RileySugarbush
02-05-2007, 10:22 PM
I'm about to build an arch for some new pans- JasonS' half pint and 2x3 drop flue pans. I wonder why arches have a slope between the firebox and the flue. It seems to me that a vertical back wall to the firebox would maximize the length of the flue gases in close contact with the pans. The sharp corner shouldn't be a problem, there is one at the stack base already. It seems like a good thing to make the flue gases turbulent at the back end of the syrup pan My firebox is planned to be 19" wide (24" minus 2 bricks) x 20 deep x 18 high from grate to syrup pan. I plan on 1" space below the flues and I will have forced draft.
Any comments or suggestions?
Any comments or suggestions?