My take on Brutus

The time has come for me to make the jump to all grain. Through my neighbor I have access to a small and yet well equiped metal fab shop. Both my neighbor and I decided that we wanted a single tier system, so here is a little bit of photo ducumentation of the builds.






My neighbor cleaning up my welds.




My stand is on the left. His stand is on the right. You can see we took some liberties with the measurements












Updates as they happen.

 

He just always wants to be able to say "My stand is bigger than your stand!" =D

 

If 2 stands are good then 3 are better!!!!

Here is the owner of the metal shop, who was so gracious to let my neighbor and I raid his shop, cleaning up our amatuer welds.








The attachments for the casters







The propane manifold







Now we have selected a powdercoat and within a week or so they should all be back and gleaming.

 

Looks like an addictive hobby

What size tubing are you using?

Cheers!

 

All done with 1.5"

 

Thanks, looked like it might be but wasn't certain. Also looks like you're using 1/8" wall, should be plenty strong and a lot easier to weld than thinner gauge...

Cheers!

 

Looks great! Can you post the dimensions? Also did you source the metal local to you?

 

Hello I'm the Neighbor he's referring to, I asked a senior engineer and a lead stress engineer here at Boeing if we would see any noticeable difference in the wall thicknesses of .12, .095.

Although .06 would be plenty enough to do what we wanted, with one additional brace in the back. We USED .12 and .095 for the warm fuzzy feeling.

 

Each stand is a different size, but they all are between
17-20in deep,
61-62in wide
and 24-30 in height with-out wheels.

the metal is non stainless, medium grade 1.5in sq tubing, hence the powder coating to protect the metal. we got it in 20 ft sticks out of Tacoma WA. each stand used about 50 ft.

 

Thanks ColeR! Can't wait to see it finished!

 

With inch and a half I believe your engineer is correct, but it sure is easier to weld up .12 than .06...

Cheers!

 

We use .065 x 1-3/4" or .065 x 2" depending on availability. We have seen no issues on a 60" stand without a center support. The center support would still cause flex on the lower rail.
Here's a tip: on our multi-tier stands we not only splay the legs, we angle them down to create 'preloading' like you see on semi truck trailers. The design prevents sagging legs. A pain to cut and weld but makes for a very sturdy base.

 

Hehehe, nice pre-load on a beer brew rig. never would have thought of that.

 

Nor I...

 

The stands came back from powder coating and look great! We went with a hammertone copper. Where it burns off I plan to touch up with high temp header paint. I'll start working on the plumbing in the morning.







Close up of the powdercoat

 

Got the propane plumbing done for 2 of the 3 Agri-supply burners.








My attempts at a cheap, upgradeable mounting solution. I want to install a stainless heat shield sometime down the line.

 

the systems are coming together, only a few items are needed now, i'm not posting any pics as "Madpayas0" seems to have taken care of all the important pics, right now the only difference between our rigs is i am using a HERMS system, and he will be using a burner but plans to go to a RIMS system, i think.

My wife has pretty much told me i get to deep fry a turkey on my system before beer Oh well, i get to watch Madpayas0 make beer on his first and take notes.

powder coating is awesome, everything fits as planned.

 

Looks great madpayas0. Well done. Quick question - can you tell me what the specs are for the yellow flex gas tubing? Where did you get them from and what's the material?
Am looking for some good gas tubing that will be heat protected from radiant heat.
Good job!

 

Here you go all the specs you could want.

ColeR_.

 

Hehe ... Yes indeed. All the specs I could ever want on yellow tubing! Cheers for that.

 

Next time you want steel you should go to Skagit Steel in Burlington. Its is a lot closer than Tacoma and they sell bulk metal with bulk prices.

 

Got the last burner mounted and plumbed. Also got my first of two Chugger SS pumps mounted.

 

First brew day with the rig. Sad to say that the powder coat burned more than I was expecting So I'll have to get some header paint for that. Other than that, worked well even with a potentially defective regulator. Here are couple of photos of my dad and sister helping me mash in for the first time.

 

Yikes, brewing beer in the rain and electricity (puddles as well)!

 

I kept all the electrics under the eaves and constantly double checked on them. No issues :cross:

 

When you brew here in the Seattle area, you bound to have to do it in the rain at some point.