Post your sugar shack pictures!

[farmrelated]

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Lots of nice shacks out there..

[johnallin]

Here's two of ours...
Sugar house under full boil
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Inside shot showing swing from bottom cupola doors - you have to look close to see the pipe hinge near top of door.
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[82cabby]

Here's two of ours...
Sugar house under full boil
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Inside shot showing swing from bottom cupola doors - you have to look close to see the pipe hinge near top of door.
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Wow! That's awesome. Beautiful building.

[Polish Wizard]

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Here are pictures of our first year's structure.
It is made from 2x4's and tarps, with space at the top to act as a cupola.
It was built behind a pony barn (no ponies) that serves as a good base of operations and storage.
The hearth and evaporator are modified from a lateral file cabinet with fire brick and wool, and a fireplace screen door (filled and insulated).
The hearth includes a fan that resembles a hand-held hair blower to provide AUF that works really well.

I tried to rotate the photos, but no luck. Sorry.

[Polish Wizard]

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I'm sorry, but I have no idea how to rotate the photos.
You can see this stuff right-side-up in our gallery.
If you can rotate them for me, please do.

After getting the maple bug during my first year, I decided I didn't want to stand in mud any more an built the 10x10 addition shown in these photos.
I still use the pony barn as my base of operations, with the new addition only housing the evaporator.
Since our hearth is unconventional, I have the shack floor covered with cement board with metal flashing under each of the tight joints to eliminate any problems with a wayward spark.
The hearth sits on a slab of marble placed on 4" hollow cement blocks laid flat to allow air flow under the entire system.

On a side note - Instead of placing the hearth on a cement slab, the marble slab was wall material left over when rest rooms at the National Fire Academy were renovated and my friend bought the stuff as government surplus.
He said it's a symbol, making a nice transition from my former occupation into my retirement hobby.
It's great to have friends...

[buckeye gold]

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[Lukie]

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[Scm]

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[ACfarmerNH]

We upgraded from a barrel stove to a Mason 2x3 and built a small shack this year. Since the photo was taken we've added another section to the chimney.

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[bigschuss]

Here's my 12x16 timber frame sugar house. It has a 6' tractor shed on one side and a 6' porch on the other and sits on a root cellar.

edit...trying to figure out how to post photos so they appear as images in the post like Scm did, instead of little mini thumb-nails you have to then click on to open? Doesn't seem real obvious.