Boil Keggle Dip Tube

[Mylo]

I didn't understand MM new idea.... but mine is the same as Brad's - with the exception that it is not soldered. The threaded piece stays threaded in all the time. The other three pieces (4" tube, elbow, and 3/4" tube) are soldered. I can remove mine for cleaning.


Mylo

[San_Diego_Matt]

I got that impression, but I guess I still don't understand how you got them to stay in there by tweaking em with a screw driver.

besides, I need help soldering...I'm terrible at it, lol

[San_Diego_Matt]

and I'm not seeing 4 pieces in your setup Mylo. I see a threaded piece, attached to that is the elbow and then the 4" piece. Where's the 3/4" piece?

My plan is to make mine just like yours, but to use threaded pieces to conect the 4" piece to the elbow.

[BigBadBrad]

I got that impression, but I guess I still don't understand how you got them to stay in there by tweaking em with a screw driver.

besides, I need help soldering...I'm terrible at it, lol

Did you see my solders? They are ugly as hell, but they work. You should see my sparge arm and my whirlpool chiller - very ugly, but functional.

[San_Diego_Matt]

your solders are golden compared to mine. Mine look like I sneezed solder all over them. They were black as shit too until I sanded them up and boiled them.

and, I thought the pictures in this thread were Mylo's and not yours, Brad.

I think I'm set now though..off to home depot I go

[Mylo]

and I'm not seeing 4 pieces in your setup Mylo. I see a threaded piece, attached to that is the elbow and then the 4" piece. Where's the 3/4" piece?

My plan is to make mine just like yours, but to use threaded pieces to conect the 4" piece to the elbow.

The 3/4" piece is hidden between the elbow and the threaded fitting. You can avoid it if you use what is called a "street elbow" (yo yo yo). The street elbow has one side on it that fits INTO another fitting, instead of OVER a pipe. However, if you use the street ell then you won't be able to flare it out - because the copper too hard.

Here, I found a old pic showing a copper scrubbie on the part in question:



Mylo

[ColdBraue]

I got a compression fitting the goes from the coupler and reduces down to the compression fitting. That way i just put a piece of copper tubing in the compression fitting and tighten the nut. I just bent the copper tubing to where I wanted it to pick up and I can move it whenever to wherever I want. Also, no soldering! Just some teflon tape. I can also take apart every piece and clean it no problem.
For someone like me who doesn't have welding stuff, it's a good option.