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wubears71




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PostLink    Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 2:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote


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wubears71 wrote:
I just ordered the Electric Brewery Coil after being utterly P.O.ed trying to getting my coil situated. I wish I just had gone that route originally. This is the last freaking thing I need to get in!!!!


It will ship tomorrow!

Mike


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wubears71




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Location: Webster Groves, MO

Drinking: Keg 1- Hefenweizen, Keg 2- Vanilla Scotch Porter, Keg 3-Munich Helles

Working on: Stinky IPA


PostLink    Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 2:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

PitBull wrote:
I made this jig for about 50 bucks. Works great.


I made the same jig and it did fine coiling. Where I really ran into issues was trying to get the coil lined up with the compression fittings. I do not want to use 90 degree elbows. Unfortunately I kept kinking the coil trying to get it to line up and after fighting it for over an hour and losing 10+ feet due to kinks I bought the pre-fab coil. It's not worth my time to keep fighting it.

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tomm




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PostLink    Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 3:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

wubears71 wrote:
I do not want to use 90 degree elbows.


Just curious - why not?
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wubears71




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Location: Webster Groves, MO

Drinking: Keg 1- Hefenweizen, Keg 2- Vanilla Scotch Porter, Keg 3-Munich Helles

Working on: Stinky IPA


PostLink    Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 11:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

tomm wrote:
wubears71 wrote:
I do not want to use 90 degree elbows.


Just curious - why not?


90 degree elbows can restrict flow sice the 90 is not a long radius. It goes back to my Process Design background.

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PostLink    Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's not going to restrict it enough to make a a noticeable difference. There are already enough restriction, turbulence, bends etc. in all the rest of the components when the wort goes from point A to B that these two 90-degree fittings will be negligible.
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PostLink    Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 12:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use 90's without any issues at all. I think it looks cleaner as well.
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wubears71




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PostLink    Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Coil just arrived. What a beauty and it's exactly the right dimensions to pop right into place. I can't wait to get it in later tonight and then I may be brewing by the weekend.


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Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter


PostLink    Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The smaller HERMS coils customized for keggles and 10-15 gallon kettles are now available and shipping. Only 30 available. First come first served!

See: http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/custom-herms-coil

Kal

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med_brewer




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PostLink    Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm ordering from here: http://stainlessbrewing.3dcartstores.com/Coiled-to-customers-request-035-304304L-Coiled-Tubing_p_30.html

I'll let you guys know how it turns out.
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PostLink    Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zach at stainless brewing really is a top notch vendor. Excellent communication, fast shipping too... I have an order in transit right now as a matter of fact.
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PostLink    Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

huaco wrote:
Zach at stainless brewing really is a top notch vendor. Excellent communication, fast shipping too... I have an order in transit right now as a matter of fact.

+1 on that. And like his site mentions, if you don't see what you want just ask. He might have it on hand or he can get it.
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Blauhung




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PostLink    Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

quick resurrection to see if a DIY tube bender is floating about somewhere.
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PostLink    Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 4:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Blauhung wrote:
quick resurrection to see if a DIY tube bender is floating about somewhere.


As I remember, it needed to be rebuilt several times and finally broke for good.
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Browningbuck




Joined: 26 Oct 2014
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PostLink    Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Was going to offer getting the DIY roller idea back out there. What do you guys think? Used a harbor freight roller took an hour and have what I need for a coil. Willing to ship the dies to the next person for the cost of shipping. You'll have to get the tool, the dies aren't perfect but they do the job with out kinking. Highly suggest using a 90* at the end of the coil, I tried a few times to try and get the bend so the tube left parallel and that's when I would mess it up.



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huaco




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PostLink    Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did you customize a second set of roller dies to have the radius to coil tubing? What is the OD of your SS Tubing there in the photo. looks like 3/8" or 1/2" OD.
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 12:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes I modified a set to fit the 1/2 od ss tubing. That's why I figured if people needed the dies they could just be sent around like the old jig was sent around back in the day.
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:06 pm    Post subject: The Coil of Hermes Reply with quote

I tried to follow Kal's instructions until I realized that I was using a different diameter pot and had to come up with my own solution:http://3dogbrew.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-coil-of-hermes.html
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:12 pm    Post subject: Re: The Coil of Hermes Reply with quote

3DogBrew wrote:
I tried to follow Kal's instructions until I realized that I was using a different diameter pot and had to come up with my own solution:http://3dogbrew.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-coil-of-hermes.html


Nice job! (and write-up)

Kal

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PostLink    Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:28 pm    Post subject: Re: The Coil of Hermes Reply with quote

kal wrote:
3DogBrew wrote:
I tried to follow Kal's instructions until I realized that I was using a different diameter pot and had to come up with my own solution:http://3dogbrew.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-coil-of-hermes.html


Nice job! (and write-up)

Kal


Thanks Kal. You were the inspiration for making my brew day so much easier than flame throwing burners and worrying if I had enough fuel, etc. It wasn't a cheap build, but so worth every penny.

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Allon




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PostLink    Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 3:13 pm    Post subject: Coiling the coil Reply with quote

If anyone is still trying to coil these if you take a 1/4 inch piece of PEX water supply tubing and insert it into the 1/2 SS pipe it works great for bending the top and bottom connections. It supports the walls so you can bend by hand or with a conduit bender. This was my second coil I have built and was not going to battle it for a month. The PEX pipe is about $1.50 for a 6 ft piece.
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