will flat out eat the wood.

[rookie]

wow that thing looks heavy, i would have bricked in the shack, but thats just me. hope you got ten men and a boy handy:lol: j/k
looks great

[Brian Kloepfer]

Nice looking rig.

[3 Boys Syrup]

Got the cupola built.
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[3 Boys Syrup]

Building a stand to hold my sap tank.
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Got the girlfriend making some sap sacks ;)
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[3 Boys Syrup]

1st boil, everything went great. We made 3 1/2 gallons.

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[3 Boys Syrup]

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[Twindadx2]

Looking good guys! Thanks for posting the pictures.

[Chris Kervatt]

Where did you get the door