Homegrown Hops wrote:Very interesting idea, so the copper/Stainless arm-thing is an agitator of sorts? You could braze the pieces together but MIG or TIG would be the method if you are going stainless.
yup. just a fancy hand powered agitator. Wort Hog has a motorized stirrer/agitator for his HLT (B3 thread).
quick q- at flame off is DMS still being driven off and tainting the condensed steam or is DMS being produced and simply staying in the wort?
most of yesterday was a lot of teeter tottering between fabricating in copper or SS or rigging something from existing products.
Some of the interesting crap i saw :
--13-5/8" long, 8 x 3-1/8" head, Polished handle, Heavy gauge stainless steel , $8. If i used this with the funnel, i'd need to extend the handle another 12".
-- attached to a long shaft and drill bit. it's low profile could allow it to be raised above wort level once a nice whirlpool is going.
-- this would be sweet as it looks like it could double as a racking cane (no kettle spigot for me) but idunno if that plastic would hold up under high heat.
for fabricating in copper, i'm at a loss what to make the blades/paddles out of. It looks like Wort Hog used some thin SS sheet/plates and slides them on and off. any other ideas?
