4500 Watt Element Without Drilling

[jeffmeh]

Just a quick aside comment. Don't be too quick to knock Harbour Freight. For certain things they are great! Sand paper, rip saw blades, drill bits, ect.... I've saved a ton and the products have been just great! I've known folks who have used some of the air tools too and no problems. Now mind you they're not pros so it's low frequency usage.

And with the pretty decent warranty they offer, it's worth a shot!

I have the Harbor Freight step bits. Went right through an aluminum kettle without a problem. I am sure they would work for stainless also, but I would agree that it would probably crap out pretty quickly if you tried to use it every day.

I also use one of their variable speed drills to drive my corona mill.

 

[Fordmi]

I have the Harbor Freight step bits. Went right through an aluminum kettle without a problem. I am sure they would work for stainless also, but I would agree that it would probably crap out pretty quickly if you tried to use it every day.

I also use one of their variable speed drills to drive my corona mill.

I used a single harbor freight step bit to drill 4 holes in stainless - 2 in each of my brew kettles. It shows some signs of wear, but I think It has some more life in it.

 

[alien]

The HF step bits are fine for kegs too.

 

[Bobby_M]

In case someone missed it from the other thread, Tom Hargrave of kegkits.com notoriety created the tphjr username here as a shill account to promote kegkits.com knowing that his real identity is already tarnished due to very unsavory business practices in the past. Given that past, I'm not surprised at what was going on, but I thought it important for people to realize what they'd be getting themselves into by doing business at the links posted here (against forum rules at that).

 

[kzimmer0817]

I'm talking about a heat stick kit that wouldn't be based on a bunch of kitchen sink plumbing parts or off the shelf triclover parts.

Bobby,
I would be very interested in something like this. I wish something could be fashioned that would resemble a large version of those little single cup heaters that one would put into a coffee cup - possibly based upon an ULWD element that is somehow divorced from the threaded water heater mount.

Please keep us posted.
Keith

 

[pagerage]

Bobby,
I would be very interested in something like this. I wish something could be fashioned that would resemble a large version of those little single cup heaters that one would put into a coffee cup - possibly based upon an ULWD element that is somehow divorced from the threaded water heater mount.

Please keep us posted.
Keith

I actually started a thread on something I found just like that! Without repeating it all, they are 2000 watt pot boilers from Ukraine. They look just like the little cup ones but are a little over 12" long I think. I'm heading there in July and am going to give them a whirl.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f170/so-whaddaya-think-2000-watt-pot-boiler-403135/

 

[pagerage]

In case someone missed it from the other thread, Tom Hargrave of kegkits.com notoriety created the tphjr username here as a shill account to promote kegkits.com

Interesting, in my thread mentioned above, that user also linked kegkits products