Push Eject's Brewstand 2003

Thursday, March 20th, 2003 by Push Eject
A pictorial of the making of my first all-grain stand. Completed in March of 2003 by a good friend in exchange for, what else... beer.

The steel was purchased at Industrial Metal Supply in the San Fernando Valley of LA. Total cost was about $80.

We took my existing camp chef burner and hacked it into two vessel holders. One with the burner and one for an unplanned future upgrade. As of December 2007 I still mash in a cooler...

This was a great project that totally changed the way I brew. No longer were buckets of hot water balanced on benches and chairs. The design requires a high-temp pump and that alone quickly goes from luxury to necessity. It's so nice not to have carry anything -- well, other than carboys.
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Previsualization

standdimensions

Richard makes the first welds

The first frame

Grinding

Bottom supports go in

Richard

Cuts through steel like butter

Bottom done

Top tier levelled

The shop 1

The shop 2

Almost done

Cutting up a burner

Final welds

Priming

Painting

All done

Gear in place


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Posted in Brewstands | 14 comments »

John on 11/27/07 07:23 pm writes
What a great series of photos.

How are the casters attached to the bottom?
Push Eject on 12/01/07 02:53 pm writes
They are spot-welded on. I regret that two of them swivel and two are fixed. Should have made them all swivel.
Kerry on 12/17/07 11:52 am writes
Again, a superb job not only in construction of the stand, but also the pictures. Is there a drawing with the actual dimensions of the cuts, etc.
Push Eject on 12/19/07 11:38 pm writes
Kerry, good question. I have included a new image that has the dimensions as built.
Cheers!
Sampler on 04/30/08 05:30 pm writes
Push, given credit where credit is due! Love the pics and the layout of your design it was the inspiriation to my own personal build. Thanks for taking the time to do so :)

Dana
Hosehead on 05/02/08 03:23 pm writes
Sweet stand. I also like the shortsword strategically hung on your tool bench. Always at the ready!
mtn bike brew on 05/05/08 12:27 pm writes
Push, nice stand. I am about to build one very similar to yours, almost identical actually. I was going to use steel tread plate instead of the expanded steel mesh but it is too expensive. Do you have any issues with your stand twisting or having a bit of wobble?
Push Eject on 05/05/08 12:33 pm writes
Mtn Bike, not at all. It is rock-solid, man!

I have loaded it up and trucked it off for various big brews too and there is no twisting, warping or wobble. Steel is strong stuff. :)
mtn bike brew on 05/05/08 12:43 pm writes
Thanks a lot. I thought it would be but I sit next to a structural engineer at work and he started saying, "Welllll!" I just heard your voicemail feedback on the BN today. Cracked me up. I listen on podcast all of the time but cannot catch the live show.

Happy brewing!
Kerry Hales on 09/13/08 09:11 pm writes
Push, one other question: What type (grade)of steel did you use to construct this?
Kerry on 10/09/08 04:45 pm writes
Additional question: Did you use strictly angle iron or did you use some box steel?
Push Eject on 10/09/08 04:51 pm writes
Kerry, sorry I missed your earlier question until now. I have no idea what kind of steel it was :/ Seems about 1/8" thick if that helps.

The only thing we used was the angle, a couple flat scraps, the expanded plate and a burner we cut up.

Cheers!
Joe M on 10/25/08 10:50 am writes
Push,
Very nice stand!!
I'd like to build one similar but I have a question about the mash tun, do you remove it during the boil? I wondered how hot it gets next to
kettle.
Push Eject on 10/25/08 10:35 pm writes
Hi Joe. Yes, it can get warm enough to harm the mash tun, but moving it as far away as possible leaves about 5 inches between the two and that seems to be enough to avoid problems. I leave my mash tun in place for the entire sparge with the burner on pretty high. Generally after the sparge I do take it off and clean it.

One thing you could do if you were worried about is mount a ceramic tile between them as a heat shield, but I don't think it's necessary.

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