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I would be happy to. I will actually post it right to this thread. It will be a while though since I still have to pony up some cash for all the tubing and quick disconnects.... I'm sure there are a few other things too

Stopping work for a quick cigar city Jai Lai IPA break Here is my first burner test. First I checked all my fittings with soapy water for leaks and yes I had some because I didn't adequately tighten beforehand. The burner test fire appeared to be a success. Tonight I will through my...

You are welcome ! Everything I did I saw on this very forum. Building has been as much fun as brewing!

Thank you! It still confuses me a bit as to why the port needs to be on the bottom, but I understand that it does.

Well there you have it. It's hard to dismiss the experienced people on this forum. It worked for me but I didn't use the hf wire. I bought my wire from another source and it seemed to be adequate but I as a noob I have nothing to compare it to. Thanks for the input Kurt!

Lots of slag not pretty but that could be just as much because of my low skill level. Honestly mine has been great and I would recommend it. I would not recommend their angle grinder however. You will certainly need one of those but the hf angle grinder lasted about a month and then I had to...

It's definitely a lit cheaper if you already have the tools. Truth be told I haven't done a.g. Yet either, my first one will be when I use this thing for the first time.

It's really not too difficult, just give yourself plenty of time to learn. My welds aren't pretty by any means but they get the job done.

The propane manifold and all that it entails scared me a little bit so i just reached out to a pro for help. The guys at brew steel are awesome and seem to put out the most innovative projects so I asked Kurt to help me out and he put this together for me. The whole manifold was $128...

Have you ever welded? I never had before this but it's actually a lot of fun and easy to pick up.

Thank you! It's been fun!

Ha! No this is six months worth of work condensed into a few days of posting! I whisk I were that fast.

Then I picked up two march 809 pumps at $150 a piece. And a 30 plate counterflow chiller for $80 After looking at some more expensive and complicated mounting options I just took the $5 method and used some wing nuts bolts and metal plates. Same for the plate chiller.

More paint pics Everything stripped down. Slowly reconstructing Burners back in place. Everything reattached.

I went ahead and stripped it all down so that I could get it painted. I used rustoleum from ace hardware and put 2 coats on everything. They were $7 per can and bought 5 cans for a total of $35 I've been told after the fact that the high temp BBQ paint might not last very long so if I...

Next I tried to build a control arm. In retrospect I probably should have made it bigger, but I wanted to keep things as compact as possible. The nice thing about this was that I made the entire thing out of leftover scrap metal. This will be a very low tech control panel I only...

Once I got the burners situated I purchased done casters. These ended up costing my $98 dollars with shipping. I didn't expect to pay this much but I wanted something that looked good and relatively seamless. These are also adjustable in case I am dealing with any uneven surfaces...

This is how I mounted the burners. Very low tech but works for me because it's simple and adjustable. Also if I find a better way in the future nothing is permanent Brackets from home depot Simple bolt and wing nut. I used stainless when I could Drilling these holes was...

Thank you sir! Well I'm trying to do a running tally of expenses. To the point documented in this thread I've spent the following Kegs. $50 x 3. $150 total Sight glasses. $37 x 2. $74 Ball valves. $30 x 2. $60. Total False bottom $80 and ball valve Ikea lids. $9. X3. $27 Barbour...

This is how I went about mounting my burners. I welded these directly to the stand and used the wing nuts to adjust the height. One more piece of tube steel for the burners It's fairly simple and low tech but it gives me the opportunity to adjust the burner height very easily