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    Using a pasta maker to mill grain.

    Thanks wilserbrewer and Psych. I ended up going to Lowe's and buying some 3/8" X 6" and 1/4" X 6" plywood and built a triangular hopper with some side supports similar to the on Digitizer101 built in post #346 of this thread.
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    Using a pasta maker to mill grain.

    Does anyone have a diagram of a hopper they built they'd be willing to share? I tried making one out of cardboard that failed spectacularly. On the bright side, after grinding my grain 1/2 a tasting glass at a time, Brew Target tells me I had an 80.5% efficiency on my first all grain brew.
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    Using a pasta maker to mill grain.

    So, did anyone else have a hard time getting the base off of the pasta maker? The screws holding it together seem to just spin without coming out. EDIT - Got it. A little pressure on the vertical stands with a pair of pliers did the trick. EDIT AGAIN - Just realized I could have removed the...
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    Cheap & Easy 10 Gallon Rubbermaid MLT Conversion

    Just built a 5 gallon mash tun thanks to these great directions! Advice to future builders: make sure you put the rubber seal from the cooler back in the right way. If you put it in backwards, it will leak. Trust me!
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    Beer and Time

    The 2nd batch I ever made was a Brown Ale. After a month of bottle conditioning, it was on the flat side. Very disappointing. Not wanting the beer to fully go to waste, we drank one flat case of beer, and forgot about the 2nd case. A year later, I rediscovered the 2nd case, and decided to...
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    Hello from Long Island

    I have no specific AG equipment yet. I saw the cooler mash/lauter tun conversion directions in the Home Brew Wiki section. I think I'll have a go at making one of those. I do have some general equipment questions. 1) I know my 4 gallon extract brew pot isn't going to be big enough. How...
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    Hello from Long Island

    I think starting off simple and getting more complex as I go is probably going to be my best bet. Thanks for the welcome, guys!
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    Hello from Long Island

    Hi everybody, I Googled Homebrew forum and here I am. I'll give you a quick bio. Angry Turtle Brewing comes from my being an alumnus of the University of Maryland. I have been homebrewing for about 12 years now. I am an extract brewer, but the main reason I joined here was that I am...
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