Immersion chiller working bee

undercover1 · Post by **undercover1** » Thursday Dec 22, 2005 7:59 am

I want to make an immersion chiller early next year. Parts list, from one end to the other:
1 x female tap connector (cold water input)
1m garden hose
1 x male connector (hose to pipe)
10- 12m 14mm copper pipe
1 x female connector (pipe to hose)
2m garden hose (warm water output)
May also knock up a prechiller- large plastic box or bucket with metre or two of coiled pipe in it, that can be filled with crushed ice to cool the water on it's way in. All this stuff is easy to get hold of, from Bunnings or a plumbing supply store like Tradelink.

I have a hacksaw, pliers, work bench, work space etc but for this I think I will need to hire a pipe bending tool & a flaring tool- won't cost much.
Does anyone else based in Melbourne want to get in on this and put a few together? We can probably get the copper cheaper if we pay cash for a large amount of it, and also I think this is going to be one of those jobs that needs three hands sometimes. I am happy to host, provide beers etc. We can make a day of it, maybe put a brew down at the same time.
Email me if interested.

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Thursday Dec 22, 2005 8:47 am

i'll bring the potato salad.
only joking...
wish i lived closer to mlb.

re: parts list.
grab half a dozen or so half inch hose clamps from your local servo or super cheap auto etc, while you're there grab a cheap vice if you havn't already got one.

invaluable for when 3 hands just arn't enough.

good luck
yardy

undercover1 · Post by **undercover1** » Thursday Dec 22, 2005 9:17 am

No reason why you couldn't sort one out in your area Yardie.

Perhaps we could declare a National Immersion Chiller Day.

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Thursday Dec 22, 2005 9:42 am

undercover1 wrote:
Perhaps we could declare a National Immersion Chiller Day.

any t-shirts involved ?

undercover1 · Post by **undercover1** » Thursday Dec 22, 2005 10:10 am

No...it's going to be a shirt & tie affair.

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Thursday Dec 22, 2005 5:44 pm

shit... that definitely excludes me then.

no formal clothes hire up here.

Post by **Oliver** » Thursday Dec 22, 2005 10:54 pm

UC1,

I might be up for a chiller.

Let me think about it. I'll make a decision after I make up my mind about T-shirts

Seriously though, I might be interested in making a chiller.

Keep me posted.

Oliver

undercover1 · Post by **undercover1** » Friday Dec 23, 2005 9:25 am

Nice to see you are as definite about this as you are about the tshirts!

Dogger Dan · Post by **Dogger Dan** » Friday Dec 23, 2005 10:09 am

Oliver,

Pssst,

Just so you know

You have a chiller

Dogger

undercover1 · Post by **undercover1** » Friday Dec 23, 2005 6:31 pm

hmmm...not getting you there, DD.
This offer is open (to Melbournians only, really) until mid-January.

Get on board, you wort boiling, partial mashing motherf-ckers!
Or not.

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Friday Dec 23, 2005 6:34 pm

undercover1 wrote:
Get on board, you wort boiling, partial mashing motherfuckers!

had a bad day ?

Post by **Oliver** » Friday Dec 23, 2005 8:37 pm

Dogger Dan wrote:Oliver,

Pssst,

Just so you know

You have a chiller

Dogger

I do, Dogger, but not a great one. It was made in my young, naive, inexperienced brewing days. I know better now what a good wort chiller maketh.

Oliver

undercover1 · Post by **undercover1** » Saturday Dec 24, 2005 7:32 am

yardglass wrote:
undercover1 wrote:
Get on board, you wort boiling, partial mashing motherf*ckers!
had a bad day ?

No...took a dozen longnecks of HB to work, cracked the first one at 10.30, you know how it goes from there.

General · Post by **General** » Monday Dec 26, 2005 7:44 pm

Undercover,

I may be interested in attending, can say I'd make one though, just visit, meet some of the guys, I'll bring some beer etc.

To the point though, check out the jagmatic, it bends copper pipe:

http://www.melbournebrewers.org/wiki/moin.cgi/JagMatic

etto · Post by **etto** » Monday Jan 09, 2006 12:39 pm

You shouldnt use copper i was told you must use stainless, i have recently set a stainless coil up in a bucket, i will send pics if required

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Monday Jan 09, 2006 12:43 pm

etto,
could you post those ? i'd like a gander.

cheers
yard

etto · Post by **etto** » Tuesday Jan 10, 2006 2:16 pm

http://ablettbar.blogspot.com/

I have more pics of my setup if are interested

yardglass · Post by **yardglass** » Tuesday Jan 10, 2006 2:56 pm

always interested in seeing brew gear, etto.

i'm designing a brew stand at the moment.

yard

JaCk_SpArRoW · Post by **JaCk_SpArRoW** » Tuesday Jan 10, 2006 3:04 pm

yardglass wrote:
undercover1 wrote:
Perhaps we could declare a National Immersion Chiller Day.
any t-shirts involved ?

What sizes are available yardy?