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guys - it has a blow off tube just like any fermenter. there is virtually no psi build up. yes it is a 1/2" thick piece of lexan. if i build up enough psi to break it - we're in trouble. if the lexan bulges - then we've got problems. but so far - works like a charm.

yes. the liquid xfer into the out post on the corny worked like a charm. the yeast extraction was not spot on as i would have wanted tho i did get a lot of it out. there was a thin layer on the bottom even with the diptube all the way down and curved to the inside of the keg. no worries tho - the thin layer was not enough to cause me worry and the beer is aging as we speak. all i did was raise the dip tube up a bit and mark it for referance...and transfer under co2 pressure.

i think you guys have missed the mark with the psi build up. with a blow off tube there is virtually none as it is released through the blow off much like a class carboy.

this makes two of these fermenters in our club and one has been used extensivly...without failure.

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talleymonster

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brewhead, that is awesome! Now you've got my the DIY-er inside of me thinking.....

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go for it man - i am really pleased with mine.

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in defence of the weld, the man who welded it for me is a master welder, and a microbrewer who handles not only his own brews but contract brews for many companies such as orange blossom and Charleston brewery.

the flange set right over much of the star pattern on the keg and much filling was needed...all the time making sure we were doing a sanitary weld. not easy.the inside was ground and welded then ground and polished. there are no nooks and crannies inside - where it counts.

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Anybody know where to source a flange like this? I would love to have at least one big fermenter for my bigger brews instead of splitting up to multiple carboys.

Brewhead-Any chance the friend of yours can point us in the right direction for sourcing these flanges?

carrotmalt

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I've got a peice of lexan (mines only 1/4" thick) and a seal I'm plannning on putting directly over the cut out top of a Sanke. I'm having trouble finding the parts/thread sizes that will match up to the posts on my cornies. I see them in your pics, but could you give specifics regarding thread size etc.

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I don't think those are corny posts you see in the picture. They look more like compression fittings with NPT threads either tapped into the hole in the lexan or held with a backing lock nut.

I realize a gas-side corny post would be ideal there but I don't know of anyone that sells any kind of fitting with that kind of thread on it.

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I think you're right. Looking at the pic showing it in use, it's not what I was thinking about with a ball lock type of connection. I had taken the post from my corny to Home Depot to try and match up the threads so I could just screw it down on the lid and attach my existing CO2 line to it, but I couldn't find anything that had the same thread pattern (like you said).

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dont they make bullet proof glass out of lexan composit