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    Default Drop Flue Pan

    I,m getting ready to build me a new arch but I am having trouble trying to get someone local that can bend the flue pan. Those narrow channels pose a big problem for most machine shops. As far as making the syrup pan and the rest, it's easy going. I'm really wanting a 2'X4' drop flue pan with 8-12, 6"-8" flues(channels). Any ideas on how to come up with one? Or how to bend it?

    Dave

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    I know you probably want to make your own but have you looked at used ones? I would think if you are paying someone (fab shop) and they don't make them every day it will end up costing more than finding one already made.
    But if you do want to have one made then I'd keep looking around because the more flues you have the more surface area and higher boiling rates with out using any more wood. you are on the right track with the amount of flues you want. 3/4" to 1" is the space you should have between them
    Keith

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    I wouldn't mind a good used one if the price was reasonable. One real big problem with living in central KY, there are not any used pans within a few hundred miles. I don't think the price to have the flues bent will be too bad if I can find some one to do it. I can fab the ends and TIG it myself. I've been looking for several weeks on the Internet for a good used flue pan and haven't ran across one, but I haven't given up yet.

    Dave

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    Dave,
    Big Eddy made a brake to bend flues. Search for it on here.
    Regards,
    Chris
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    Thanks for the information; the wheels are turning now. His brake was to simple, I'll have one built fairly quick.

    Dave

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    I have made a flue pan too - it's on here somewhere as well. Sometime I'll need to post pictures of how I bent up my syrup pan with 8" sides using the same brake with a twist.
    Big_Eddy
    Eastern Ontario (Quinte)
    20+ years on a 2x3 block arch,
    Homemade 20"x64" drop flue since 2011

    Build a Block Arch
    Build a Flat Pan
    Build a Flue Pan
    Sweetening the Pans
    Build a Bending Brake
    Using a Hydrotherm
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    Default Pressbrake

    Has anyone used a pressbrake to build a flue pan? What kind of dies are required?

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