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Boom! I just bought one for my mom for mother's day.

Interesting. I have something like this cooking up myself.

I had leaks using an oring.... The washers work great!

I would be interested in that link

http://www.mcmaster.com/#compression-and-die-springs/=b1nsq4 this is what i used... well maybe not this exact one... select the size you need for your application

Here in NY if you don't return a keg in 90 days you lose your deposit ($70 or something ridiculous) I would buy a keg of the cheapest garbage I can get my hands on. keep the keg for 90 days and then contact the brewery and tell them they can have it back for the deposit. When they say no...

Sounds like a great idea!

I just did a belgian dark strong ale and I used wyeast 1762 which is like wlp 530. I agree with your temperature ramping. pitch in the mid sixties and let it rise slowly to 70 over the next few days. as fermentation slows, crank the heat up between 72-75.

I think we need independent verification... I nominate myself to try it :)

I would put it all back together and mix it thoroughly before dividing it.... that way you wont get any surprises

I learn something new everyday... The bottle says lukewarm...

Hopefully you see this

I used to use bleach (no vinegar) It was very cumbersome to make sure everything was rinsed and i was constantly bleaching the bath mat, etc. Now I use Oxyclean to clean, and Iodaphor to sanitize. On brew day i mix up 1.5 gallons of hot water to 1 teaspoon of Iodaphor. I put this in my old...

My search Fu is strong... Seriously the search engine blows on that site... I typed in "177 rpm gear motor" and "gear motor" Apparently I needed to type in "177.7 rpm gearmotor" Here is my setup. I used a large project box from radio shack and and on-off-on switch from home depot. I can try...

https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=5-1098&catname=electric Boom!

I used Spider Couplings from mcmaster.com 6408K11 (buy two... one for each shaft) 6408K84 one of these (the spider)

I have a 15.5 gallon keggle, and it is tight for a 10 gallon batch. I am looking to get a 20 gallon Bk 10 gallons of finished beer + 0.5 gallons trub/yeast + 0.5 gallons break/hops + 0.5 cfc and tubing +0.5 gallons shrinkage + 1.5 gallons of boiloff = 13.5 gallons into the Bk.... 15 is...

177rpm, with a $40 gear motor. no pulley means no side load on the mill bearings.

please do a write up on your findings and a build if possible. Im sure others would like to see how you did it. Good luck

+1 to this. We brew together, it is really convenient to have an extra pair if hands. then he takes his beer home with him in his fermenter. Half the work, twice the company while brewing.