Bent Nail 2.0

[Minbari]

So like a counter weight?

no, I just figured if it will pull up a 45lb bucket of water, then it wont collapse when I pull out 25+ lbs of wet grain on brew day

 

[BarbarianBrewer]

Looks good! I really like the articulated arm. The DIY hoist I built in the basement, between two floor joists, has no sideways movement.

 

[Minbari]

Looks good! I really like the articulated arm. The DIY hoist I built in the basement, between two floor joists, has no sideways movement.

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I had a rail and shuttle system at the last place that I liked, similar to yours

 

[Donoroto]

Added a hoist to the new setup. That is a bucket with 5gal of water in it. Should be good enough to pull biab out

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All that to avoid a threaded hook into a ceiling joist!

 

[Minbari]

All that to avoid a threaded hook into a ceiling joist!

This was more fun

 

[Craigerrr]

This was more fun

I have the threaded hook into the ceiling joist myself. Thinking about a counter weight now though

 

[Minbari]

Issue with the hook idea is that you can't redirect the basket once lifted .

This arm or an overhead tract can relocate and lower it.

 

[Craigerrr]

Issue with the hook idea is that you can't redirect the basket once lifted .

This arm or an overhead tract can relocate and lower it.

Yup, but my brewery is on wheels. It's a raise the bridge or lower the river kind of thing

 

[Donoroto]

Issue with the hook idea is that you can't redirect the basket once lifted .

This arm or an overhead tract can relocate and lower it.

Sure you can. The rope is flexible, and pushing the 25-ish pound basket a foot or two off center is easy.

I should make a video.

But the real reason is I’m jealous.

 

[Minbari]

Sure you can. The rope is flexible, and pushing the 25-ish pound basket a foot or two off center is easy.

I should make a video.

But the real reason is I’m jealous.

This is what I got. It's not expensive

https://a.co/d/iAjpppx

 

[Minbari]

So after all that, i never used it. It just seemed too flimsey. Moving hot liquid with it seemed like a disaster waiting to happen. So I redesigned to this. It easily lifts the bucket and handles dynamic loads with no sign of flex or buckling

 

[Craigerrr]

So after all that, i never used it. It just seemed too flimsey. Moving hot liquid with it seemed like a disaster waiting to happen. So I redesigned to this. It easily lifts the bucket and handles dynamic loads with no sign of flex or buckling

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So what purpose does it now serve?

 

[Minbari]

So what purpose does it now serve?

Same purpose as before. To lift the biab out of the mash tun.

 

[Minbari]

Changing the mash set up. Doing a double boiler of sorts to control and maintain temps. Water in the outer pot will be recirculated and heated via an inning heating element .

Mash will drain out the bottom of the inner pot via a port on the outer pot (hose connected between them)