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I've been wrestling with step bits. With thin pots, step bits make an absolute mess as you have to push quite hard to get them to bite. By reviews i've been looking into the sheet metal punches seem to be a sure thing that make perfectly sized holes.

Hi guys, i'm making the Mk2 version of this setup. Does anyone have a 21mm sheet metal punch I can borrow to put a couple of holes in the new pot? Happy to throw a few beers your way when I return it.

Hi guys, does anyone have a 21mm sheet metal punch I can borrow? Just need to do a couple of 1/2" bsp holes in a stainless pot and would rather borrow than buy new. I'm in Croydon Park, NSW. Cheers

Thanks Gibbo, that's a perfect explanation. So it's getting hot simply because it's handling a high current when it's dialed to full power. I've actually got a spare switch (http://picclick.com.au/2Pcs-10A-2-Position-NO-NC-Maintained-4-281491585769.html#&gid=1&pid=2) which I could put before...

Yeah it turns over the liquid, thanks for the reassurance! I'm also interested to hear if anyone has had experience with dimmers? Mine (http://www.ebay.com/itm/AC-220V-3800W-SCR-Voltage-Regulator-Dimming-Dimmers-Speed-Controller-Thermostat-/221122862107) gets quite hot even when it's letting...

Here are some final pics of the setup. I'm happy with everything except the boil power which is more like a vigorous simmer. I'm going to bypass the dimmer to see if it makes any difference. But other than that all I need to do is get a new fermentation chamber and i'm good to go.

Thanks for the info. It got to a boil with a 2000W element but it wasn't anything crazy. I put the dimmer in line to the element because from what people said (yourself included) it sounded like 2000W for such a small batch was going to be an insane boil. I'm going to try it with some yoga mat...

Alrighty. After a 6 month hiatus this project is almost finished! Mistakes have been made and lessons learnt. First of all, I learnt to not try to hand drill large (>1") holes in stainless steel. I was impatient and found a perfectly sized hole saw and arbor rather than buy and wait for a...

All the parts have arrived. Time to start putting it together. Before I started drilling anything I had to give the 9v battery etching a go. The lines are not as sharp on the numbers due to running out of good quality masking tape, but turned out well and was ludicrously easy. One thing I found...

Awesome setup Taki, with a lot of really creative improvisation. Mine will probably be over $300 once i add in all the control box elements. The two areas for the biggest savings on my rig I can see would be the pot and the false bottom. Where did you get the hop spider from? I'm looking for...

Thanks for the find Bevan. I saw ones like that, and the shape is infinitely preferable but wanted to stick with a more standard design (1" BSP fitting) just in case I had trouble finding them again.

Awesome build for ultra cheap. I was going to go with a BigW pot but I really wanted the metal lid to install plumbing. Really pushes the price up due to lack of options. Where did you get the foam from? I'm probably going to need to do something like that. If you're after a false bottom...

Haha good point! Can you link to the camlocks?

Whirlpool just by stirring after the boil. Yeah I'd increase the time brewing due to number of batches / volume. But my main goal is to reduce the time a single brew takes so i can fit it into the times where I do have a couple of hours free. Also I like the idea of having more variety in my...

After creating a simple 50L electric BIAB single vessel system fairly early in my home brewing days I've since spawned two smaller versions of myself that severely cut down the time I have for brewing. There are also a few issues I have with the larger pots brew design and subsequent process...

Actually he should be fine. So long as the beer didn't have heaps of very light grain (pilsner etc) then DMS isn't really an issue for modern brewers. Modern malting techniques mean that the grains are very highly modified and have very little DMS precursors. Being an IPA.. I doubt anyone would...

What were the insides like? Gunky from beer not poured out? Or just dusty? If it's dirt and gunk the most important thing needed is a good scrub out. Sanitizer generally can't penetrate dirt so removing all gunk deposits is the #1 priority before sanitizers will work. To be on the safe side id...

First of all the gravity of the boil doesn't really affect IBUs. That's a brewing myth that's been debunked in recent years. The alpha and beta acids in hops will isomerise at the same rate regardless of the boil gravity. Secondly, 600g in 8L give a gravity of 1.028... not anything anyone would...

From what i've heard the kit Ginger Beer isn't very nice anyway (it has lots of artificial sweetener in it) so don't be put off by that one.

Really? I thought Dex was an improvement over table sugar?