EarthBound
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I bought the 15 gallon full drain inductor tank from tank depot. The stand that you can buy with the tank is not desirable...
Their stand is too short: The bottom of the conical (after connecting the reducer, nipple, ball valve, and hose barb) is less than a foot off the ground!
Their stand is too expensive: The stand is about $61 (plus $37 shipping). I have a nice HH140 welder, so I was easily able to make a stand for cheap. For me, it was $30 for all the metal and $55 for the conical tank.
I used this guy's stand design to build my stand. I have different dimensions than he does, of course. I bought, cut, and welded all the metal after work yesterday and had it done before I went to bed. I took a quick crappy phone pic when I was done.
Looking at the pic, it appears that the leg on the right is a little ****ed up... I'll check on that after work today. I have all the pieces (reducer, nipple, ball valve, hose barb, and silicone tubing), but they were not connected in the above pic. I'll take some better pics tonight with a good camera and post them on here. I'm planning on using silicone to seal the lid better and installing a racking arm (no, not rotating).
Here's some links that are helpful:
http://frugalconicalfermenter.blogspot.com/
http://www.northchautauquahomebrewers.com/ferment/ferment.htm
Their stand is too short: The bottom of the conical (after connecting the reducer, nipple, ball valve, and hose barb) is less than a foot off the ground!
Their stand is too expensive: The stand is about $61 (plus $37 shipping). I have a nice HH140 welder, so I was easily able to make a stand for cheap. For me, it was $30 for all the metal and $55 for the conical tank.
I used this guy's stand design to build my stand. I have different dimensions than he does, of course. I bought, cut, and welded all the metal after work yesterday and had it done before I went to bed. I took a quick crappy phone pic when I was done.
Looking at the pic, it appears that the leg on the right is a little ****ed up... I'll check on that after work today. I have all the pieces (reducer, nipple, ball valve, hose barb, and silicone tubing), but they were not connected in the above pic. I'll take some better pics tonight with a good camera and post them on here. I'm planning on using silicone to seal the lid better and installing a racking arm (no, not rotating).
Here's some links that are helpful:
http://frugalconicalfermenter.blogspot.com/
http://www.northchautauquahomebrewers.com/ferment/ferment.htm