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Knurling is produced by pushing a pattern into the metal, rather than cutting one in. The normal diamond knurl is formed by two different hardened rollers (1 x LH & 1 x RH) mounted in one tool holder and it is pushed into the metal being knurled to a depth that creates a pointy top to the knurl...

Expanding on Pnorkle's post, I would suggest a multi-tooth hole saw, or one of those carbide encrusted hole saws for drilling through tiles. A single tooth cutter will be a recipe for a broken wrist when it grabs (and it almost certainly will). As stated by others, run as slow as possible. Heat...

You will find the lead and plug will get very hot quite quickly, if it doesn't trip your circuit board out first. I bought a Crown urn for this purpose, and even after an hour of vigorous boiling, the plug and lead is fairly warm to touch, but can be held for as long as you like. I'd be nervous...

I agree totally with this post. I grew up on a farm with tankwater serving everything except for the garden which was bore water (pretty minerally too). If you have grown up with all the bugs taken out of the water (town supply) then you may possibly have issues. But then I don't know if any...

For some years now, I have been using a freezer bag weighed down with a block of wood over it to cap the hole in the lid of the fermenter, as my brew fridge could not accommodate the extra height of the airlock. I spray the lid of the fermenter, and the mating side of the freezer bag with...

I can recommend the steam option. When I was doing hours at the local butter factory many years ago, it was a fairly common job to steam out fuel tanks. A high temp hose that was using exhaust (low pressure) steam would be put in the tanks and it would be steamed for a day, depending on the...

Unfortunately, the Americanism "airplane" gets thrown in with autocorrect, as nothing exists outside the USA. While the US IPA is a fantastic beer in its own right, don't get me started on the corruption of the term IPA.

Looking to expand my set-up, so will be very welcome.

I went to a beer gun for my basic set up (I'm almost enjoying your set up in pics as you have been posting them; just a little jealous) mainly to keep in in the freezer and away from the bugs. I see you have caps on your taps. Can you elaborate on your care and maintenance regime?

Interesting choice of fruit. Mum would make Rosella jam when we were kids, but I can't remember the taste now. She also cooked up a lot of rhubarb, and occasional prickly pear fruit to make jam as well. Possible options for a beer if looking for ideas. I've been thinking for a while of doing a...

Where do you see your brewing in 1 year's time?

I haven't been brewing all grain for all that long, (batch 21 in the fermenter), but there is nothing wrong with BIAB. You can make bad beer in any system, and good beer in any system. Less equipment to worry about in BIAB. Does the 3v system make better beer? Possibly, but could you really tell...

I recently went over to kegs, and had similar issues. Set the reg as per the recommended pressures (260kPa, but I prefer PSI as I can picture a pound sitting on a square inch), and left for most of the week. Released the pressure down to enough to pour (50kPa). Poured heaps of foam, and flat...

As I don't have enough height in my bar fridge to fit an airlock, I resorted to spraying some sanitiser on a freezer bag, and on the outside of the fermenter lid around the airlock hole, then putting the bag over the hole to seal the hole and used a small weight to hold it in place. If there is...

Greetings Grey Wort. Welcome to the forum, and the gems it contains. I suspect you will have more to offer the forum than I will. I bet brewing for a day job is quite a different thing to pleasing yourself.

Welcome to the forum, Evo. Controlling temp is the place to make a serious difference to your brewing success. If nothing else, a controllable temperature gives you repeatable results. If temp varies wildly, it is hard to replicate again if you find the beer is good, and hard to avoid more bad...

Welcome Dean and thanks for your informative post. I have never used PET bottles, but did wonder about them, but I have built up a nice collection of Pommy 500ml bottles, which seem thick enough to smash coconuts with.

Out in Dalby, the land of sweeping plains and flies. I get most of my supplies in Toowoomba, unless I happen to be in Brisbane.

Thanks for the tips. Some I have in place, but will give the others a go.

Could you elaborate on how you did? I'm only at around 70% at present.