Barrel evaporator version 1

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So I am finally getting back into syruping after about 25 years. Due to some life events we had to scale back how big of an evaporator we are starting with. So I decided to build a test barrel evaporator to figure out what I wanted and to practice my tig welding on thin stainless. So I created this 18" × 30" evaporator. I definitely learned a lot. I plan on making mine 24"×32" plus a preheating pan that will be 24"×25".