matr
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So I threw up a picture of a SS mesh bag I have made in another thread and had some interest.
I don't know why I went for this option. Maybe so I don't have to worry about burning a voile bag on the element or maybe just to be different. I like making stuff so I thought this was a good idea. The cost didn't worry me & if it did I would have just bought a voile bag.
So the details are;
SS mesh 310 micron aperture with 210 micron SS wire. Purchased from Metal Mesh - Metal Mesh Cost was $70 inc GST for 1m x 1.25m. There should be enough to construct 2 or 1 a decent size hop basket (which I'm yet to make).
Mesh was adhered using Dow Corning 732 silicon - This is FDA approved. The only one I could find. & is good for the temp ranges. Silicon cost $9.
I first made the cylinder which was fairly simple. Then I made the base, a circle which I then made into a cone (by cutting to the centre and overlapping then adhereing). I then cut small sections along the side of the cone (about 1cm) and bent them up. This was then inserted into the cylinder to form the base. More Silicon was used. Hopefully this all makes sense!!
I cut a ring out of MDF (yes I know it's not waterproof) for the top and secured using screws & washers.
A thermowell was siliconed to the inside wall of the basket and can be seen below in the pics. The thermowell is acctualy a beerbelly fermenter thermowell.
It was quite fiddily to make but hopefully worth it in the end. I have not used it yet. I also have not done a batch using voile so can't make that comparison either. It may be a complete failure but I don't care.
Will update this thread once used.
Here are the pics.
Cheers, Mat.
I don't know why I went for this option. Maybe so I don't have to worry about burning a voile bag on the element or maybe just to be different. I like making stuff so I thought this was a good idea. The cost didn't worry me & if it did I would have just bought a voile bag.
So the details are;
SS mesh 310 micron aperture with 210 micron SS wire. Purchased from Metal Mesh - Metal Mesh Cost was $70 inc GST for 1m x 1.25m. There should be enough to construct 2 or 1 a decent size hop basket (which I'm yet to make).
Mesh was adhered using Dow Corning 732 silicon - This is FDA approved. The only one I could find. & is good for the temp ranges. Silicon cost $9.
I first made the cylinder which was fairly simple. Then I made the base, a circle which I then made into a cone (by cutting to the centre and overlapping then adhereing). I then cut small sections along the side of the cone (about 1cm) and bent them up. This was then inserted into the cylinder to form the base. More Silicon was used. Hopefully this all makes sense!!
I cut a ring out of MDF (yes I know it's not waterproof) for the top and secured using screws & washers.
A thermowell was siliconed to the inside wall of the basket and can be seen below in the pics. The thermowell is acctualy a beerbelly fermenter thermowell.
It was quite fiddily to make but hopefully worth it in the end. I have not used it yet. I also have not done a batch using voile so can't make that comparison either. It may be a complete failure but I don't care.
Will update this thread once used.
Here are the pics.
Cheers, Mat.