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Ah ok. Well I have seen people extend the legs so that it stands high enough on its own, and then you could mount it on a platform with caster wheels so you can roll it. That should make it easy to move around unless there are stairs or something to get over. Also, assuming you have a pump to...

I wouldn't use a pump, to hard to make sure it's sanitary. Pumps are better for hot side were you don't have to worry about it much. I'm planning to just put the conical on the same table where I put my carboys now. It's raised up about 3 feet, plenty to let gravity transfer the beer for you...

I don't have one of the conicals yet, but John has this in his sites FAQ that I remembered reading earlier: "Hi Kevin, The things you can do are: 1. Drain the trub 30 minutes or so after you dump your wort in (before you add yeast). 2. Dump the yeast when fermentation slows down...

I've been looking for connector that can seal like this, but not for running beer through. I want one to go just after the ball valve on the bottom of my kettle. That way when the kettle is empty I can shut the ball valve, attach a CO2 line and push the remaining beer in the line and in my...

I might want to do that, depending on what it costs. The lid does seem easy to open, I just like the idea of a smaller one for less oxygen and dust, etc. while adding dry hops, etc. Working on an email for you with a few other questions as well ;)

A comparison of the Stout Conical and Blichmann Fermenator: http://www.natemc.com/news/archives/580 Not a really much more info than has already been said, but one of the more "official" reviews I've seen. The Stout Conicals are sounding better and better to me, and I live in Portland :) Do...

I had a lot of trouble with harddrive magnets. They would work, but wouldn't be very stable, even at the slowest speed. Sometimes I would wake up to find it had thrown the bar sometime during the night :mad:. I replaced them with these...

Awesome looking prizes :D

Sure thing, here you go: Nothing special on the inside, just whatever fitting you need (and no teflon tape! :D) I only have the nut there because I already had it, and the fitting threads don't go far enough into the ball valve to hold it tight to the pot on its own so I needed a spacer.

Inside connection. Nothing special, just has to hold the threads on this side.

Thanks! I have to addmit I got the idea from how well Bobby's sight glasses seal, using flat gaskets instead of o-rings. You can see one of mine in the last picture ;)

Ever since I started putting weldless fittings in my pots I've had problems with leaks. Not particularly bad problems, but annoying. My last setup used silicone o-rings and nuts with lock grooves cut into them. It worked pretty well and only leaked some number of drops during a 10 gallon brew...

Pot with gaskets on the ball valves.

Gasket and ball valve.

Gasket in place on pot.

Silicone sheet to cut gaskets out of.

I've built one. I really like it but I need to make it bigger for recipes with more than ~2 or 3 oz of hops. I'll put up some pics and more info next week, going out of town for the weekend.

Woot :)