Recent content by scooterunderwood

I supose I could dedicate a GPIO pin to a talking Emeril bobble head. Haha

They had those hand scanners at Equinix datacenters. I hated using them, you could feel the layers of nerd grease!

I'd pay 250, maybe $350 for a temp controlled SS fermentor with serving vessel. But $6000??? Do they really think they can sell more than 10 at that price?

@dmashl That's what I currently do, however I'm looking for ways to spend less time watching water boil. :) I found "UNIVERSAL POWER DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR MOTORS" for under $5, they're for adding power door locks to your car and come with mounting hardware that I can use. I think these will work...

I found stepper motors for under $10 a piece. I think I can make these work, however I'll hold off buying any until I hear your opinions.

I'm looking to automate my hop additions and I think I'm going about it the wrong way. I was thinking I could get 4 tiny hoppers and hook up a small actuator to each and have my pi dump at specified times. However I'm not seeing small actuators for below $40 a piece, so that would be $160 in...

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I just thought about building something like this the other day, and the idea has been stuck in my mind. I've been procrastinating automating my big system because I don't like drinking 10 gallons of beer at a time, especially when you have a less than optimal batch. I'd much rather drink a...

WVMJ, That's exactly the first hand info I was looking for, and kinda what I expected the answer to be. Thanks!

HAHA Nice! I could probably do all 20 bushels in under 2 minutes.

Between the two options, I think the garbage disposal will chop a lot more seeds than the french fry cutter, I'm not that worried about it. I think I'll go back to the garbage disposal idea, it will give better texture for pressing.

I'm looking to do about 20 bushels of apples. 30 seconds per apple isn't going to cut it. Also trying to stay under $100.

I'm looking for a cheap way to mill apples and I'm looking at either a garbage disposal or a french fry cutter. I'd like to get the french fry cutter (like this one but with a 1/4" blade http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000T3OO8C/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 )because I can get a lot more use out of...

Great information, thanks everybody! I think I'll just dedicate a keg to carbing sours and use my normal regulator.

It's been almost a year since I started my Roeselare and I'm planning to bottle soon. I'm debating whether I want to bottle carbonate or keg-carb and bottle that. I'd prefer to keg-carb and let it condition in the bottle, but then I'll have to dedicate a keg and regulator to only sours. As...