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Ok one other thought you could try sanding one of the Teflon gaskets down to your desired thickness Brewers Hardware 1.5" Tri Clover Gasket PTFE

Couldn't you just trim the round part off of one side with a razer

Let me know how they come back. I am looking for a welder and my parents live in Rochester so that would work great!!

You can just flip the keg over and use a 2" tri clamp valve for a bottom dump on the stem if the keg, if you haven't already cut it that is.

I just did an all grain pumpkin and had my first stuck mash. I will deff had rice hulls if you add it to the mash.

Ok so I just needed to look a little longer. Found this on ebay I think this could work, I am just worried aout the amount of pressure it takes to open the valve. It doesn't say on this valve all the others quote a 1 psi crack pressure. Does anyone know if that would be too much for the pump to...

Thats somthing I didn't think about I wonder if I could find some kind of check valve that could work. Triclamp looks like they are way too much money, but I am finding some 1/2" threaded fittings that might work. All the ones I am finding are brass which I'm not crazzy about I'll have to keep...

Ya I was starting to think that if I didn't have enough power to heat the ground water to temp. I could use the hot water from my water heater that already starts at ~130 so I would only have to heat the water an additional 40-50 deg.

No i didn't think of that, but I'm thinking I want to try and put a 5.5kw element in the rims tube so I would be able to have on demand hot water for my sparge. I would like to keep my system rather simple with just 2 kettles and one pump. I think if I just have my water going through the rims...

Hello I am starting to plan and design my new and improved brewery; I have been lurking on this forum for a while now and have yet to see anyone attach the rims to the side of their mash tun. I am thinking about doing tri-clamp rims with a 1 inch tri-clamp ferrules welded to the top of my mash...

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You just screwed that one you can kiss it goodbye :)

+1 = 376 I think. It was on my counter drying and I set my caraboy on it for a second I thought the cracking was the caraboy bit then was relieved to see it was my hydrometer

Here's mine drew it up in cad one slow day