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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pdiamond View Post
    I thought there was something on the inside that held the probe in place, against the wall of the pipe.
    If there is I didn’t bother to use it.
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Zucker Lager View Post
    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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    That’s a clever idea!
    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.

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pdiamond View Post
    That is a really neat idea. Where did you get a piece of stainless like that for the bracket?
    It looks like a piece of stainless steel gutter guard.

    I have an eavestrough place by me that I will drop by and see if he has a left over for me.
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swingpure View Post
    It looks like a piece of stainless steel gutter guard.

    I have an eavestrough place by me that I will drop by and see if he has a left over for me.
    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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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pdiamond View Post
    That is a really neat idea. Where did you get a piece of stainless like that for the bracket?
    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
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    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.

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    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

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