bovine_OB
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After browsing innumerable threads and asking numerous questions, I've finally built my 15 gallon stainless, pressure capable fermenter in wheels. Total $ into this project I would say is $100.
I won a lot of near new sankes and older cornies from a brewery going out of business on auction for next to nothing.
Built the frame from scrap lumber from my yard fence build this summer.
Stainless 4" ferrule, gasket, tc blank, and 2" tc to mpt all from stainless brewing.
Mpt to corny post from Patriot Homebrew in Elkhorn.
The ferrule hole was cut in the bottom of the keg and welded by a local welder in exchange for one of the defunct kegs. The 4" blank was drilled and tapped in order to thread the corny post and adapter th oprough followed by soldering to provide sanitary protection from the threads internally. The bottom drain is composed of a couple inch stub of a sanke spear soldered to the flat side of the tc/mpt fitting to allow the drain to effectively leave the trub behind. The pressure gauge is cobbled together from off the shelf parts and old kegging parts I had laying around.
The rollerblade casters are super duper smooth and can hold over 400 lbs, so I'm pretty excited to be able to wheel this thing around and save my back.
It's been holding 8 psi for 5 days now. Just gotta clean her up and fill it with wort!
I won a lot of near new sankes and older cornies from a brewery going out of business on auction for next to nothing.
Built the frame from scrap lumber from my yard fence build this summer.
Stainless 4" ferrule, gasket, tc blank, and 2" tc to mpt all from stainless brewing.
Mpt to corny post from Patriot Homebrew in Elkhorn.
The ferrule hole was cut in the bottom of the keg and welded by a local welder in exchange for one of the defunct kegs. The 4" blank was drilled and tapped in order to thread the corny post and adapter th oprough followed by soldering to provide sanitary protection from the threads internally. The bottom drain is composed of a couple inch stub of a sanke spear soldered to the flat side of the tc/mpt fitting to allow the drain to effectively leave the trub behind. The pressure gauge is cobbled together from off the shelf parts and old kegging parts I had laying around.
The rollerblade casters are super duper smooth and can hold over 400 lbs, so I'm pretty excited to be able to wheel this thing around and save my back.
It's been holding 8 psi for 5 days now. Just gotta clean her up and fill it with wort!