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It is quite thick, now I need to build me box

Very cool. Looking forward to the "after" pics.

Was it already coiled like that? Do you think someone was in such dire straights that they scrapped their worm for cash? But, congrats on the find.

S-C

congrats, that looks like a sizable diameter for the worm, gonna have some impressive output speed if u can get the power to throw at it, wonder where it came from?

Old hot tubs had coils like that wrapped around the pump motor as a heat exchanger. And there were hot water heaters that used something similar, even some old freezer compresses as a vibration isolator.

I have a Stainless Steel one, but smaller diameter, that was wrapped around a motor when I got it.

Great find.

It was some sort of commercial condenser of sorts, it had two other coils inside. Small, med, and large. I got the large, about 12in across 20in tall and 14 lb lol sounds like I'm describing my first child.
I'm finding the wood work of a nice box to fit more of a challenge than any of the copper work I've done

Well I about got me a box finished

Looking very nice there faste.

My first attempt at a box is a flop, that piece luan just won't hold water, I got some 1x6 I will try again

Why not put it in a barrel and be done with it? Plastic, wood or metal. Just askin'.

Barrel would be nice if I had one. I havnt run across anything the size I want to use. Don't want it to be to big. 5 gal just a little small

Thats a wild boiler setup faste. Is that a double 1/2 barrel piped together into a 1/4 barrel thumper? How do you heat the 2 1/2 barrels?

Yeah man it's a beast. I have a double burner it sits on quite nicely. Just have make sure it has equal amounts of mash and heating at same rate. But for stripping it works good

Line the luan box with a nice thick black garbage bag. Once full of water, it'll look pretty decent.

I hate to b a dick but I think I gota steal your double keg boiler and keg thumper idea that is bad ass my man!

Try painting the inside of your box with RedGard
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This product really works good and will make that wood water tight. I would also use a bulk head fitting where the copper penetrates the wood

Good Luck
Cool Looking Set Up
Windy City

Cool, I will try that thanks

yea paint the thing with waterproofing. lowes sells one that is blue .. much thicker then redgard. but either one with make is waterproof. paint it from the outside. like 3 coats and you will never have a problem..

drunk-pat100 wrote:I hate to b a dick but I think I gota steal your double keg boiler and keg thumper idea that is bad ass my man!

Hey drunk did you ever try and build 2 into one?


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