cdematteis
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A few months ago a friend and I decided to start all grain brewing so I joined this site. A few months have passed and while we have still not brewed our first batch, we are getting close. Initial plans were to buy one large kettle and a few buckets, but after reading through the threads I quickly decided that we needed to go big or go home. After much reading, we decided to model our build off of nicksteck's design with a few mods. We lowered the overall height a bit and also dropped the rear longitudinal support 2 inches to help draw the exhaust from the burners to the rear of the stand. We also built it large enough to accommodate 55 gallon kettles in the future. My Uncle is a welder and helped us weld the stand together. Here are the initial drawings of the stand...