Originally Posted by
4Walls
I figured out how to make a video. Woohoo. Here is the vacuum filter build and in action. Best 200$ I've ever spent for my "hobby". Enjoy. PM for any tips or suggestions to build your own. Or buy the exact same thing from CDL for 2800$. I have used the CDL one. I think this one works better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8nbZd8EOT0
Great video, thanks for posting. Your vacuum filter design was a game changer for me. I used it right from the start. Filtering was quick and easy and it did a super job of filtering as well. I will have to use some of the other tips in your video next year.
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.
2024 - made 48 L, December to March, primarily over two fire bowls.
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