Where to drill a bulkhead?

[photogscott]

Now I got my weldless bulkhead and it's time to drill a 7/8in hole in the keggle. How do I sight the height of the hole?

 

[stlbeer]

Put the hole about 1/2" above the bottom skirt weld. I think that's somewhere between 3 and 4" from the bottom. Also, look out for the drains in the skirt. If you are firing the keggle via propane a lot of heat will come through there and really heat up your valve.

Here's a good pictorial of how to do this.

http://www.bargainfittings.com/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=14

 

[TaylorInOK]

Thumbs up stlbeer and for bargain fittings.

 

[itsme6582]

Go as low as you can.

And check out this video

 

[itsme6582]

...and try to get it 90 degrees from the handles in the skirt. Best bet is to stretch a piece of string around the skirt, grab the string at the edge of the handle holes, fold the string in half, then stretch that half of it around from a hole to find the center point.

I forgot about my keggle playlist. This is a pretty good guide. All of these videos are from HBT members.