i have an old cane sitting around and am tired of tilting my bucket for the last 8 beers in the batch. has anyone made a diptube out of an racking cane? how do you affix it in the inside of the spigot and which part of the cane do you use? thanks
dip tube out of old racking cane
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dragon99
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you need a swagelok connector. ebay is probably your best bet. Something like these (tho probably not 25 of them
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http://cgi.ebay.com/25-NEW-IN-BOX-S...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9de485b0
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WoweeZowee
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A drilled rubber stopper would work fine too.
wyzazz
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Just use a 3/4" PVC 90* fitting from Lowes/HD. It screws right on and works a charm!
dragon99
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Go with one of their suggestions. For some reason I had it in my mind that you were talking about a dip tube for a kettle. It sounds like your wanting a dip tube in your bottling bucket. The stopper or PVC fitting are what you need for that.
I made a bottling bucket dip tube from a racking cane. I used my Dremel to cut it (watch out for melting plastic and fumes), and once I picked off the rough bits and sanded the edges it was fine. Stuck it in a drilled stopper and it works great. I used the curved part, btw. I was worried that I would cut too much/too little, but it was close enough that I simply rotated it slightly to get it against the bottom.
