Looks pretty good. Firebox height isn't bad. An inch or two more won't hurt though. Depth should be more though - Mine's 2'; once you insulate and brick it you'll lose a lot of space. Also, go another inch wider or so overall; then the pan will sit on the inner parts of the top angle iron, giving more surface area for the heat to hit and then also your side insulation has less impact as well. What you may want to consider is making it fit a 2x4 pan, but make a 1x2 blocking plate insulated with 2" of ceramic blanket so you can run your 2x3, but then are ready for a 2x4 in the future. I made two blocking plates for my 2x4 and with smaller amounts of concentrate or box elder sap, then I can run a 2x2 pan. The flexibility is really nice to have. But, the design overall looks good and will make syrup 
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2015 - Small operation. 25 buckets. One excited 5 year old and one 35 year old that feels 5 again.
2016 - One year older. New Homemade 2x4 Arch, Smoky Lake Pan and looking at 52 maples, 17 box elders and 2 walnut trees.
2017 - Shurflo 4008 hooked to 42 stingy silver maples and a few Norways. A couple buckets on sugars and Norways. 10 box elders.
2018 - ...a few more taps.
2019 - ...more taps on 3/16 gravity. This spiral is heading downward in a hurry.
2020 - 4x400 RO - RB20 (uh-oh!)
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