Anybody get any good deals lately?

[Jimbo]

Nice burner shine. For a mere 5.99 you can get a nat gas orifice for that baby and pipe it to your gas line. Else youll surely be surly and cursin how fast it pisses though a tank of propane.

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[frunobulax]

Nice burner shine. For a mere 5.99 you can get a nat gas orifice for that baby and pipe it to your gas line. Else youll surely be surly and cursin how fast it pisses though a tank of propane.

agreed, I have 4 of those I converted. Even better, Ya can drill out the existing orifice with an 1/8" drill bit. perfect size for natural gas.

[Jimbo]

Nice burner shine. For a mere 5.99 you can get a nat gas orifice for that baby and pipe it to your gas line. Else youll surely be surly and cursin how fast it pisses though a tank of propane.

agreed, I have 4 of those I converted. Even better, Ya can drill out the existing orifice with an 1/8" drill bit. perfect size for natural gas.

haha yup, I was gonna suggest that, but then,... well,.... was just too damn lazy to look up the BTU and figger out the right size bit. If it were me doin it, Id prolly still be too damn lazy and just walk up the bit size until the flame looked about right Is that how you did it?

[frunobulax]

That's exactly how I did it!

[MichiganCornhusker]

45' copper tubing for a wort chiller, $18.
$3/#, I've got him keeping an eye out for some 4" pipe.

[ShineonCrazyDiamond]

45' copper tubing for a wort chiller, $18.
$3/#, I've got him keeping an eye out for some 4" pipe.

Man good job. My guy is keeping all the kegs for me...out date to check back is tomorrow. But I was going to poke my head in the copper box for just this thing. Copper for wort chiller for 50 gallon barrel. What size did you get. What size asnd length should I look for that big of a tun?

Congrats!

[MichiganCornhusker]

What size did you get.

3/8" o.d.
Funny think was I had just stopped in to check the place out, had never been there before.
I asked a guy if they sold scrap or only bought and he said he would get the boss.

While I waited, they were paying a guy for various copper tubing pieces on the scale and there was this coil. Boss said he'd sell it so I bought it.
Not sure how quickly it will chill 20 or 50 gallons, but I'm a gonna find out!

[cob]

brix scale refractometer off CL $10

[cranky]

You guys got me thinking about the 2 coils I have on my wall, I got them a while ago at a hardware store that was going out of business. I can't remember how much I paid but they were 80% off which was cheaper than scrap weight. I think they are 3/8 and 1/2" or maybe 1/2" and 5/8" and I didn't need them at the time but just couldn't pass up copper so cheap. Now I'm thinking a wort chiller might be a good use for them

[Lyonsie]

Got this 55l bad boy for free off a neighbour yesterday. No lid though but well chuffed.

[DSM Loki]

45' copper tubing for a wort chiller, $18.
$3/#, I've got him keeping an eye out for some 4" pipe.

Hell, if he finds enough let me know. I'm seeing a flute build in my future.

[ShineonCrazyDiamond]

Hell, if he finds enough let me know. I'm seeing a flute build in my future.

Hanging out with Aussie's a little bit, ehh?

[DSM Loki]

Hell, if he finds enough let me know. I'm seeing a flute build in my future.

Hanging out with Aussie's a little bit, ehh?

Oh, ya know, when I can. Haha

[RedwoodHillBilly]

I just found out that the local feed store (5 Mins away) has 70 lbs bags of steam rolled barley for $21 and 70 lbs of steam rolled corn for $20. Considering that cracked or whole corn is $17 / 50 lbs there, it seemed like a good deal. The next closest feed store is 1+ Hrs away. They'll also get me Briess 2-row malt for $40 / 50 lbs and Briess rye malt for $60 / 50 lbs. I see a number of 50 gal all barley poitin / irish in my near future. Same for corn/barley/rye bourbon. Almost done with my new mash tun / fermenter.

[MichiganCornhusker]

100 gallon conical stainless mash tun/fermenter with insulated jacket and sanitary fittings, plumbed or heating or cooling: $150

[yakattack]

Damn! That's an amazing deal

[bitter]

WOW MCH!!

[bship]

MCH that is sweeet.

[Bushman]

Can you get another one for that price, I will pay the shipping?

[ShineonCrazyDiamond]

You SOB.

[MichiganCornhusker]

Can you get another one for that price, I will pay the shipping?

Sorry, this was a one-shot deal.
I went back into my scrap metal place to see if they had come across any 4" copper pipe yet. They hadn't.
They did have some pieces of 3" DWV with a few fittings and as I was contemplating that possibility I looked across the shop and saw this thing in the corner.

I asked if he would sell it as-is and he said he would for $150. I said I would go get a truck.

Not sure what it was used for but it is spotless. I will need to find some caps for the two portholes, they are threaded?
I'll also need to run some water through the fittings to see how the thing might be plumbed. And then of course some kind of lid.

Not sure how I'll use it yet, I keep thinking WWSD? (what would Shady do?), but for the price of scrap stainless I wasn't gonna just leave it there unloved.

[ShineonCrazyDiamond]

Those different outlets could be used do varying heights of drains. Also, a heater for temp control could probably be screwed in at the ideal level.

Quick search.... he would allow for a nice airlock at the top.

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[DSM Loki]

Damn MCH, that's a hell of a find.

[varocketry]

I got a 'steelie' just looking at that. What a sweet find!

[Jimbo]

You SOB.

+1

[frunobulax]

100 gallon conical stainless mash tun/fermenter with insulated jacket and sanitary fittings, plumbed or heating or cooling: $150

That's awesome. Looks like ya shoulda started a separate thread! lol

[MichiganCornhusker]

Looks like ya shoulda started a separate thread! lol

I think I might need to.
I'm gonna need to rework my whole mash procedure to take advantage of this beast.
I see a mixer in my future, steam heating, some way to control temps...

Also, there are some things about it I don't understand and I might reach out to see if anyone here can clue me in.

[cranky]

Awesome deal MCH

[Jimbo]

I'm gonna need to rework my whole mash procedure to take advantage of this beast.
I see a mixer in my future, steam heating, some way to control temps.

Shit ya, you just hit the easy button with that rig. Put steam on it and a cooling line with a 3 way and you got a 1 pot do everything. Cook, mash, ferment and, still right off that MF. If you wanted to get fancy you could put a PID on there with some solenoid valves but at that point you wont have anything to do but buy a sack of corn and where's the fun in that.

Let me know if you tire of the thing.

[speedfreaksteve]

Bought this food grade 35 gallon hdpe plastic barrel today $25 each (ended up buying two). Found it on Craigslist.

Actually showed up and was this nice older Russian guy that had this stockpile of probably 100 barrels of different types and sizes taking up around 90% of his fenced in suburban backyard. He insisted on doing a thorough cleaning of the barrel for me before I took it and I was so impressed that I bought 2 off the guy.