Zak's 'Fat Boy' Boiler

[mudsta]

Well I talked to Mac last night, and he reckons 80L is about the minimum you want for a 6" still... Soooooo

I'm going to cut this keg under the middle ring, and my other 18gal keg above the middle ring, and glue them together for a total volume of aboooout 120L :happy-partydance:

^:)^

Now I've gotta cut the holes for the still port and SSG fill port. The fill port will take a bit of work, I need to extend the ferrule to make up for the shape of the top of the keg.

My keg is the same profile on the top as your original photo. Was planning of 4" still mount and 4" SG/fill port but don't have the space.
Ended up opting for a 2" SG/fill port... :think:

[hillzabilly]

Yesterday I swapped one of my kegs for one that had already had the top cut off :handgestures-thumbupleft: saves me cutting up 2 good kegs...

Then I cut the bottom off of mine, just below the center ring. A bit of hammer work and I now have a ~110L boiler!

Now I've gotta cut the holes for the still port and SSG fill port. The fill port will take a bit of work, I need to extend the ferrule to make up for the shape of the top of the keg.

Nice boiler Zak ,I had the same problem of needing to extend some ferrules for the curve,so I bought some pipe extension of Mac and cut it in half wich gave me two long ferrules.cheers hillzabilly :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Zak Griffin]

Not a bad idea, Billy!

I've got a bit of 3" SS pipe that I'll use for the legs and this fill port extension :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[hillzabilly]

Something else I have done to my last two boilers is to fit a second tap at the maximum fill level,so when you charge up the still ,I open the second tap and have a short hose into a container ,then you fill until the second tap over flows .Ya cannot over fill and you donnot have to measure as you fill,and when finances agree I will add spray balls inside on these taps to make rinseing an cleaning easy.cheers hillzabilly

[Zak Griffin]

That's not a bad idea either... It won't work with my boiler insulation though ;-)

[Zak Griffin]

Scored a few bits for the Fat Boy over the last few weeks. Got a 3" 90° SS elbow to extend the fill port, and a couple of 1" elbows, threaded pipe and a tap for the drain. Lined up a mate to TIG it all up, now I just need to cut some holes and find some 2-3" SS pipe for the legs and we'll be off!