My rig

[lehr]

Hi I'm new to brewing in fact I've never brewed before.. but I joined a club and watched a guy brew and said to myself I've got to do this so I made this stuff.

 

[Aleforge]

Wow, its a nice setup! That should make your introduction very pain free!

 

[givemaboot]

Very Nice, I love the pump housing.

 

[lehr]

Thanks here are some more.

 

[sTiNkFiZzle]

Thanks here are some more.

K....well.....now your just showing off hehe nice setup man.

 

[Anthony_Lopez]

I have a hard time believing this is your first rig...

 

[lehr]

Anthony I'm a custom car builder so fabrication is the easy part...making good beer will be the hard part for me.

Besides I have no reason to lie.
Pat

 

[TommyBoy]

I would keep a close eye on that sparge arm. Make sure that you don't get it clogged up during recirculation. (If you are brewing this way.) I have the same arm and love it but only use it for sparging. I have a copper hoop with larger holes for recirculation.

 

[PWalk]

That's a dead sexy rig but since you you say you do custom cars I want something like that in the back of a 52' Ford pick up.

 

[PhlyanPan]

Nothing like starting small and simple.

 

[lehr]

Tommy I was thinking of putting a bung near the top for a rims set up with a copper tube curving around the top When I figure out how to use this thing.

Pwalk nice choise of trucks !

Pat

 

[TommyBoy]

Here is mine:

 

[Evan!]

That's crazy...where did you get the design for it? I've never seen someone build a rig like that first, then get into brewing...most of the time, people design their rig based on what they know about brewing.

Anyway, good luck with it!

 

[I-Hop]

Nice set up.
I can only imagine where you will take this once you get beyond the newbie stage. One day, I hope to have a rig half as nice as that one. So far, I am still using my Ale Pail.

 

[lehr]

That's cool Tommy I was thinking about putting my sparge in my lid like that.

Evan I'll tell you the truth I just liked the look of the brew magic set up but I wanted it smaller so I could see in kettels and I looked at every post I could find on building a rig.

 

[conpewter]

That really is a very sweet rig, great design too!

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Awesome build!!!!!!!!! Well done, I am sure you will love it.

 

[starrfish]

Hi I'm new to brewing in fact I've never brewed before.. but I joined a club and watched a guy brew and said to myself I've got to do this so I made this stuff.

Drool! That's an awesome set up!

 

[RICLARK]

Did you have those two kegs dipped? Or did they come like that?

 

[IrregularPulse]

Very nice rig. I sure hope you enjoy brewing! haha Takes balls to drop that kinda dough on a hobby you've not yet tried. But I'm sure you'll take to the obsession like the rest of us. We're all just jealous of the system, hence the negative talk.

 

[lehr]

riclark I polished the kegs myself I still have to do the boil kettel.

Irregularpulse Well it does help the cost if you can make everything like the drip tray on the fridg. I got the stainless free so it didnt cost me anything.

Thanks again everybody.

Pat

 

[wildwest450]

Let me know when your ready to sell it! I haven't been back home in a few years. Awesome rig btw.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Nothing Beats free stainless! At least not in this world of brewing

 

[lehr]

Here's a close up of the keg and driptray.

 

[pompeiisneaks]

HOW did you polish it to look that nice? Wow!

 

[ohiobrewtus]

I don't think I'm going to like you.

Kidding, great job on the rig!

 

[ClaudiusB]

lehr awesome build! Well done

Cheers,
ClaudiusB

 

[lehr]

HOW did you polish it to look that nice? Wow!

I have more time polishing those things than I do in the whole system.
First I grind them with a 3-m scotch bright deburing pad and then I go over them with a DA-grinder with 80 grit and keep working my way down until I get to 400 grit then I polish it with a big air polisher and buffing rouge.

 

[missing link]

What type of tool do you use to make the flanged holes? Is it possible to make more of them but smaller in a drip tray? Not that it matters, your looks great, I was just wondering.

Linc

 

[lehr]

What type of tool do you use to make the flanged holes? Is it possible to make more of them but smaller in a drip tray? Not that it matters, your looks great, I was just wondering.

Linc

Mittler bros. sell the flanging tools I think the smallest one I have is 1/2 inch but I will have to check when I get home and let you know tomorrow...What size do you want...The set costs like $300.00.