With a 2x4, now a 2x6, I found that trying to filter during the small draws was just too much trouble. You can't keep the filter warm, and are you sure of the density when you draw those small amounts? Eventually I learned to just draw into a pot. At the end of the day the pot with maybe 5 gallons goes to the house and sits overnight to settle. Next day the syrup is poured off the dregs (which settle again), the density is balanced, then reheated to 200 and filtered in a press and bottled from a canner into glass. Find what works for you. I got the press because I couldn't face pouring 5 gallons of hot syrup through a cone on the kitchen floor. Life is much better now.
Last edited by maple marc; 02-26-2016 at 09:02 PM.
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Central Ohio
Leader WSE 2x6
Old metal corn crib converted to "The Shack"
Smoky Lake 6 gallon water jacket canner
Daryl 5" filter press with air pump
Deer Run 125 RO
2023: 140 taps, buckets, 32 gallons
2019: 100 taps, buckets, 45 gallons
2018: 100 taps, buckets, 31 gallons
2017: 100 taps, buckets, 15 gallons
2015: 100 taps, buckets, 34 gallons
2014: 100 taps, buckets, 30 gallons
2013: 100 taps, buckets, 52 gallons
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