hwall95
Well-Known Member
Hey guy,
Since I've started brewing, I've found working with different sized bottles (Both height and width) to be quite annoying as the capper doesn't always line up correctly. Although when I was helping my dad brew a few back I noticed he had made a bottle positioner by welding a brace onto the capper to perfectly line up his bottles each time. I was going to copy this then realised that due to the diverse range of sizes, it wouldn't work. So since then I've been thinking of ways to solve the problem.
When watching a video of an automatic capper this morning, I realised they use lasers to line up the bottles and from that I had realised I might be able to copy them. So my idea is drill them the bench where my capper is fastened and fit a little handheld laser light. Then line up the capper with the laser light, so when capping, I can just position the light to the centre of bottle and from theory it should cap perfectly.
If any of my housemates or shops nearby have mini laser lights I'll give it a try today, otherwise will have to postpone until I have a laser light I guess. However, unless the bottle is opaque, the method should work.
So any thoughts guys, or know of anyone who has done a similar thing?
Cheers, Harry
Since I've started brewing, I've found working with different sized bottles (Both height and width) to be quite annoying as the capper doesn't always line up correctly. Although when I was helping my dad brew a few back I noticed he had made a bottle positioner by welding a brace onto the capper to perfectly line up his bottles each time. I was going to copy this then realised that due to the diverse range of sizes, it wouldn't work. So since then I've been thinking of ways to solve the problem.
When watching a video of an automatic capper this morning, I realised they use lasers to line up the bottles and from that I had realised I might be able to copy them. So my idea is drill them the bench where my capper is fastened and fit a little handheld laser light. Then line up the capper with the laser light, so when capping, I can just position the light to the centre of bottle and from theory it should cap perfectly.
If any of my housemates or shops nearby have mini laser lights I'll give it a try today, otherwise will have to postpone until I have a laser light I guess. However, unless the bottle is opaque, the method should work.
So any thoughts guys, or know of anyone who has done a similar thing?
Cheers, Harry