Earthbound's Conical Fermenter w/ Stand

[hamiltont]

Can you post links where you purchased all those items

Schaben Industries at the Columbus Store but I'm sure you could go to any farm store. I did get some of the small parts from TSC or Orscheln to finish the project. Cheers!!!

 

[EarthBound]

Thought I'd share some pics of my conical build for additional reference. Total cost for the entire conical setup was <$100. All the conical parts were bought from a farm store & I made the stand with wood I had around. I like wood ;-) ... Cheers!!!

Thanks for posting those pics! Excellent job on the woodwork. I especially like the clamp-on setup you have for draining from the bucket into the conical.

You've helped me with leaning away from the fridge idea and leaning towards building a custom fermentation chamber. I have a good space for it in my brewhut, so it will work out well.

I'm definitely gonna shorten my stand to a height closer to the height of your stand. That way the fermentation chamber is not too big and the conical can still be drained into a corny keg (which was the point of building a stand in the first place).

 

[EarthBound]

Just wanted to update this thread to report that I haven't used this conical yet, but I'm working on the fermentation chamber.

I have the design finished. I plan on building an insulated wooden chamber that connects to the front of an old refrigerator (w/ top freezer). It'll be able to hold a minimum of 1.5 bbl. I won't start building the chamber until I finish the electric upgrade to my brewstand. When I finish the chamber, I'll shorten the existing conical stand and make another stand for a second conical, so it'll be awhile before you see this thread updated.