Keeing makeshift filter set up warm while filtering

[miner1]

I've got a makeshift filter setup for the cone filters into a pot. Filtering is extremly slow even with three prefilters inside the wool one. What is a good (low budget) method of keeping the syrup in the filters warm to speed the filtering process. My neighbor suggesting covering the whole setup with a cardboard box and cuting a hole to blow some hot air from a hair dryer? Any crafty suggestions would be appreciated. I tend to bottle 3 gallons at a time. And do I just dump the prefilters into the next prefilter when it slows? Wouldn' that just dump the sand into the next filter or does the sand stay in the filter when I dump it?

[Flat47]

Try an Orlon (synthetic) filter. I never had any luck with wool filters...or cone filters, either.
We use flat filters - one synthetic and 2 or 3 pre-filters on top - right off of the evaporator. Almost immediately, I'll start moving the top pre-filter around. Eventually I just dump the syrup into the next pre-filter. Yes, some junk goes into the next filter, but lots gets trapped in the filter and stays there. Why not filter right when you've reached syrup and package in what ever works right then (Mason jars, growlers, etc.). You'd probably be filtering smaller batches, right? When it's time to bottle into you final choice of container, then it's just a matter of reheating to 180 to 190 degrees and bottle it without having to refilter.

[morningstarfarm]

easy low budget answer..get 2 5 gallon buckets with covers...cut a hole in one cover..put that one on the bottom bucket..next cut the bottom out of the other bucket..and stack them..now take 4 sheetrock screws...and run them in about halfway...hang filter on screws with prefilters inside..heat your syrup..and run it through..when you are done..put the top on the bucket and let her drip through..cheap and easy..