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I have two shells right now, one big and one small, what methods has everyone used to cut those things open so you can use them to boil?
ddroukas said:less than 10 min? I used a pneumatic angle grinder on a Boston Beer Company keg and it took me close to 2 hours with a 4" cutting wheel at 90psi. Not to mention my unibit stepbit can't quite drill the keg effectively. The surrounding metal turned red hot and it ruined my first stepbit.
This definitely falls into the how to category.Cookiebaggs said:Cutting a keg?
I believe this is the required picture for all the keg cutting threads.
Sorry BM...:fro:
+1 on the dremel tool. I do not have a 4" grinder, but the 1" version works well.Beerrific said:Dremel.
ddroukas said:less than 10 min? I used a pneumatic angle grinder on a Boston Beer Company keg and it took me close to 2 hours with a 4" cutting wheel at 90psi. Not to mention my unibit stepbit can't quite drill the keg effectively. The surrounding metal turned red hot and it ruined my first stepbit.
Bobby_M said:I just thought I'd tack this onto the thread here. I just cut the top off for a buddy in my brewclub. I found the old jig and it worked like a charm again. This time I remembered to take a picture of the jig and the cut it made.
I added this stuff to the WIKI in the keggle section too.
It only hurts for a minute...and that what doesn't kill ya...makes ya stronger...capcrnch said:...if I had a chance to brew with anyone on the board (or others for that matter), it would have to be you....Well, it's a close fight between you and Bier, but im afraid ill get hurt at Biers place
Done! I rarely edit the Wiki, but I should probably fill in a few sections, huh?Lil' Sparky said:BTW - we have a really good wiki, although it looks like we've got some missing sections to fill in here (Yuri - you need to fill in that plasma cutter section) : https://www.homebrewtalk.com/wiki/index.php/Keggle#Cutting_the_Top
BierMuncher said:It only hurts for a minute...and that what doesn't kill ya...makes ya stronger...
capcrnch said:You know, if I had a chance to brew with anyone on the board (or others for that matter), it would have to be you. You just seem so down to Earth with great ideas and execution.
Well, it's a close fight between you and Bier, but im afraid ill get hurt at Biers place
Bobby_M said:Hmm, an hour or $120,000 CNC... that's a tough call
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