DIY forum ruined me

[OregonBrews]

Yep all the beer porn kind of ropes you in. Everytime I'm on the computer my wife says "obsessing again?" for a couple weeks now. She thought a few buckets and a carboy were going to be the limit of this. Taking a welding class next month so yah, I probably won't be documenting a build since it's been done but I will be posting some beer porn here and there just to drag everybody down with me.

 

[johnnybrew]

Go big or go home ! hahaha

Wow - I have serious system envy! Lookin' good, lehr!

 

[Baja_Brewer]

Yeah, the DIY forum is the first one I check on here after the "My Replies" one... love it.

 

[GermanBlood]

Go big or go home ! hahaha

(Jaw drops) Wow. Posts like this are not helping those of us who are trying to resist... Thanks for all the helpful information like one person has already said I've learned more here than any of my books.

 

[Blane]

Yep all the beer porn kind of ropes you in. Everytime I'm on the computer my wife says "obsessing again?" for a couple weeks now. She thought a few buckets and a carboy were going to be the limit of this. Taking a welding class next month so yah, I probably won't be documenting a build since it's been done but I will be posting some beer porn here and there just to drag everybody down with me.

I took a welding class last year at the community college to get the basics down just so I could build my brew stand. Plus I've always wanted to learn how to weld. I'm not going to change careers and my welding sometimes looks like crap but at least I know more now than I did then.

I got through stick and mig and had one day of TIGing when my wife had a get off from a horse and shattered her femur. Had to quit class to take care of her and to drive her around. I may go back this fall, spend the extra money and finish taking the class. That way I can spend MORE MONEY later on to work on my own kegs.

Damn this forum!!!

 

[IDrinkBr]

You know it's bad when you start thinking of brewing uses for any given object simply because it's stainless steel or you have to check out how a given cooler drains because it would make a possible MLT.

I started this past October with my first extact batch in a 5 gallon pot and chilling with ice. Now it is less than a year, 14 batches under my belt (5 all-grain) and I have amassed 3 keggles, a wood brewstand, 2 chillers (1 IC and 1 CFC), chest freezer with Johnson temp control, 4 carboys, 2 CO2 tanks, 5 corny kegs, and on and on and on....

AND, I'm still looking to expand. Gotta say that this hobby is addicting, I love CL and most importantly I love all of the advice/discussions on HBT. Don't need a welder though (got the father-in-law for that!!!)

 

[GermanBlood]

I'm a regular MIG welder, never tried TIG. Have a lincon with stainless wire feed and argon gas tip. How much better is TIG? I haven't done any thin stainless with the MIG yet, as I know I would just blow holes in the side of the thin metal. I'm used to using it for structural stuff, like making a rough welds on a stand etc.

 

[Simphoto02]

Hi, My name is John, (crowd in the basement of a church somewhere in the midwest yells..."HI JOHN!!!!) and I have a DIY problem.

I have always been a DIYer. At age 5 I hammered two nails into a 6 volt battery, wrapped a wire around each nail and said look mom I am going to re-charge the battery. Before she could cross the room screaming i stuck it in the wall socket and went flying, meat her mid way.

9000.00 for a new bathroom, screw it, I did it for less than 2K. 15,000.00 for a new kitchen, PUNT! all hand made cabinets and rescued wood floor, FREAKIN gorgeous if I must say. Anyway I digress.....

Took a welding class at the local H.S Adult education thing. Bought a linclon mig and set out for something to build. Sat down and built a Log splitter. Not just any Log splitter but the "CrackMaster 2000" a log splitting freakin beast with a 20 ton ram off a dump truck. Have a friend who builds them, owns the company and has 3 post grad degrees in auto, mech and hydralic engineering. Kind of handy to have him around. Anyway, it is a log splitting son of a bitch. Trees fall over when it rolls down the street. Horizontal/Verticle design, way cool.

So after that I looked around. The Wife about 4 months prior to this was watching Alton Brown on the freakin food channel. he was doing a show on HB. She asked hey can we do that. I immediately dropped to my knees and BEGGED her to marry me. She reminded me we already were married.

Then comes the mig and the logsplitter. I stumble on this here forum and look out Rosie, I built a brutus. and it worked too.

Just had to vent , sorry guys and gals for the verbose typing. Screw it, Have a Home Brew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BargainFittings]

I spend my time on DIY forums when I'm not working.

http://weldingweb.com/

 

[ScubaSteve]

First symptom is that you ONLY check the "Equipment & Sanitation" and "DIY" forums exclusively.....

Well....maybe that's an advanced symptom

 

[ILOVEBEER]

I went from some friends......to thinking about brewing beer.....to brewing a few batches..................to finding this site....................to building a two tier RIMS.............to having ALOT of friends that drink all my beer!
I love this forum and the great people that drunkingly lurk here!
Thanks for all the help over the last year!

 

[BulldogBrewer]

I heard a fishing joke the other day... "My biggest fear is that when I die, my wife sells my gear for what I told her I paid for it."

I feel the same way about my brewing equipment...

 

[Beer_Guy]

I heard a fishing joke the other day... "My biggest fear is that when I die, my wife sells my gear for what I told her I paid for it."

I feel the same way about my brewing equipment...

Oh man, THANKS. I needed a good belly laugh!!!

 

[ILOVEBEER]

That is damn funny!

 

[milldoggy]

I have to agree with the title of this thread, made two stir plates and installed a love controller in the door of my freezer today. Long day!!!

 

[Dgonza9]

It started for me in June of this year. I noticed that they had those little 5 litre kegs of Newcastle. Then I almost bought a used "beertender" dispenser. Then I upgraded my ideas and here we are less than 3 months later and I've got an all electric Brutus 10 in my basement, a keezer, a bar with taps through the wall and stainless subway tile backsplash, and oh yeah, 20+ gallons of beer!

Still planning away. Best hobby there is. Cheers.