mezak1gd
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what is safe to mark volume lines with? Will a sharpie come off in the boiling wort? tape?
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I use a sharpy on a 3/8" piece of cpvc...
lamarguy
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I'd love to see you demonstrate that. Who knows, you might just have a future as a magician!
CPVC melting point 212 °C (413F).
It's glass temperature is more relevant to brewing. You don't want to exceed ~225F with CPVC pipe. Below that, it is perfectly safe and stable in low pressure homebrewing rigs.
SPLASTiK
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I use a metal yard stick. My kettle is about .95 inch per gallon.
I use an aluminum dowel rod I got at Lowe's and I marked it in .5 gallon increments with a hack saw. I put a "nick" in the rod at the .5 gallon marks and then went around the entire dowel rod for the gallon marks. I actually used a 2 quart pitcher to get my measurements. I added 2 quarts of water, dunked a wooden yard stick in the water as the water and wood combined well to get a measurement. I then transferred that to the dowel rod.
springer
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I also use an aluminum yard stick my pot is 1" per gallon .
ajwillys
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I used a piece of aluminum angle from Home Depot. Marked it with the engraving tool for a dremel. Nice thing about the angle is that it has enough sides for all your pots, carboys, etc..
Planning on buying a cheap 3 foot Stainless Rule from the internet. Reminds me that I forgot to do it.
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COLObrewer
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I used an oak dowel. I used a dremel with a cutting blade to make the level marks and a Sharpie for the numbers.
Mine is similar but I used a wood burner for the #s.
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