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lehr

lehr

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Hi I'm new to brewing in fact I've never brewed before.. but I joined a club and watched a guy brew and said to myself I've got to do this so I made this stuff.

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Anthony I'm a custom car builder so fabrication is the easy part...making good beer will be the hard part for me.

Besides I have no reason to lie.
Pat
 
I would keep a close eye on that sparge arm. Make sure that you don't get it clogged up during recirculation. (If you are brewing this way.) I have the same arm and love it but only use it for sparging. I have a copper hoop with larger holes for recirculation.
 
That's a dead sexy rig but since you you say you do custom cars I want something like that in the back of a 52' Ford pick up.
 
Tommy I was thinking of putting a bung near the top for a rims set up with a copper tube curving around the top When I figure out how to use this thing.

Pwalk nice choise of trucks !

Pat
 
That's crazy...where did you get the design for it? I've never seen someone build a rig like that first, then get into brewing...most of the time, people design their rig based on what they know about brewing.

Anyway, good luck with it!
 
Nice set up.
I can only imagine where you will take this once you get beyond the newbie stage. One day, I hope to have a rig half as nice as that one. So far, I am still using my Ale Pail.
 
That's cool Tommy I was thinking about putting my sparge in my lid like that.

Evan I'll tell you the truth I just liked the look of the brew magic set up but I wanted it smaller so I could see in kettels and I looked at every post I could find on building a rig.
 
Very nice rig. I sure hope you enjoy brewing! haha Takes balls to drop that kinda dough on a hobby you've not yet tried. But I'm sure you'll take to the obsession like the rest of us. We're all just jealous of the system, hence the negative talk.
 
riclark I polished the kegs myself I still have to do the boil kettel.

Irregularpulse Well it does help the cost if you can make everything like the drip tray on the fridg. I got the stainless free so it didnt cost me anything.

Thanks again everybody.

Pat
 
Let me know when your ready to sell it!;) I haven't been back home in a few years. Awesome rig btw.
 
pompeiisneaks said:
HOW did you polish it to look that nice? Wow!
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I have more time polishing those things than I do in the whole system.
First I grind them with a 3-m scotch bright deburing pad and then I go over them with a DA-grinder with 80 grit and keep working my way down until I get to 400 grit then I polish it with a big air polisher and buffing rouge.
 
What type of tool do you use to make the flanged holes? Is it possible to make more of them but smaller in a drip tray? Not that it matters, your looks great, I was just wondering.

Linc
 
missing link said:
What type of tool do you use to make the flanged holes? Is it possible to make more of them but smaller in a drip tray? Not that it matters, your looks great, I was just wondering.

Linc
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Mittler bros. sell the flanging tools I think the smallest one I have is 1/2 inch but I will have to check when I get home and let you know tomorrow...What size do you want...The set costs like $300.00.
 
Lehr
How can I say I hate you without it sounding rude?
Just kidding that's a beautiful setup, I'm jealous and your fabrication skills are top notch. You might like having sight glasses on your kegs. Damn they're so shiny my eyes hurt. I love polished stainless. I'm just not motivated enough to polish that much surface area.
Can you post a pic or two off topic on what other kinds of fabrication work you do?
-Ben
 
Totally awesome. Not much more I can say, I just felt something warm and sticky on my leg.
 
lehr said:
I have more time polishing those things than I do in the whole system.
First I grind them with a 3-m scotch bright deburing pad and then I go over them with a DA-grinder with 80 grit and keep working my way down until I get to 400 grit then I polish it with a big air polisher and buffing rouge.
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Same way I do it after I remove dents from SS trim on my show cars except I use a buffing wheel on a bench grinder .


Very nice build. I dont think I would have the patience to do the kegs
 
lehr said:
Mittler bros. sell the flanging tools I think the smallest one I have is 1/2 inch but I will have to check when I get home and let you know tomorrow...What size do you want...The set costs like $300.00.
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Could you give the measurements for that stand? I would love to make something just like it.. I have been looking for a good 2 tier plan..

thanks!
 
God, I love beer porn....that is truly a sweet set-up. Now all you have to do is learn to use it. Prost!
 
Pat,

the craftsmanship in this build is crazy, very nice work. can you take a pic of the burner support area without a keg on it, and also it looked like you used hurricane burners with 90 degree brass fittings, how did you orifice them.

once again, nice build

Nick
 
bdavanza said:
Lehr
How can I say I hate you without it sounding rude?
Just kidding that's a beautiful setup, I'm jealous and your fabrication skills are top notch. You might like having sight glasses on your kegs. Damn they're so shiny my eyes hurt. I love polished stainless. I'm just not motivated enough to polish that much surface area.
Can you post a pic or two off topic on what other kinds of fabrication work you do?
-Ben
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Ben here's a console for a 69 Camaro it's 3003h14 alum. 64th.

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nicksteck said:
Pat,

the craftsmanship in this build is crazy, very nice work. can you take a pic of the burner support area without a keg on it, and also it looked like you used hurricane burners with 90 degree brass fittings, how did you orifice them.

once again, nice build

Nick
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Nick here are some pic's...All the fittings are 37 degree flare fittings.

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