My HERMS - Brew Stand
Last Updated on March 16, 2010
My original brewstand was a two tier wooden stand built around 5 gallon vessels. Almost as soon as I made it I
replaced the 5 gallon vessels with 10 gallon ones. So, 6 months on I built another....... from steel!!!
Here's the plan I (loosely) followed.
This is the basic stand welded up. It's made from 30mm square section tube.
Next I made some pot stands to be welded on top.
I'm not a particularly good welder but a couple of top tips are, buy an auto dimming helmet so you can see what you're welding and get a bunch of magnetic clamps they make the whole business of lining things up much easier.
Here are the pot stands waiting to be welded.
Then I welded them in place and ground down the welds to leave a nice smooth platform to stand the vessels on.
Degrease and paint. I used Gunk and Smoothrite (also had a well deserved pint)
Next all that was left was to transfer the electrics from the old stand to the new and to fit the MLT, HLT and copper.
Here's the plan I (loosely) followed.
This is the basic stand welded up. It's made from 30mm square section tube.
Next I made some pot stands to be welded on top.
I'm not a particularly good welder but a couple of top tips are, buy an auto dimming helmet so you can see what you're welding and get a bunch of magnetic clamps they make the whole business of lining things up much easier.
Here are the pot stands waiting to be welded.
Then I welded them in place and ground down the welds to leave a nice smooth platform to stand the vessels on.
Degrease and paint. I used Gunk and Smoothrite (also had a well deserved pint)
Next all that was left was to transfer the electrics from the old stand to the new and to fit the MLT, HLT and copper.
