How To Build A Plastic Conical Fermentor

[Smiddylad]

Hi Guys
Ive decided to build myself a conical fermentor as syphoning to a secondary is too fraught with danger and I wanna start harvesting my yeast. Initially I would have preferred to purchased a SS conical hopper from www.toledometalspinning.com in the States, but they didnt respond to my emails so I decided not to bother. However after reading this thread Plastic Conicals I have decided to go down the plastic conical fermentor route and purchase the 30l cone bottom tank from www.rotamoulding.com.au. Therefore I was hoping to get a steer on how you turn this

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...st&id=49365

into this

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...st&id=49366

I already have a fridge and I have measured it out to see if it fits and it does, so the things Im a little unsure of is what I need to do and buy to have a dump port value and side port value correctly installed? I havent ordered the cone bottom tank yet so I do I need to make any special request with rotamoulding like having port holes drilled in advance? Finally is there anything I need to take in account when building this like how difficult it will be to clean all the fitting in between brews considering it might be a bit of a ******* to get to the bottom of the tanks due to its length?

Cheers

Neil

 

[crozdog]

checkout this thread http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...showtopic=21101

It covers a few options

 

[Smiddylad]

Thanks for the link, I think that will come in handy when putting together my racking arm. However my conical container has come through and it has a rather handy thread at the base of the cone, which would be a shame not to utilise.

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...st&id=49568

I've uploaded an image of the base of the cone and it measures 30mm in diameter although the plastic bolt states that it is 1" or 25mm. However I think this refers to the internal diameter of the bolt and not the cone.

So what I would like to do is to add a dump value that would utilise this the screw thread, which in should make it easier to disassemble when I need to clean it. Does anyone have any thoughts or know how who could point me in the right direction

Cheers

Neil

 

[IainMcLean]

So what I would like to do is to add a dump value that would utilise this the screw thread, which in should make it easier to disassemble when I need to clean it. Does anyone have any thoughts or know how who could point me in the right direction

Blackwoods sell stainless valves & fittings - it's probably got an inch thread so if you take the plug along with you you'll see which type sit and it's all pretty simple really. A spigot a few washers and a valve.

Bring it over next week and we can sort it out... ;-)