New 2x4 Mason

[JohnsSugarShack]

Well starting over this year. Wanted to down size and keep it in the hobby mode. So I sold my leader 2x6 last year and bought a 2x4 raised flue mason.
Finally got time to start setting up. Leveled and got the fire board installed yesterday. Will have the fire brick cut and dry fitted by this Thursday if all goes
well.
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[Ross]

Looks good. I see this has a base stack out the top. It looks like the ones on his website use an elbow out the back. Is it because it's a raised flue or does he sell them both ways?

[claystroup]

Nice! Lets see some pics of the pans Bill made. How many GPH is it rated for?
Thanks,
Clay (Mason 2 x 5 flat pan owner)

[Flatpan1]

I have been boiling on bills 2x4 raised flu for two seasons. It’s better than any 2x4 I have ever seen run or ran. I get easy 25/hr and if I pay attention to fire I can almost get 30/hr. Great rig keeps up very well with my 150 taps. Great rig.

[Flatpan1]

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[JohnsSugarShack]

Flatpan1 that's great to hear, I was hoping to get 15-18/hr. Wasn't able to get much information on this evaporator. Bill did say that one of his customers was getting over 20/hr. Might
have been you he was talking about. Ross as far as the arch design I'm not sure. When I ordered, I did ask Bill about the stack because of what's on his web site and he just told me
that it had the base stack. As far as the single pan evaporators the stack does come out of the back. I'll post more pictures of my bricking as I go and also of the pans when I unwrap them.
Currently still wrapped up just to protect them while bricking. Really looking forward to this season.

[Flatpan1]

To add some insight on the stack guestion. Before I had Bill make my 2x4. He made me a custom sized arch to fit on of my dads old flatpans. His production arches I believe all come out the back but he is a custom hoby shop and he made mine come out the top like my 2x4. Good luck with the new rig.

[Ross]

Thanks Flatpan1. Your rig is very, very nice! I love the design of Mason's divided flat pans. It's great to see his raised flue, too.

I was just curious about the arch. When I talked to John from Sunrise Metals he said that they tried designs with piping out the back but would only sell arches with a base stack on top because they are so much better. He also said that as a company they recently took another look at their hobby evaporators to see if they could cut costs anywhere and they all agreed there wasn't anything they could change without sacrificing performance.

Thanks again for the pics.

[JohnsSugarShack]

Spent the day cutting fire brick. Tomorrow I'll get them mortared in and hopefully I'll be able to do a test boil next Monday.

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[dannyac500]

Nice work John, I fininshed my new 2X4 XL Mason just a few months ago.