homemade hood

[jrthe3]

I want to build a hood for my 3x8 for the flue pan i keep reading about leadin galviniced steel would it beok to use for a steamhood or should i use aluim.

[OGDENS SUGAR BUSH]

aluminim would make it lighter, galv. shouldnt hurt you for a hood

RICH

[Haynes Forest Products]

The problem with galv. is its heavey and it will rust at all the screw or pop rivet holes. Aluminum is nice and light easy to bend

[MapleME]

someones gota have a plan to make a hood out of aluminum. Im no metal fab, but I can cut, bend and pop-rivet pretty good I would imagine.

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

I have some pics on my website link in my signature of my hood if you are interested. Most of the pics are before I added a steam stack above the syrup pan and ducted it into the flue pan stack. There are pics of the evaporator in different albums if you are interested which may help you some. My frame and channel on my hood is aluminum and the rest is stainless including stack.