Breweries and Introduction

[COLObrewer]

Did you restore the 28 chevy or inherit it? What body style?
(I have 4 of them) Vern.

 

[Jonathon]

Boy you have some great looking rigs!

What kind of beers have you done with it? Have you found it lacking in ability or difficult in getting it dialed in?

If you have some time, can you take some close up pix of both rigs and details, and describe their operation? Some of the other members of HBT have done the same, and it has been very educational.

Thanks!

Hey mate ,
I have brewed mostly Pale Ales in the smaller system and some dark ales, repeating the same recipe to check reliability which once set up and tuned is very repeatable. The all stainless system is not operational yet. I have more pics and will post them with more description soon as I put the Tig down...

Vern,
Its a 1928 Chev Roadster owned by my Dad since he was 17 and rebuilt to original condition, still driven almost weekly, do you have pictures of your Chevs? Dad would love to see them.

Cheers Jonathon.

 

[McKBrew]

Jonathon is in Australia and built a cool brewing system. Dr Kharma is in Sweden, building a cool brew system.

I guess it can be said that foreigners have cool brew systems.

Nice job. Look forward to seeing some action shots of this bad boy.

 

[Jonathon]

Jonathon is in Australia and built a cool brewing system. Dr Kharma is in Sweden, building a cool brew system.

I guess it can be said that foreigners have cool brew systems.

Nice job. Look forward to seeing some action shots of this bad boy.

Cheers mate,

That's how we roll down under..! :rockin:

 

[jcdillin]

Holy monkey, i'm in love..... with your valves that is

Amazing job, I love it!

 

[Pez]

What are the chances you could share some of your VB code with us and explain your whole setup on the first rig? I'd love to build something like it.

 

[Jonathon]

What are the chances you could share some of your VB code with us and explain your whole setup on the first rig? I'd love to build something like it.

Hey Pez,

I would be more than happy to share some of the code, id prefer if people had specific areas in the code they are interested in as there is around 100 hours of coding and I'm not willing to give it all away . As for a explination ill work on that, too much going on in the shed at the moment.

Cheers

 

[grlz]

holy cow. that is big, and shiny! looks great!

 

[Aleforge]

Hey Pez,

I would be more than happy to share some of the code, id prefer if people had specific areas in the code they are interested in as there is around 100 hours of coding and I'm not willing to give it all away . As for a explination ill work on that, too much going on in the shed at the moment.

Cheers

ACK! Super secret Aussies!

 

[Baja_Brewer]

That is incredible, look forward to seeing it being used.

 

[marin]

Hello there..
I wanted to congratulate you on your new brewing system... I would love to build one here in California... I was wondering if you could share your plans or whatever buildup sequence and components you have...
You could email me at [email protected]

Tks a million... congratulations... you are truly an artist...

 

[BrewBeemer]

I so wish I could weld...

Time and practice without learning bad welding habits as they are the worse ones to break or be retrained to the proper way. Starting with O/A back in 64, stick, Mig then Tig, call it stepping stones as each process helps you on the next process. Dollar amount goes up with the process as well the quality and features the equipment has to offer you. After many years welding over 40 and 13 different welders I had a profile on what brand and what it can do that matches my welding needs. Now retired these are my free and job paid off personal toys. "The power of Blue", Mig 251 w/30A spoolgun, 350 Synchrowave Tig, 3 to 385 amp fully loaded with every option except production spot welding. A happy camper as I could not afford these welders today plus the reduced controls for the average welder or better said made simple to get better sales of their customers to use their products. A sad way to stay up top with the loss of these welding controls. Cheap is how you select your process like spending $240 for a owner owned 260/280 cu/ft bottle vs smaller lease bottles. Reduce your costs by thinking smart. Some people believe the least expensive welder is the best buy. The jokes on them, www.cyberweld.org for some good prices vs what local welding suppliers are asking and sticking to their prices. Shop around as back in 2002 I went from $3,463 before tax down to $2,506 out the door for a Miller 251 w/30A spoolgun, twin bottle cart plus two restrictor flow gauges (POS vs a victor flow meter), tax included. JMO's that have worked for me and saved me thousands of dollars besides on welders being a write off welding for contractors over the years. This with the welders never leaving my shop.

Hats off to those that say welding is easy, a process i've chased for years before becoming a certifited welder, you're a better welder than me. You have my full respect from me as it wasn't that easy over the past 40 years and many hours of welding.
Congrats are due, i'm a nobody welder compared to these new and up coming welders that say it is easy.

 

[Aleforge]

Hats off to those that say welding is easy, a process i've chased for years before becoming a certifited welder, you're a better welder than me. You have my full respect from me as it wasn't that easy over the past 40 years and many hours of welding.
Congrats are due, i'm a nobody welder compared to these new and up coming welders that say it is easy.

Sounds like your pride got a little hurt.

I think when people say it can be easy, its talking in regards to hooking 2 pieces of angle iron together with an ugly weld that takes an hour to grind down. Which is what most people like myself were looking for. I am sure the art form takes a lifetime to master. But many of us here are looking for a way to jump in and learn as we go doing rough projects.

