Welding
Still waiting on the clear to cure fully on the control panel but in the meantime I got back my BK and HLT from having some fittings welded on. I had a 2" ferrule and a 1/2" half coupler welded on the BK and a 2" ferrule welded on the HLT. The 2" ferrules will attach to the element guards and connect the heater elements to the kettles. I had the welding done by a local guy who is on one of the Homebrew forums I'm on named Colebeer78. If you are in the Chicago area and need welding look him up.
Here is a picture of the BK.
Here are a couple shots of the fittings after I got them back.
Here are a couple pictures after about 10 minutes of scrubbing with some Bar keepers Friend.
They turned out great. Now I just have to wire up the elements and guards. More when that's finished.
I knew this could be done! What was the trick to welding such thin kettle walls?
ReplyDeleteI had someone do the welding for me. A local guy I found on Homebrewtalk.com. So the 'trick' was finding someone who knew what they were doing/ :)
ReplyDeleteDo you recall the cost of these welds?
ReplyDeleteI want to say somewhere between $40 and $50 each. That includes drilling out the holes. I provided the ferrules.
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