Originally Posted by
red/one
Just watched the video, two thumbs up!
I followed 4walls example and made one last year. I did not have the over centre clamps on last year but added them this past summer and it all worked fantastic.
I highly recommend it for the DYI hobby sugar maker. It filters extremely well and extremely fast.
I already had the Toronto Brewery kettle and purchased the exact same Walmart pot and silicone baking sheet.
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.
DYI Vacuum Filter
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.