Based on the recent article in Zymurgy.
Sweet! Wish I had one…
Then build it!
Nice work…!
very nice indeed.
Very nice build!
He already did! ;D
How much did that strut cost you? I’ve wanted to do it but the cost of the materials has me wondering if I should go angle iron and welding.
What’s covering the 2nd and floor levels? Looks like some kind of perforated metal.
looks like diamond plate.
Yes it is Diamond plate.
It cost me approxiamtely $350.00 as far as I can remember.
I have a friend who welds, but getting him to do all these welds, would’ve taken eons! That’s why i opted for the bolt on application. You definitely pay for it though. I spent almost $175 in spring nuts and bolts! Oh, and the diamond plate was given to me.
How did you attach the burners?
My thoughts, exactly. Looks like a Blichmann burner for the boil. I’m trying to work mine into the stand the same way.
For the Blichmann I removed the legs and simply predrilled and screwed to mount the burner with the windscreen. The interior width of the stand was almost perfect for that burner.
For the HLT burner, basically the same scenario, but I had to cut the legs off with my grinder, and mounted just about the same way.
FYI if you use lock nuts for the burner mounting bolts, the plastic piece inside will melt. :o I’d suggest spring nuts stripped of the spring, which is probably what you did Justin.
I would have used lock washers, what are spring nuts?
The spring nuts are specialty hardware for the unistrut. [u]Here’s[/u] what they look like.
I believe spring-nuts are specific to the strut system. They are just what they sound like, a nut (rectangular in this case) that has an integral spring that holds the nut in place in the strut channel.
I would have used lock washers also.
Paul
Yeah, I tried that. They didn’t work, for me. You can’t tighten them properly. Most scenarios, you can’t get a wrench or ratchet in between the strut to hold the nut as you tighten the bolt. Some areas you can, but not enough to make it work. If you’re gonna do it, save yourself some headaches and make sure you have plenty of spring nuts on hand.