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Has anyone had issues getting a good airtight seal using carboy caps with the stainless thermowells? I have blowoff tubes running off of the carboy caps, but I am seeing no active bubbling in the sanitizer container. I checked everything, and it seems that I have things as tight as I can get...

I think it might need an additional few inches in depth and width. There is a decent amount of clearance from front to back as it exists. I think perhaps 3-4 more inches of depth, and another 2-3 in width, would be sufficient for the interior chamber dimensions. As for the fridges, I would want...

I have finished the chamber build for the most part! :ban: I moved it to my house with the help of several friends to help with the heavy lifting. I would estimate that the chamber weight in the ballpark of 200 pounds without any carboys in it. Here is the end product in its new spot in my...

I'll definitely post a parts list once it's all done. I'm in it for roughly $425 at this point. I had one fridge already and scored the other on CL for $20. I'm hoping to have this done sometime this week. Trying to brew a few batches this weekend... might have to postpone till next if the...

I made some huge progress this through the week and this weekend! Earlier this week I assembled my two STC-1000 "eBay temp controllers", and tested them out with some plug in lights. Both seem to work for now, but I didn't do any programming to change settings. I hit the project hard this...

After several hours of cutting foam board with the TOB cutter that I purchased, I got all the panels cut out. Most of them fit nice and snuggly, but one needed a little bit of trimming. I used a knife blade attached to a sabre saw, and it cut through the foam like butter. Could have save some...

Nice. If I had known how slow the process was going to be, I definitely would have considered making a DIY cutter. Im in it to win it at this point with the tool I got. What can you expect for tools from a craft store.... Thanks for the great info though!

I made some more headway on the build last night. I got all the plywood cut for the walls, and started laying out and cutting the foam-board insulation. At the recommendation of a friend of mine, I bough a heated-wire styrofoam cutter to chop up the insulation. While it is definitely the right...

Badass! Keep up the great work. The whole build looks awesome so far. Can't wait to see the final touches. Cheers!

Seriously, if only this damn work week didn't get in the way! Hopefully I can get some things done tonight. Time to start cutting the plywood and insulation. Stay tuned!

Fair enough. I'll just run them continuously.

I just edited all the photos, so hopefully you guys can see them now. Success?

This is what we wound up with in the end. Got the job done! After the first weekend of work, I am quite pleased with the progress made, and the results so far. There remains much to be done, but I am pretty pumped about the project! Here is what the finished frame looks like: Cheers! :mug:

Took a pause to get our priorities back in order. :mug: Plus, this is a shamless plug for Hoosier Nation! Go IU! We ran into a few snags with the bottom framing for the top fridge. The metal brackets that the compressor is mounted to jammed up our plans for a minute. We cut away part of the...

We built the chamber independently at first. The chamber on the left is the base unit, that will house the larger of the two mini fridges. The right chamber is the top unit cooled by the smaller fridge. Here is my dad mooting one of the 4" casters to the base. I have to give a big thanks to...

I've been brewing for about three and a half years now, and up until this point, I have fermented my beers at ambient temperatures. Much of the time, this meant cranking the household AC in the summer time (much to the chagrin of SWMBO) and blasting heat in the winter time (much to my chagrin)...