New flat pan with dividers made at local fabrication shop

[Aaron S]

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I had a local shop weld me up a pan. Gave them a sheet of brushed SS 304 18 gauge. Along with my drawing. They charge me $340 for their time, which I felt was pretty reasonable. I made a block arch, still have some work to do on it, but will post pics another time. I'm planing on painting the bottom with high heat paint. Their was a very interesting conversation about that reacently. I figure it may help, if not, it will have a black bottom as soon as the fire hits it anyway.

[Bucket Head]

Thats a nice looking pan! They might have more business after these pictures are viewed more!

I would'nt bother spending the money on paint. Your right, it will be covered in soot within minutes of lighting the first fire under it.

Steve

[madmapler]

Very nice! That'll beat the pants off the pots you used last year:)

[Aaron S]

Thanks. I'm very excited. May have a hard time sleeping tonight. Who would of thought maple syrup was so much fun.

[jake22si]

Are those cutouts for the syrup passages too large?

[Pibster]

Looks great. I would not paint the pan either. The paint would actually reduce your evaporation rate, albeit a very minimal amount.

[Aaron S]

I made the cut outs 4" long and 4" up. Does that sound correct or have I made them to large. Any comments would be appreciated.
Thanks

[Pibster]

Seems big but I can't see it being a problem. My old pan was probably 1-1/2" x 1-1/2".

[Loch Muller]

I used to run a 24"x33" 4 section flat pan made by GH Grimm that had square cutouts between the sections about 4"x4". The sap would concentrate fine for me with that pan, so I don't see why this one would be different. That does look like a nice setup. Have fun!

[BAP]

Cut outs shouldn't be a problem because you are always adding sap, pushing the concentrated along towards the draw-off.

[Super Sapper]

Some guys did some experimenting with the size of their opening and found that if they made their opening smaller that they had more consistant drawoffs. They claimed that they had less back mixing.