Kegging Setups

[Mrkook]

 

[Kodos]

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That's beautiful! Would you care to show any photos of the inside/rear so we can see how it's all put together? I assume the shell has been cut off at an angle (and doesn't go into the wood). How do you access the rear of the taps?

Great job!

 

[Mrkook]

Thanks, yeah the shell has just been cut at an angle. I haven’t got photos of the back finished but have a couple after I cut it. I will take some photos later this week of the inside as I need to do a little bit more.

 

[Ol timer]

I have recently upgraded from a keezer to kegerator. I was given a spent artillery shell that I used to run with the nukatap themeView attachment 118095

Can I ask what size artillery shell that is?
I may be able to get my hands on some and love the look of what youve done here.

How do you fox it to the timber?

 

[Mrkook]

5 inch/127mm shell.
I have two bolts going through the shell and nuts securing behind the timber - I’ll try and get some photos today.

 

[Mrkook]

Some photos of the back and entry to fridge. I stuff a cotton rag into the gaps around the beer line to reduce leak of cold air.

 

[Mrkook]

Inside the shell I used the Intertap short shanks with the nukataps.

 

[Mrkook]

There is a bolt that goes straight through the thin end of the shell and out the back. I had to drill out a bit of the fridge door to make room for thebprotuding bolt and nut so that the timber could mount flush. A tidier way to do this would have been to recess the nut and bolt into the timber but I had time constraints so went the quick option.

 

[Mrkook]

To fasten the larger end of the shell with the firing pin I mounted a bolt inside the shell through a small piece of timber so when the bolt was tightened it would clamp down the shell hard onto the timber.

 

[Ol timer]

To fasten the larger end of the shell with the firing pin I mounted a bolt inside the shell through a small piece of timber so when the bolt was tightened it would clamp down the shell hard onto the timber.

Thanks for the additional photos and explanation.

 

[Mrkook]

No worries, the only other thing I would add is that working with the brass was difficult (I’m a back yard tinkerer not a tradesman) and when drilling the brass the bits would really want to pull and and grab. If you had access to a drill press and clamped the shell I think it would be a lot easier.

 

[BobbyBoucher]

Here is the kegerator sitting in between the brew fridge and the upright freezer that I was going to convert into a keezer before I picked up the fridge and all the gear second hand on this very forum ( if I could work out how to tag a member I would to show him that his system is well cared for in a new home). Whilst the missus isn't very happy about the amount of space my drinking problem hobby is taking up on the verandah my solution to move the fridge inside went down like a ton of bricks.

Holds 4 kegs inside and by my calculations I'm about 3 days of pouring my very first ale on tap. Good times.

 

[WHYPSI]

Here's my little keg setup. Doubles as a fermentation chamber too. Ice Hockey stick tap handles and fitted an old boost gauge to show pressure in the kegs or fermentation pressure. And yep the gauge lights up when i switch the font cooling fan on via apple home.

 

[Donz]

Brilliant idea having the boost gauge!

 

[beergee]

Here's mine. Converted a Fisher and Paykel P120 into a 2 tap Kegerator.
Currently in my laundry which caused some epic eyerolling when Mrs Beergee came home to find it there.
Was a fun project and works well though.

 

[Paleman]

 

[Moad]

Recently completed outdoor kitchen with a series x plus underneath the bench. I just put 4 taps on to give myself some bench space.
Tablet is running kegbot to track keg volumes and display whats on tap

 

[Magicalpancake]

Here is my keg fridge, which is in our kitchen.

The taps are Lancer taps but I have replaced the Tooheys New and VB tap handles that came with them with the Speights and Speights Old Dark handles that a mate managed to score for me in NZ. Thank god he did as being a kiwi boy I couldn't live with the New and VB handles

Actually I have also just scored two Goesser tap handles from Austria. Can't wait for them to arrive.

Cheers,
Doc

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Very cool