Show Me Your Wood Brew Sculpture/Rig

[BGBC]

Tested this out for the first time this weekend. Small batch BIAB rig with attached grain mill. Built it so most of the equipment can store underneath after brew day. not quite 100% complete (adding a folding shelf on the left side and still deciding on finishing, paint/stain, etc), but the first batch went well, so no complaints!

 

[garagejob]

A few years of cobbling this together.

What is the little compressed gas bottle for that is attached to the list right of your stand?

 

[Barbarossa]

Plant caddy for the anvil. Does that count?

 

[day_trippr]

What is the little compressed gas bottle for that is attached to the list right of your stand?

Oxygen cylinder for oxygenation of the finished wort, I bet.
As O2 (and Nitrogen and Beer Gas blends) are not condensed to the point of becoming liquid (as in CO2 or Propane) one can set an O2 cylinder on its side without issue...

Cheers!

 

[jpr.edison]

Tested this out for the first time this weekend. Small batch BIAB rig with attached grain mill. Built it so most of the equipment can store underneath after brew day. not quite 100% complete (adding a folding shelf on the left side and still deciding on finishing, paint/stain, etc), but the first batch went well, so no complaints!


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Very impressive. Would you , by any chance, be willing to share plans and material list?
Jim

 

[SeraW]

Can't believe my old account here still works lol I took a few years off brewing.

But now that I've moved, new career, new house, and my amazing wife has helped me upgrade my gear. And she's actually the one who wants me to go for a proper cart build. I'm more of the cooking side of the brew, but she's the engineer; she brings the table saws and tools.

A few designs here have caught my attention, so I sketched out a rough draft for a single vessel induction BIAB setup. My proportions are absolute crap because my spatial awareness kinda sucks, but hear me out. She wants to put as much of the brewing peripherals as possible in drawers or cabinets when not in use; we live in a very dusty desert region with high winds, and I will have to use this in the garage because she's sensory sensitive to the brew day aromas. So I'm theoretically thinking of 1 drawer for the Avantco 3500W induction plate, and the others for things like refractometers, pH meters, Fermcap, Whirlfloc, etc. The cabinet drawers on bottom can be for things like the mill and bottling bucket, and the big one on the right for the 10 gallon boil kettle.

The frame design during use is intended for hooking up a pulley. The space to the right is intended for workspace and laying out things like the mill and hop additions, but I do like to sparge my grain bag, so I'm also considering just putting one of my smaller 6 gallon kettles there during the sparge step and using the pump for that, currently not pictured.

TLDR: new rig cart idea with sparge pully and closed cabinets and drawers. Thoughts, ideas, red flags?

 

[IslandLizard]

Can't believe my old account here still works lol I took a few years off brewing.

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TLDR: new rig cart idea with sparge pully and closed cabinets and drawers.

A brew stand on wheels, with storage, and an integrated BIAB hoist! It makes sense, yes!

Thoughts, ideas, red flags?

A few general ideas, ones I would find important.
Mind, I brew in the kitchen, so I'm utterly spoiled with having a lot of countertop space...

1. Stability is very important:
   • That means, a decent sized footprint (width and depth).
   • Limiting height of the kettle platform since the plate/kettle combo adds significant height (and weight) themselves. Maybe aim for the kettle rim to come up around the waist or belly height? Perhaps try that out on a demo/work-in-progress stand.
   • Then a higher, standing height table/desk area for your tools, cups with additions, notepad/laptop, etc. I would probably put a 1" high rim around it, so things don't roll or get swept off so easily.
   • Perhaps add some extra weight in the bottom of the cart to help keep things as stable as possible.
2. A decent amount of toe-space is helpful, being able to stick your feet underneath the cart while standing at it. It's very awkward working at a solid box standing square on the floor.
3. Wheels, especially larger/higher ones, tend to reduce stability of the rig. Although they add the needed toe-space, they also add empty, massless height, raising the center of gravity of the whole, loaded-up rig.
   • Use smaller wheels that still roll smoothly on your floor.
   • When using larger/higher wheels, perhaps (partially) recess them or use (partially) retractable wheels.
   • Of course, wheels should be lockable for when using the cart with boiling wort.

 

[Broken Crow]

Can't believe my old account here still works lol I took a few years off brewing.

But now that I've moved, new career, new house, and my amazing wife has helped me upgrade my gear. And she's actually the one who wants me to go for a proper cart build. I'm more of the cooking side of the brew, but she's the engineer; she brings the table saws and tools.

A few designs here have caught my attention, so I sketched out a rough draft for a single vessel induction BIAB setup. My proportions are absolute crap because my spatial awareness kinda sucks, but hear me out. She wants to put as much of the brewing peripherals as possible in drawers or cabinets when not in use; we live in a very dusty desert region with high winds, and I will have to use this in the garage because she's sensory sensitive to the brew day aromas. So I'm theoretically thinking of 1 drawer for the Avantco 3500W induction plate, and the others for things like refractometers, pH meters, Fermcap, Whirlfloc, etc. The cabinet drawers on bottom can be for things like the mill and bottling bucket, and the big one on the right for the 10 gallon boil kettle.

The frame design during use is intended for hooking up a pulley. The space to the right is intended for workspace and laying out things like the mill and hop additions, but I do like to sparge my grain bag, so I'm also considering just putting one of my smaller 6 gallon kettles there during the sparge step and using the pump for that, currently not pictured.

TLDR: new rig cart idea with sparge pully and closed cabinets and drawers. Thoughts, ideas, red flags?

A supportive significant other is the absolute best! On that note, no dis intended (maybe it's just me, I do have brain-damage and visual issues), maybe ask her to do the diagram... I can't make out what everything is, But: If she doesn't already have one, buy here a nice wire-feed welder and consider square tubular steel frame...far sturdier and better load-bearing capacity vs. dimensions, particularly on the hoist...not sure what size a grain-bag it'll be lifting.
@IslandLizard mentioned the very important toe-space and centre of gravity: Where possible, I've always tried to extend castors to the outermost corners, kinda like this:

Makes it far safer to move around.