InspectorJon
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17” Paella pan Stainless Steel
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Sorry. I misread that. Paella pans might be a good place to look though.
There are also enameled paella pans. Not sure if that would be acceptable.
How about a silicone mat, cut to fit? Somewhat oxygen-porous, but seems like it would radically reduce ingress.
... or stainless steel foil from McMaster-Carr
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Should be possible to form this into a shallow pan (so it would float) of the required diameter if you have some metal working skills.
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Hmmm (pulls out analog micrometer, heads to kitchen to measure aluminum foil thicknesses)....
The Spousal Unit only buys "heavy duty" foil and using my old school analog micrometer it measures 0.001" thick. I'm not sure what 0.002" SS would "feel like" but for sure the concept would not work for my intentions.
To wit: I use a Blichmann Autosparge valve with its floating 5/16" ID silicone return line that simply hugs the MLT side wall and ends roughly opposite from the valve. The mash cap solution I need wants to have a return port that goes more or less through the middle of the cap and then makes a 180° turn so it fires up at the underside of the cap. This of course is to avoid power-dredging the mash. I would prefer this "J" down tube to be welded to the cap.
I would also need to ensure that the float arm that controls the autosparge valve can rest atop the cap - and it wouldn't necessarily have the oem float ball at the end of the arm, which would save some static weight bearing on the cap, if it turns out that matters somehow. So I might need to futz with the port placement to make sure the float arm wouldn't get hung up on it or vice versa. Could go with a split return and two down tubes to leave the middle wide open.
There's a fab shop next town north of me. I have a crapton of other things to deal with right now but the winter is long...
Cheers!
The Spousal Unit only buys "heavy duty" foil and using my old school analog micrometer it measures 0.001" thick. I'm not sure what 0.002" SS would "feel like" but for sure the concept would not work for my intentions.
To wit: I use a Blichmann Autosparge valve with its floating 5/16" ID silicone return line that simply hugs the MLT side wall and ends roughly opposite from the valve. The mash cap solution I need wants to have a return port that goes more or less through the middle of the cap and then makes a 180° turn so it fires up at the underside of the cap. This of course is to avoid power-dredging the mash. I would prefer this "J" down tube to be welded to the cap.
I would also need to ensure that the float arm that controls the autosparge valve can rest atop the cap - and it wouldn't necessarily have the oem float ball at the end of the arm, which would save some static weight bearing on the cap, if it turns out that matters somehow. So I might need to futz with the port placement to make sure the float arm wouldn't get hung up on it or vice versa. Could go with a split return and two down tubes to leave the middle wide open.
There's a fab shop next town north of me. I have a crapton of other things to deal with right now but the winter is long...
Cheers!
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