jlandin
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Here's a time-lapse video of a full brew day on this system reduced down to 8 minutes:
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Hey Josh, great setup you've got here. I'm just looking at putting something like this together and was wondering about the sightglass connection. What size of Yor-Lok adapters did you use and what size of tube did you use? Thanks, Scott
maybe i'll look at welding some corner covers on the front half to keep the heat off the front of the build where my hands are most likely to be... thanks!
currently sitting at work sketching up the basics and getting a cut list together for the steel shop. my boss thanks you for totally torpedoing my productivity.
Wow so I'm not the only one with this thread on one monitor and Sketchup on the other? I've read a ton of build threads here and I think this one is exactly what I'm shooting for.
i demand a copy of that sketch up!!!!!
Nope... You're not alone. I've got Sketchup in one hand and the welder in the other. Pictures to follow in another build thread. Until then here's my shameless copy of jlandin's Brutus design that I plan to use for an E-Rig.
Hey Josh, I also forgto to ask about the thermometer mounting, what do you use to connect it to the Tee? Thanks again, Scott
FYI, in your sketchup the angle iron on the top is flipped from what mine is. That is, your keggles will sit "down in" the space when in-use, whereas mine sit on the top surface. Either will work, but you will need to compensate for that in the overall height, as you are losing 1.5 inches in storage wiggle room below. The bottom ones are the same as mine; they sit down in when stored.
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Thanks everyone for the nice comments. I got some paint on today.
Going with blue (maybe a racing stripe later):
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The paint has held up great. No complaints at all.
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How did you go about "curing" the paint, if you don't mind my asking... starting construction on my single tier this weekend and was very curious about the 2000F spray paints. Did you just fire the burners? How long? Did you have the kegs on top while you did this?
Thanks for the intel!
Why no in-use pictures?
Thanks Brian! Looking forward to seeing your build thread.
To mount the pilot burners, I first straightened the L-brackets attached to them. I then fed the pilot and thermocouple protrusions up through one of the triangle-sized holes in the banjo. I marked the two bracket holes on the burner underside with a sharpie and drilled them out for two screws (note to self, replace with stainless steel). I did put rectorseal on the screws before installing them just to prevent gas leakage there. Here's a picture:
I was initially going to do the same thing, black pipe to support my valves. I wanted everything from the valve up to the burner to be rigid, and everything from the valve down to the manifold to be soft. That way the valves move with the burner height adjustment and the pilot/thermocouple lines are not being bent repeatedly. However, I quickly realized that there is no "official" way to go from black pipe NPT to the 3/8" flared orifice fitting with rigid fittings (some on this forum have done workarounds, like brazing the two together, etc but I didn't feel great about doing that). Anyway, the options for me were copper tubing union, or a flexible hose, neither of which would give me the rigid support I wanted. Thus were born, the brackets.
In case you need any, this is a good place for those flex hoses in all sorts of sizes:
http://www.plumbingsupply.com/gasconnectors.html
The brackets mount to the bolt pattern that is already on the valve. Coming out the top of the valve is a brass 1/2" NPT to 3/8" flare elbow. Attaching that to the burner orifice is a 12" x 3/8" flare to 3/8" flare flex hose from PlumbingSupply.
Below the valve is the standard yellow flex hose from Lowe's that comes with a 1/2" NPT to 1/2" flare adapter.
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jlandin
Thanks for the great thread. I'm jumping in late but hopefully you can help
I don't see a low pressure regulator in your setup. Is it at the propane tank connection?
Thanks
Hey Josh, I looked at the plumbing supply that you have linked. I am looking for the same flex hose you used with 3/8 " female flare fittings on both ends. It looks like they only carry flex hose with female NPT fittings instead of the flare fittings. Is there something I'm not seeing on the site, as I can't find the ones that you have pictured. I know I can have them custom made but that will cost about $130.00 for three hoses. Any help will be most appreciated.
John
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