Recent content by hoppyray

Yeah. Did that before but this is definitely easier to turn. Cheers!

Anyone else tired of grabbing a screwdriver to adjust your regulators. My new ones have a knob to make it easy but I have 3 Taprite regulators that I fixed. Went to local hardware store and bought a split roll pin (5/32" x 1 1/2") for each regulator screw. I center punched and pre-drilled a hole...

I too was tired of grabbing a screwdriver to adjust my regulators. My new ones have a knob to make it easy but I have 3 Taprite regulators that I fixed. Went to local hardware store and bought a split roll pin (5/32" x 1 1/2") for each regulator screw. I center punched and pre-drilled a hole...

I have always used a tapered punch or a center punch tool to stretch the hose end. I'll use a heat gun or lighter to heat up the end of the hose with out melting it and then stretch the hose to fit over the barb. Getting the barb wet but not cooling the hose is important. It doesn't get any...

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I'd sure like to check out spreadsheet you are using. I am not too savy on building one but I am looking for something a little different than BeerSmith. Thanks!

2200+ gallons in 1997.....yes, twenty two hundred in the old garage, the park, group brews, but mostly in that old garage with 8 refers..Love my lagers...(10 g batches) yeah, that was sick. Lots of time and fun..:tank: :mug:

I used six inch diameter rollers. I believe the idea was that the larger the roller,(6-8") the better "pinch" it would have on the grain. Grains are slightly heavier on one end and if the freely falls into the "pinch", there is a good chance your grain will be cracked in half(end to end). One...

1992 Zymurgy Special Issue on building your own roller mill called for aprox 100 rpm. I built one in 1995 with similar design and our LHBS now uses it exclusively! I will be building another one this summer almost identical to the old one, just more compact. Cheers!