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I’m 3/4 of the way through a nearly identical build… is there a need for the funnel type reducer and smaller pipe size between the lyne arm and the Liebig… or can the 2” output on the lyne arm just be reduced directly to the Liebig? Depending on the rate of heating, I imagine this will bottleneck th...

Thoughts on shims in soldering? I’ve got 2” DWV copper and the SS ferrules I got are noticeably small (they’d be much better sized for L or M copper). I’ve made 1/2” wide shims to match the collar on my ferrule and can squeeze the parts together by hand. With the proper flux and adequate solder, wil...

“BUT.....the racetrack seal is RUBBER and that is frowned upon here on the HD website. Rubber can and will impart bad things into your spirits, so you don’t want any rubber where there will be hot alcohol (and other volatile) vapors. The racetrack opening typical to Cornelous kegs is a “total deal b...

I’ve got a 10 gallon keg (of sorts) and some copper and stainless on the way, soon to be a modular tri-clamp based CCVM with a 2” column. Still have to buy a heating element (and a port for it), a drain/valve and some caps for the extra ports that came with this keg. Otherwise, I’ll have almost all ...

Let’s see a pic of that espresso machine put together, and what’s the model #. That’s something I’m going to be looking for on Craigslist!

I have gone to the BWCA every summer since I was in 8th grade (I’m 47 now). Beautiful place. I hope the weather treated you well when you were there!

Good afternoon all, just joining up and just starting in the hobby. So far it’s been a great site with a lot of great information. I hope some day I can offer some insight back to the community. That said, I do have one beef to get off my chest: The registration screen offers multiple questions to w...