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I have to say that I was a little overwhelmed after reading Palmers book also. But after doing a few extract batches I found it was a lot simpler than I first thought. I am starting to think about aquiring equipment to go all grain now. As for secondary I haven't yet and my beers clear well...

Rivets can be tightened up easily with two hammers one larger one on the inside or a heavy piece of metal and smack the outside of the rivet and it will tighten up enough to seal most of the time. I have fixed lots of rivets in John boats this way when others smear silicone over them in a...

From what I remember when I welded some 2 inch tubing I had the pulse at about 20 percent on the background or low side and about a .5 second pulse rate which is on the slow side. I was having trouble overheating the 304 I was welding and I found a recommendation in a forum for these settings...

I used to have to drill off the heads of stainless screws quite often and found that one slip of the drill trigger can ruin the bit and make it almost impossible to drill out and most often had to resort to grinding them off. I learned that stainless is very susceptible to work hardening and...

I got a "T" for before the flow-meter from my local welding shop and bought a cheap flow-meter off eBay. Total about 40 bucks. I was afraid of not being able to control the flow ell enough if I only used a Y after the flow-meter.

What pulse rate? I welded some 304 tube and a half coupling into a keg (all back gassed) and ended up with about a 100/40 percent pulse at a fairly low rate to keep from overheating the stainless. I didn't get complete penetration so it would have some crevasses in the joint that would be bad...

The company making them is just ripping off Buckminster Fuller(or the folks who named them after him). They are only called Bucky Balls because you can make a sort of model of the Buckminsterfullerene.

I looked for something at home improvement stores with nitric acid in it but never found anything. Ended up buying a squirt bottle of citric acid gel made for passivation from someone online. I need some more but I might just have to use the citric acid vitamin c recipe. Should be able to get it...

The tig welder was the single most expensive hobby purchase I have ever made. I saved and researched for over a year before I bought it. But it has been quite usefull and enjoyable. It just occurred to me that crimping might not work. I have not had a corny apart yet. If the tube has to go...

I would be happy to tig the end of a few dip tubes closed for the cost of shipping n I can back gas but that doesn't seem to be needed in this application. Seems like I could just crimp the end closed and weld it shut. Or if you have a plug I could weld that in. I can also weld copper. Just pm...

. I second the Hobar handler 140. I have it's larger cousin the 180 (now the 185) and it's been a great machine. Those tombstone welders are great but not for a beginner with thinner stuff that you are likely to build a brewstand out of. Especially if you don't have a place to practice very much.

Here is my modded turkey fryer. I has seen many seasons of frying turkeys before being enlisted for making beer. I originally didn't like the fact that there was not rim around the top and that turned into the wind shield and extra side shelf that folds over and can be used for keeping pots warm.

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I will try to get one this weekend.

I made a wind shield for my turkey frier burner. It was a basic round stand on three legs and I made a metal cylinder the diameter of the stand that extends up about 8 to 10'inches and down to just above the burner tube. The bottom two or three inches is perforated metal. The perforated metal...

I got a whole bunch of 16 gauge 1 inch surplus. I used it for a lot of stuff. I was amazed at how strong it was once built and braced, having been raised to build everything out of 1/4 inch. And if I was told to go get a piece of "that thin wall stuff" they we're talking about 1/8. Now I know...

My elcheapo horizontal band saw makes some pretty wonky cuts sometimes depending on blade condition but that doesn't stop me from welding up a square structure. It's all in the setup, clamping and measuring. I have never used a skil saw with a metal cutting blade but I have used a sawzall with...