New Mash Tun

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steve crawshaw
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New Mash Tun

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Made a new mash tun on the weekend, details on my blog:

http://beechydingle.blogspot.com/2011/0 ... h-tun.html

check out the pics on flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/murrayjarv ... 821010791/

Also bought a 29L Burco boiler for £60 which is now fitted with a hop strainer and ball valve. Have bought a burst fire regulator from RS which I will use to control the boil. Am now hiding my bank statements from the mrs..

cheers
steve
I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
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Wll have to look at the pics later.

I've never tried to control the boil - actually, not true, 20+ years ago I used a simmerstat off a cooker to control the kettle element. This worked fine and cost next to nothing!
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usually it's possible to remove the internal lip in a tank connector that prevents the 15mm tube passing all the way through - 5 mins with a round file or less with a dremel. Then there is no need to solder as the piece of pipe that forms the filter and joins onto the tank conector can be one piece.
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good tip rog, should have thought of that, and saved myself £11 for a reel of lead free solder. Next time..
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I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
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