Originally Posted by
Maplesapper
we boiled on a cinder arch in a Shelter Logic car tent.
My suggestion - worry less about the pan gaskets and figure out a way to at least vent the gases from the arch.
We filled the cinder blocks with sand- that stopped alot of combustion gas.
Also used the gasket, foil, sand combo to ensure the 6" stovepipe would carry away the exhaust gases.
sand, foil, sand is a good season long gasket- and easy to clean-up
Later in the afternoon, the winds changed and the smoke was not as much an issue and places that were leaking before were not as bad. If I keep the cinder block evaporator next year, I will do something different for the door.
I don’t really have any leaks on the walls, it is at the door and along side the pans.
2022 - 5 pan block arch - 109 taps, 73 on 3/16 lines, 36 on drops into 5 gallon pails.
930 gallons boiled, 109 L (28.8 gals) of delicious syrup made.
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2023 - 170 taps, mostly on lines, 1153 gallons boiled, 130 L (34.34 gals) of delicious syrup made, on a 2x4 divided pan and base stack, 8” pipe, on a block arch that boiled at a rate of 13 gallons per hour.
2024 - made 48 L, December to March, primarily over two fire bowls.
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