15g keg alternative check

[solartje]

quick first question:
After buying my kegs, i found this, and now i'm seriously thinking of swapping my keg for it.

superfustinox milano 50L. it's used to store oil in italy. they go from 5L up till 100L
It looks perfect. no top skirt to remove like on the keg to get that nice round look, it already has a valve to empty it, it already has a huge 200mm opening on the top, its inox, and i found a good deal for it and it's legal (only used one time, and shines like brand new, compared to my beat up kegs), it has handles for easy transport. basically it seems perfect, but something tells me to check it first, because why haven't i found a conversion of this yet if it's perfect?.

I didnt find any info on the thickness of the inox, all i know is its 18/10 quality inox,




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[Thatstink]

I am very new here so don't trust my word. for me it has a skirt seal around the bottom. should be higher up. looks new and Chinese. a real urn is built to take knocks. those handles wont stay on imho. see what the others see. for me its nice but don't look right but I am the new guy here. sorry I don't know more to tell ya. 18/10 is what ya kitchen sink is made of.

I bought a 50L pot cos I couldn't find a better option. wanted a keg or urn but without going to steal one wasn't going to happen.

[Nokum Stiff]

Good day!

I'm a newstiller myself and I did some searching that might help you out!

First, the designation "18/10" refers to the amount of chromium and nickel alloyed with the iron, that makes up the stainless steel. Basically it means that it's compromised with 18% Chromium and 10% Nickel. By the way steel is graded today it falls under the grade of 304 Stainless, the most common food grade steel.

Now about the container itself...what I found out was that, if it is what you say, it was produced in Italy by the company Fratelli Marchisio S.p.A. Everything I have read suggests that it's durable and will last a long time. I also found out that the spigot gaskets are (originally) made of teflon.
Personally, one of my concerns would be heating. Nothing I have read suggests anything about heating it or having hot liquids in it therefore I would question whether or not the seal along the very bottom would leak once the steel heated up and expanded. If this was designed for just "cold" storage, I don't believe the steel would be heat treated to reduce expansion.
I'm sure others with more experience will be along to add to whats been said.

Welcome and be safe!

---Stiff

[Blarney Stoned]

quick first question:
After buying my kegs, i found this, and now i'm seriously thinking of swapping my keg for it.

You'll be sorrrrryy. Kegs are just too easy to make into boilers That thing looks like more work involved than I'd care to put into it.

[Truckinbutch]

I'm with Blarney .

[Shine0n]

You could always weld the bottom seal to make sure of no separation. Also if it were me, just to save my butt I'd replace the seal on the drain spout. No need to take any chances of it not being Teflon.

Now, use the keg as a primary boiler untill you have no doubts about your new project. Then make a new head for this one to suit your needs in whatever you plan on making. I'd also put a bead around those handles to insure you don't dump hot slop down the front of your junk!!!
I wish I could find something like that to play with but since I haven't yet, enjoy it!
Just make sure to have no doubt about the stability, the gaskets and overall condition before proceeding.

[solartje]

I haven't bought it, but i found it at a local 2th hand site when searching for copper. I'll use my two kegs like advised and planned.

Might think about it in the future for a thumper alternative and tig weld that bottem to be sure.

A agree the ss looks very thin. As i'll be traveling with my still, this might not be the safest option.

Thanks for the feedback !

[cranky]

I found a couple of those a while back at my local Home Goods. I actually thought about buying one and trying something since they also had giant cocktail shakers that could have been converted to a column pretty easily. I posted a picture of it somewhere. The reasons I didn't buy one was it was only 5 gallons (20L) where I already have a 15 gallon keg and 4 gallon gallon boiler. I was concerned about the spigot because in the store I had no way of determining if it was OK for a boiler. The bottom seam was another point of concern. Last if I remember right the metal seemed to be pretty thin and I was concerned about problems with adding a heating element and soldering to it as a result. Oh and it was $100 which I thought was too high but if it had been cheap enough I probably would have bout one and seen what I could do with it.

Edit: I found where I talked about it and posted pictures on this page http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... &start=120

[solartje]

At least i'm not the only one seeing still parts everywhere

[desahih]

soo what did it end up here?i looking to switch from glass to stainless and i only have access to this inox 18/10 ,same as in the photo but without the drain,don't think it has teflon.question is:is it suitable to heat if it is a little bit thin?

[skow69]

question is:is it suitable to heat if it is a little bit thin?

You can hardly hurt anything as long as there is water in it. You can boil water in a wooden barrel if you are careful. I knew a guy that boiled in a carboy for a while. Saw a guy on you tube boil in a plastic bag. Just don't let it run dry.

[cranky]

I don't think it is any thinner than the cheaper pots a lot of people use. I think the only real problem is if you use external heat it may be prone to scorching.