madcow_number_6
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After discovering the need for someway to cool my carboy, I searched for ideas and found quite a few: Swamp Cooler method, Converted Fridge, Widow A/C built into a Closet in the garage. But none of them struck my fancy (and fulfilled my need to spend a whole weekend making SWMBO worry that I'd finally lost it) as much as the Son of Fermentation Chiller.
What a fantastic idea I thought. But 50-70$ in materials was pushing my luck with the already skeptical of my new hobby Mrs. Madcow. So off I went to design a cheaper version with equal performance.
Behold: the 0$, Redheaded Stepchild of Fermentation Chiller!
Working in a box factory provided me with unlimited amounts of construction materials:
A Little something to make it stick:
10 sheets of A-Flute Corrugated Fiberboard equals 2in. Plenty thick enough:
What a fantastic idea I thought. But 50-70$ in materials was pushing my luck with the already skeptical of my new hobby Mrs. Madcow. So off I went to design a cheaper version with equal performance.
Behold: the 0$, Redheaded Stepchild of Fermentation Chiller!
Working in a box factory provided me with unlimited amounts of construction materials:
A Little something to make it stick:
10 sheets of A-Flute Corrugated Fiberboard equals 2in. Plenty thick enough: