I thought there was something on the inside that held the probe in place, against the wall of the pipe.
I thought there was something on the inside that held the probe in place, against the wall of the pipe.
2004 - 2012 2x3 flat pan 25 to 60 taps
2012 2x3 new divided pan w/draw off 55 taps
2018 - didn't boil surgery - bought new evaporator
2019 new SML 2x4 raised flue high output evap. 65 taps
made 17 gal. syrup
2020 - only put out 53 taps - made 16.25 ga.l syrup
2021 - Didn't work out
2022 - 25 taps on bags / 8 taps on 3/16's line - late start
I bent up a bracket out of stainless attached with 4 small stainless screws. Slip fit holes in the chimney pipe and the bracket that sits 1/2" out from the pipe support the thermometer and it isn't "wobbly" jay
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Zucker Lager
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.
That is a really neat idea. Where did you get a piece of stainless like that for the bracket?
2004 - 2012 2x3 flat pan 25 to 60 taps
2012 2x3 new divided pan w/draw off 55 taps
2018 - didn't boil surgery - bought new evaporator
2019 new SML 2x4 raised flue high output evap. 65 taps
made 17 gal. syrup
2020 - only put out 53 taps - made 16.25 ga.l syrup
2021 - Didn't work out
2022 - 25 taps on bags / 8 taps on 3/16's line - late start
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.
I saw some stainless steel gutter material on line that looked just like it, but seeing my eavestroughs guy today, his gutter guards were aluminum. Aluminum melts at 1221° and my stove pipe will never approach it. Just for the hec of it he also gave me some metal bracing.
I have also asked my base stack maker if the stainless steel he uses in the base stack is magnetic or not. Some stainless steel is magnetic and some is not.
Edit: I heard back from the base stack maker and he says magnets will not stick to the base stack.
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Last edited by Swingpure; 12-05-2022 at 06:02 PM.
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.
Look on ebay for Perforated Sheet Stainless Steel. I bought it originally to make a filtering funnel but it cut off too much of the flow so I used an oven baking rack instead and had this laying around. It bends easily and the holes are there for the screws already haha jay
Zucker Lager
I am the worst tin sniper cutter in North America, but I did make a bracket to hold the probe thermometer on the single wall pipe. It should work. I haven’t drilled the hole for the probe yet until I get the thermometer and get the probe size.
The picture attachment on the forum is working again for me.
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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.
Thanks jay
2004 - 2012 2x3 flat pan 25 to 60 taps
2012 2x3 new divided pan w/draw off 55 taps
2018 - didn't boil surgery - bought new evaporator
2019 new SML 2x4 raised flue high output evap. 65 taps
made 17 gal. syrup
2020 - only put out 53 taps - made 16.25 ga.l syrup
2021 - Didn't work out
2022 - 25 taps on bags / 8 taps on 3/16's line - late start