After trolling through the forums repeatedly and drooling over everyone's Brew Sculpture I decided that I needed one myself as I was tired of using unstable card tables and anything else I could get my hands on.
I am by no means an expert but I got some great ideas from everyone on this forum.
The price of angle iron and the fact that I do not know how to weld pretty much eliminated that idea. So I decided to build one out of wood because it would fit into how much I could currently afford and it was something I could do by myself.
This project took about 8 hours to complete, with a few trips to the big box hardware store. It also went through a few changes as I was building it. Initially the top was going to have a solid plywood base, but it placed by burner too high, and as I am in the Northwest we tend to get a lot of rain. I didn't want to catch my house on fire or discolor my garage door or ceiling, so I eliminated it. Which brought an all new challenge as it took away my middle "shelf" for storage. I then got the idea of building a drop down shelf/table. This was created using several hinges and then 3 magnetic catches to lock it into place when stored.
I am going to brew on it a few times before I add any plumbing or other features, to really get a feel for what I want to improve. I will post some update pictures as I get more added.
I want to thank the entire community for posting their ideas and allowing others to view and take from them when they finally decide to go forward and build their own gear. These forums were definitely my inspiration!
Thank you!
I am by no means an expert but I got some great ideas from everyone on this forum.
The price of angle iron and the fact that I do not know how to weld pretty much eliminated that idea. So I decided to build one out of wood because it would fit into how much I could currently afford and it was something I could do by myself.
This project took about 8 hours to complete, with a few trips to the big box hardware store. It also went through a few changes as I was building it. Initially the top was going to have a solid plywood base, but it placed by burner too high, and as I am in the Northwest we tend to get a lot of rain. I didn't want to catch my house on fire or discolor my garage door or ceiling, so I eliminated it. Which brought an all new challenge as it took away my middle "shelf" for storage. I then got the idea of building a drop down shelf/table. This was created using several hinges and then 3 magnetic catches to lock it into place when stored.
I am going to brew on it a few times before I add any plumbing or other features, to really get a feel for what I want to improve. I will post some update pictures as I get more added.
I want to thank the entire community for posting their ideas and allowing others to view and take from them when they finally decide to go forward and build their own gear. These forums were definitely my inspiration!
Thank you!