Recent content by DerfBrew

Well, they said they wanted to try posting them on eBay, and I'll be the first to admit that the eBay listing is not very good. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bodine-Gearmotor-control-driver-/220865965756?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item336ca32ebc I don't know why he only posted one, or any of that...

Well, I hope I didn't get you guys too excited for nothing. I have relayed the interest that you all expressed. I'm sure they'll be selling these motors, I'm just not sure when, or how. I'll let you guys know here as soon as I hear something, but as of right now, I'm not sure how quick they'll...

STOP! Don't send me another private message about these motors. Like I said, nothing will happen until at least Monday. And posting more stuff here doesn't mean anything to me. At this point, I'm not even keeping track of who posts and how many motors they want. I don't want the hassle of it...

Ok. If you are interested, just subscribe to the thread. I'll post an update when I get approval to proceed. There won't be anything happening until Monday at the soonest, as I'm off for the weekend.

Ok. In the interest of cutting this off before demand can outstrip supply, I'm gonna stop things now. I wanted to gauge interest, and it seems there is some. When I have talked to the boss and have a price and an idea of how we'll handle shipping, I'll post back. I'll probably figure out a...

No need for any capacitor or any other electronics, other than what I outlined in an earlier response. That is what the driver does. You can even set the acceleration so that it slowly comes up to speed to be nice and gentle on your equipment. And you can set a torque limit so that you don't...

No programming is necessary. You'd need to provide a power cord or wire it into 115 VAC power. You'd probably also need some kind of enclosure to mount the driver inside of (to cover the live parts for safety). You'd also most likely want to mount A switch (not included) and the potentiometer...

I'm an occasional lurker here on the forums. But I recently had an idea I wanted to share. The company I work for has a lot, like 20-30, of Bodine Model 6182 gear motors that we are looking to liquidate. We are trying to find ways to get rid of them. I was realizing that it might make a...

I'm in.

Yes, but as I was saying, if you do this you'll hit the gravity, but you will have a really hard time getting the bitterness anywhere close to the targets. I just threw that recipe into Beer Calculus, and if you have a 3.0 gallon average boil, it spits out a bitterness of around 45 IBUs...

Eon, If you want to do really big IPAs like this, one thing to learn about is hop utilization. I'm also an extract/partial mash brewer, and I am currently limited to about 4 gallons in my brew kettle. This becomes a problem with really hoppy beers because you need a full 5 gallon boil in order...

If you have the space to build a Fermentation Chiller, this thing is great. http://www.blackcanyonbrewers.com/Black_Canyon_Brewers/Links_files/chiller.pdf Your temperatures can be maintained within a few degrees. It will easily maintain ale temps in the heat of summer, and you can leave...