calgary222
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So this started on a cold day when I realized my 120v RIMS wasn't quite keeping up with temperature. So the natural solution was not to increase the voltage to 240, because that would be easy, especially since i already had a supply right by the rig, instead I thought I should insulate the tun. Reflectix would have be easy, but what fun is that, I bought some cedar. When I was carrying the three 2x10s i realized the 30 gallon tun, plus the cedar plus wet grain was going to be pretty heavy, so I started on a tippy.
I didn't have enough space in the stand for a center mount I was worried about that much mass hanging off the side of my stand for the simpler direct hing to the side of the stand... anyway, this is how I spent my weekend:
Mock up - decided to weld the forklift part up first and then test on the stand..
I used barn door strap hinges and just drilled through to mount, note the cross bar that keeps the forklift an inch off the ground when down (allow space to swing up).
Mash tun mounted, I was going to add a permanent strap to hold the tun to the lift, but it doesn't move around much
There is a strap preventing it 'overtipping'. I was going to add another SS band holding the tun to the apparatus, but it does move much and because a portion of the base is inboard of the edge, it doesn't seem to have enough leverage to tip the stand
Here is a terrible image of the strap I used on the tun. It's 16 gauge stainless, 2" strap, trimmed to about 1-1/4" and then folded over. I folded in the ring and then spot welded (a bolt would have done, but I had the welder). A few images back you can see I used one of those double ended tightening thingys - seems to work well. By the way the wood was cut with about 6 degrees so it would fit snugly.
The finished stand, linseed on the cedar, the control box controls the pumps, rims and the "turbo" fans on the NG burners. I will have to take a daylight shot, the tun looks brilliant.
Now I have to get another 30g pot because the 20g looks like a shrimp... but it does the job
I didn't have enough space in the stand for a center mount I was worried about that much mass hanging off the side of my stand for the simpler direct hing to the side of the stand... anyway, this is how I spent my weekend:
Mock up - decided to weld the forklift part up first and then test on the stand..
I used barn door strap hinges and just drilled through to mount, note the cross bar that keeps the forklift an inch off the ground when down (allow space to swing up).
Mash tun mounted, I was going to add a permanent strap to hold the tun to the lift, but it doesn't move around much
There is a strap preventing it 'overtipping'. I was going to add another SS band holding the tun to the apparatus, but it does move much and because a portion of the base is inboard of the edge, it doesn't seem to have enough leverage to tip the stand
Here is a terrible image of the strap I used on the tun. It's 16 gauge stainless, 2" strap, trimmed to about 1-1/4" and then folded over. I folded in the ring and then spot welded (a bolt would have done, but I had the welder). A few images back you can see I used one of those double ended tightening thingys - seems to work well. By the way the wood was cut with about 6 degrees so it would fit snugly.
The finished stand, linseed on the cedar, the control box controls the pumps, rims and the "turbo" fans on the NG burners. I will have to take a daylight shot, the tun looks brilliant.
Now I have to get another 30g pot because the 20g looks like a shrimp... but it does the job
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