 

[BrewBeemer]

Sounds like your pride got a little hurt.

No worries mate, i've been in and out of a big GM plant now called NUMI with their from Japan inspectors over your shoulder and even looking thru your own hood while doing your welding. No pride hurt, do your job the best you can and cut the mustard allowed me many years at a welding table vs loading up pipe racks with conduit. Use the mind not the back. We had many people come in and say "I can weld that" and 10 minutes later told to leave the job, that alone was my reward especially when we became called out by name at the hall for a welding job. Call it another feather in my hat that did not come easy to pass X-ray testing that they required. Now hot days when they demanded stick vs Mig was a PITA, I hate burns, slag and smoke, I would rather Tig back then but all we had was Mig when allowed.
The big nasty was on big plants with many layers and years of paint to remove looking for base metal, makes one think about all the leaded paint chipped and ground off. The reason why i'm mentally slow that's my story i'm sticking to it, I wish? With many months without welding sure makes for a rusty person welding especially when you can no longer get into a happy comfortable position with a bad back. This is the big killer of welding these days, no more many hours of welding time anymore.
Enjoy it while you can it's a great talent to have when the body is not damaged, note body not brain a thin line here. Cheers.
A good weld should speak for itself with no grinding at all needed. "Grinding is hiding something my instructors always told me and one especially wanted to see zero grinding done on his project samples.

Hey marin; where ya located in Kalifornia? Welcome aboard this is a great forum.

 

[Jonathon]

Hats off to those that say welding is easy, a process i've chased for years before becoming a certifited welder, you're a better welder than me. You have my full respect from me as it wasn't that easy over the past 40 years and many hours of welding.
Congrats are due, i'm a nobody welder compared to these new and up coming welders that say it is easy.

Never meant to make it sound easy mate, I'm by no means a great welder. But the welding skills i have picked up from various courses and from friends who are qualified in the field have given me enough skills to do the work i do and I don't want to put other people off from giving it a go.

Anyway I have a couple of Pics of the Skid that everything is being mounted on. It is 50x75x3mm RHS, probably going to hot gal dip it once it is finished, Cheers..

 

[BeerCanuck]

That's a truly amazing rig your building there Jonathon
(bookmarked for beer pron fix)

Cheers
BeerCanuck

 

[Jonathon]

ahah cheers mate..

 

[leboeuf]

I think you should keep the beer keg legs... That thing is a beauty.

 

[sjlammer]

Wow... that is freakin amazing.... great work! as pinochio might say... someday i want to be a real brewer

and here i thought i was hot sh*t with my 15 gallon coolers...

 

[khiddy]

What's hilarious is that in the USA, we can only brew 200 gallons per year per household under current law. Your stainless system will produce 50 gallons per batch... so such a sweet system would be usable only 4 times per year here!

 

[IrregularPulse]

What's hilarious is that in the USA, we can only brew 200 gallons per year per household under current law. Your stainless system will produce 50 gallons per batch... so such a sweet system would be usable only 4 times per year here!

Yo can brew as much as you want, but you'd have to give anything over 200G a year to someone else to pitch yeast into!

 

[SavageSteve]

WOW.

And here I felt all proud that I cut up some foam board insulation with a utility knife and taped it together in a box shape so I could insulate my cheap Igloo cooler that I use for partial mashes. :cross:

Nice job, Jonathon!

-Steve

 

[Jonathon]

Cheers guys for the encouraging words,

For all those pm's and messages asking about plans unfortunately there are no plans to speak of, I just build as I go with whatever materials I find. The only thing I can offer is more pictures.

 

[celestialparsnip]

Mate, that fugga's grouse. Onya.

Oh, and just noticed the FJ ute in the background... now I'm really jealous...

 

[Aleforge]

Yo can brew as much as you want, but you'd have to give anything over 200G a year to someone else to pitch yeast into!

Is it per household, or per adult in said household?

 

[BrewBeemer]

Is it per household, or per adult in said household?

That would be hard to keep track of as my friend has passed 600 gallons by September about every year. Here in California it's 100 gallons per person, a family with two adults 200 gallons total. Prove it going over the limit I must ask. And no hard feelings on how simple and easy it is to weld, I made a mess out of a weld or more in my times welding. Those off days that can bite you, quit fighting it and come back another time. I'm glad there are others out there doing good as I have total idiots all around where I live. They can't even lift a car hood not alone build a race frame or motor, total magic to them. Were just all different.

 

[Hang Glider]

Legally, except in a few states, it's 100 gal per adult or 200 gal per household, max.
In Georgia, it's 50 gal max.
So, unless you're telling on yourself or have some very uncool friends, I'm sure you're not on the police most-wanted list.

 

[Jonathon]

There are laws!!! bahaha

 

[friday]

And i thought i had a problem. Im speechless.

 

[HellenicHomeBrewer]

ban this guy.. he's TOO good!!

just kidding of course. another jealous sonofabitch!