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At the suggestion of an electrician friend I am installing a separate panel to house circuit breakers and power distribution. Found some 25A 2 pole DIN mount breakers on Ebay for $10 ea. Also will be installing a 120V GFCI receptical for convience. The panel was another one I pulled out of scrap...

Fabbed up the water filters bracket and trial mounted the panel. Finally the stand in nearing completion.

Showing the cool plate on the inside and the completed weld.

I made up a cool plate to shield the back side of the weld without using Argon and to prevent the area from distorting. I used a piece of copper buss bar cut large enough to cover the welded area, then shaped it to the inside curvature of the kettle. Bolted together it sealed the area and held...

In that case I quess the epoxy would become the insulator?

Correct, Pumps on the bottom of the frame.

For now we'll scoop out the spent grains. I'm looking for a small manway to put on the MT side.

One of the great things about this hobby is that it can be an exercise in creativity, plus my goal is to keep everything self contained within one unit.

Although thats true, my welder is a MIG unit with TIG capability but is not as precise as some higher end machines. So rather then make a mess, soldering on the HLT made sense. The BK wall is much thicker(16ga) and won't be a problem.

I decided to Stay Brite solder the nuts to the tank rather than TIG them because the wall is kind of thin. I do like that the elements are flush on the inside of the tank. Not sure if I'll solder mounting studs for the electrical boxes to the side of the tank or figure a way to attach them to...

Just came across this today and was looking to use it for a mash mixer. It's a 1/2hp motor 1700rpm, final speed = 39rpm 754in. lbs. torque. Wondering if this speed would be OK and would this be powerful enough? I quess the next question would be regarding paddle size and design. At 240V it only...

Rough cut the Trex boards for the brew stand decking. Set them in place to get an idea of the spacing between boards. I'll fasten the boards together into 3 sections so that they will be easily removable for cleanup. There is 26" of spacing in between the kettles which seems like a comfortable...

Starting to layout the water system with the inlet and filters. Plumbed it with a hose connection inlet and into a shutdown ball valve. The first filter is a sediment the second is a carbon. I installed unions on both sides of the filters for ease of maintenance. From here I will tee off with a...

+1 on the tubing. I used 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 .083 (14ga) for my 1bbl and have no regrets. Its very strong and light for its size.(10'x36"x12" 150lbs.) The material cost is good. ($36 for 24ft piece)

: Great idea!!! :D Hmmm, do I install a compressor or how about using a CO2 tank? Nevermind the locking casters. What about a drive system for the wheels? WAIT !!! I see what you guys trying to do. You've all spent a ton of money building your systems and you do want to go down alone.:mad:

A '67 Camaro Sport Coupe

Actually, NO. But, we will be on top of the deck a lot during brewing. The kettles are tall and during mashing and the boil it's going to make it a lot easier to load, stir and clean them. I'm beginning to think about building a separate front extention platform. Although it may look heavy it...

I decided to add braces to the center area as we will be standing on that area around the MT and BK.

What about welding a plate to the frame and then secure the caster to it. Then you could either bolt them on or even tack weld them.

The tank supports and frame braces are now tacked in place. Need to complete the welding and install control box mounts. After that, prep for painting and begin decking the top.