I saw this and am offering it up for comment.
It's not something I need to undertake right now.
http://www.instructables.com/id/ELW6NXMF4TLKW45/
It's not something I need to undertake right now.
http://www.instructables.com/id/ELW6NXMF4TLKW45/
I didn't exactly eyeball it - I scribed a guide line using the loop of string method, then used the keg's outer rim as a sort of "fence" to guide the torch as I cut.olllllo said:I'm pretty sure that Bobby_M rigged up a jig of some sort, whereas Yuri and BierMuncher eyeballed it.
keldognuts said:Orphy, can you explain what you mean by using the rim as a guide using an angle grinder. I'm taking on this project this weekend and it would be a great help. As an aside, I am drinking my first glass wheat beer from my newly fabricated sanyo 4912. Thanks to all for there post and expertise. Kelly
Bobby_M said:Yes. Whether or not the keg police are going to bust you. OK. I didn't say that. Shhh.
keldognuts said:Orphy, can you explain what you mean by using the rim as a guide using an angle grinder. I'm taking on this project this weekend and it would be a great help. As an aside, I am drinking my first glass wheat beer from my newly fabricated sanyo 4912. Thanks to all for there post and expertise. Kelly
I call bull**** on that one...Where did you get your info from???Skrimpy said:If you are in or close to Florida get your kegs there. I have been looking for "legal" cheap kegs for a while and found a guy in Jacksonville trying to get rid of one, and he said he will look for a few more for me. In Florida, the distributors and brewerys won't take the kegs back without a receipt, and the scrap companies won't take them because there is such a ruckous about them being obtained "illegally". A lot of these kegs end up in the trash, in someones back yard, in someones barn etc. That makes the keg abandonned. Meaning, finders keepers...that doesn't mean go and lose the receipt though. It just means go find the ones people dump. Go get em. Hurry up though because the brewerys Florida will probably start following New Yorks example and start tracking the serial number so they know "whose" keg it is.
Skrimpy said:Here it is. Looks like it was posted by a Homebrewtalk member! Yuri_Rage also has a conversion video there, but if you don't have any plasma cutting skills you will want to build the jig. I don't have a cutter, or any skills using it, so its off to Home Crapo for a grinder for a grinder and some clamps for me! He says the jig has a 2 inch hold saw that fits right into the tap hole after you remove the center. He probably could put a spacer between the hole saw and the hole to make a tighter fit but it doesnt seem like he needs it to do a pretty good job cutting that hole. Looks like a pretty easy jig to build to me. Go for it man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LthGdMk_avk
jesse said:I call bull**** on that one...Where did you get your info from???
Bobby_M said:Yeah, that's my vid. It is pretty easy but I don't know if I'd go through the trouble for a single keg. It's not that hard to cut freehand with the grinder. It won't be perfect, but...
I'll take your scraps.Skrimpy said:Even if it was a little off I would throw the thing out and start over.
Skrimpy said:A guy on a bottle digging forum I frequent. I posted in their classified section that I was looking for kegs and he said he had one. I asked him if the thing was legal. He said that the cops raided an underage party in his apartment complex and left the keg behind. He grabbed the keg and tried to return it for the deposit. He tried several times at several different places and nobody would take it without the receipt. He then turned to the scrap yards and they of course wouldn't touch the thing with a ten foot pole. I don't know what you think about it but to me that is abandonned property! The people that "own" the thing won't take it back without a receipt??!!?? By any law, that's abandonned, and by any law, acquired property previously abandonned is NOT stolen. Get your keg in florida.
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