Date(s): ongoing. Album by chris case. Photos by chris case. 1 - 11 of 11 Total. 1765 Visits.
1 Wine labels
2 Fruit press. Mahogany from stair rail parts.
3 Lowquat fruit. Pic used for Wine label.
4 Scratter mill for shredding stoneless fruit, like apples or pears,
5 Fermentation vessel
6 Final pic of 25 gallon conical fermenter, in use, with 12 gallons of Lowquat wine, plus CO2 purge.
Total cost ZERO, I had all the parts in my "junk yard".
7 Lucky for me that the section of stainless duct that a friend gave me had flanges on each end- one as a base, and the other to clamp the top on to.
8 I had to hand form the cone, and tig weld it to the section of duct. 14 1/5 inch diameter. cone is also 14 1/2" tall, which makes it 60° Holds 3.5 gallons.
I did sand blast the inner side of the welds, plus a wash down with a 8° citric acid solution to 'normalize' the stainless.
9 3/8" thick aluminum top with mini C-clamps to hold pressure, plus a synthetic blue gasket. Woodworking router used to make the corny-style access, with an o-ring seat cut into each part with an ogee bit.
10 Conical fermenter on wooden base cabinet.
11 Conical fermenter in kitchen. Last addition was the sight gauge.
