front pan construction

[Bentley Wood Maple]

Is 16 or 18 gauge preferable for the bottom of a front pan.Need to build a 3 section cross flow finishing pan to replace our old one which has had a lot of syrup put through and and has been burned once to often. Our old pan will make a nice back up pan.

[whalems]

I think most commercial made pans are 22 gauge.

[Paperman]

Use the thinnest material you can work with. Im using 22 ga stainless and loving the welding :lol:.

[jmayerl]

Use the thinnest material you can work with. Im using 22 ga stainless and loving the welding :lol:.
Let's see the work! Welding 22 takes lots of skill, god knows I can't.

[Paperman]

850785088509Can't add the pics to this post from the Ipad so here is a link to a build thread of mine.

http://mapletrader.com/community/showthread.php?10535-Starting-a-flue-pan-build

It's not to bad if you keep your tungsten sharp and your heat low.