hand pump filter press

[Baker]

Thank guys for all the advice.I do like the idea that with daryl's or the west fab I could up grade to a pump for down the road.I deffenetly plan on adding more taps In next yr or 2.I want to spend this yr and next yr up grading a few things.this yr filter press.next yr an evapoator I hope.

[Baker]

AIso i forgot to add that I do bottle in all glass.

[WESTMAPLES]

i do 1/3 of my syrup in glass also. in my pictures there is a pic of syrup packed in glass, because i was amazed at the clarity of the syrup and how nice it was to use a filter press idea in general. filter syrup on the quick with less effort into the filtering game itself and more time spent doing other things boiling more and maybe sleep some too...... with dreams of an RO in the future

[Birddog]

Baker,

Where are you at in Northern MN. I tapped about 80 trees near Barnum and hope to tap a few more this season. I'm not a huge fan of the cone filter process either but have a hard time spending the money on a single purpose item like a filter press, and have been wondering if it would be overkill for me. I'm hoping to try out a flat filter this year on a water jacketed bottler(another expensive item). I bottle everything in glass and last year I think I messed up a batch or two by creating some sugar sand after filtering by getting the syrup too hot after filtering. If you get the filter press, please update this thread on what your thoughts are after you use it.

[sweetwater sugar shack]

I purchased a used 5 inch hand press last year u will not regret the purchase I have 200 taps big time saver

[Baker]

Hey birddog, im from Deer River.I thought bout getting the 16×16 smokey lake finishing/ bottling pan that had flat filter.but the fact that I do most of this by my self and planning to expand in the near future.I thought the filter press would be the better investment.it's a pain for me to use the cone filters but they work.if i have to i will save and wait till i get 5 gal of finished syrup to filter. I had a batch last yr that was hard to filter and got a lil sugar sand also.I really like the the look of crystal clear syrup in glass bottles.I'm just torn on what press to get at this point.will save me in the long run I'm hoping.lol

[OGDENS SUGAR BUSH]

i started with cone filters then went with flat filters, last year i purchased a 5" hand press from Daryl, this year i added a air pump to it. Hopefully im done now010.jpg

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OGDEN`S just out of curiosity what did you spend of the 5 in press and then how much on adding the air powered pump ???

[OGDENS SUGAR BUSH]

OGDEN`S just out of curiosity what did you spend of the 5 in press and then how much on adding the air powered pump ???

I bought the press with hand pump $700.00 and found the air pump on EBAY brand new $250

[tgormley358]

i started with cone filters then went with flat filters, last year i purchased a 5" hand press from Daryl, this year i added a air pump to it. Hopefully im done nowAttachment 10619

Hi, I'm a small backyard producer in central Ma in my 3rd year, also making the step up from cone filtering, but not sure yet of the advantages of flat filtering vs filter press. Since you went first to flat filter then to filter press, I'm wondering if you can explain how much better was flat filtering over cones in efficiency, and why did you move on to filter press? Should I go straight to a small filter press or will flat filtering be enough improvement? I made 8 gallons last year on 30 taps, next year will more than double.