All pressure tested and operational
Check it out
I made everything but the blank Triclover flanges and the valve
The Drawing:
The two bulkhead flange parts are high chrome SST half inch thick 3x2"
Pretty shiny metal thingies
I machined this radius on this half of the bulkhead flange
And this one too
Pre tinning the parts with 56% silver ( cadmium Free) brazing material
Here they are cleaned up brazed together and ready for acid passivation
Here is the passivation process hot water citric acid and a pot
Assembled & pressure tested with the valve
It's ready to bolt onto my brew Kettle
Why on god's green earth did I want a Rotating Racking Dip Tube for a brew pot??
I'm so glad you asked.
After I muck the glim, whirlpool, and chill the wort I get the trub, hopdebris and trubbycrap in the bottom of my BK where I want it to stay.
I don't want that crap in my beer.
The idea is to siphon wort off from different places in the water column. Higher up the flow across the cold break material and trub won't suck it along with the wort. As the wort gets lower I can rotate it down to draw from near the bottom of the kettle.
This is light years better than the gizmo that Blichmann sells to accomplish the the same thing coz his unit is a gizmo you gotta (a) put in your pot, and (b) jam instruments into the cooled wort to manipulate . I think it sucks.
Check it out
I made everything but the blank Triclover flanges and the valve
The Drawing:
The two bulkhead flange parts are high chrome SST half inch thick 3x2"
Pretty shiny metal thingies
I machined this radius on this half of the bulkhead flange
And this one too
Pre tinning the parts with 56% silver ( cadmium Free) brazing material
Here they are cleaned up brazed together and ready for acid passivation
Here is the passivation process hot water citric acid and a pot
Assembled & pressure tested with the valve
It's ready to bolt onto my brew Kettle
Why on god's green earth did I want a Rotating Racking Dip Tube for a brew pot??
I'm so glad you asked.
After I muck the glim, whirlpool, and chill the wort I get the trub, hopdebris and trubbycrap in the bottom of my BK where I want it to stay.
I don't want that crap in my beer.
The idea is to siphon wort off from different places in the water column. Higher up the flow across the cold break material and trub won't suck it along with the wort. As the wort gets lower I can rotate it down to draw from near the bottom of the kettle.
This is light years better than the gizmo that Blichmann sells to accomplish the the same thing coz his unit is a gizmo you gotta (a) put in your pot, and (b) jam instruments into the cooled wort to manipulate . I think it sucks.
