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Getting the bits to put a stir plate together at Christmas. Got DX.com on the job  ;D didnt find any stirbars though.

Where are people finding stir bars?

I saw them on eBay cheap enough!

Fisher Scientific have them (http://webshop.fishersci.com/insight2_ie/mainSearch.do?keywords=stir%20bar). Price doesn't seem to be too bad.

I would probably be able to get a university discount but not worth it for a one off.   

Ahem, what do ye need sizes amounts and the like, i might be able to help. I can general get my hands on stirs bar when i want. But have not idea what ye use them for?

i can get a few of the  mini ones for stiring about 50- 100ml say 70 or so, bigger ones for like 1 litre about 25. how many person would ye need?

Typical stir bars for our plates range from:

30 mm to about 60mm long

I have a couple of 60's ( good for 500 to 2000 ml starters ) but would like some 30's for the really smaller stuff ( say 100 to 500 ml starters).

Will

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QuoteAhem, what do ye need sizes amounts and the like, i might be able to help. I can general get my hands on stirs bar when i want. But have not idea what ye use them for?

For stir plates for making yeast starters.

@shiny start a list and I bet you you'll get 20 takers!

If I can get an account set up I will, I think I need the university account number to do that so I can give them a ring in the morning. Covey seems to have the bars sorted. I'm thinking bigger as I was considering doing a conical flask group buy. I had previously priced a individual 3L flask for around €16. Could probably get another box of the vials too if the demand was there.

will i just start sending them to the club and let the Express distribute them as they are requested? Conicals are very over priced for what they are. Would'nt any glass or jug  not do the same job, im missing something here?

I'd love to take a big and a small one off you, where abouts are you?

The conicals are pyrex and so can be boiled which makes them very handy. They also have a flat bottom so the bar will stay in place

If they have a flat bottom they would do yeah. I got a 1L conincal and found it too small for when I'm making bigger beers, that's why I was looking at the 3L.

zero , i work in a lab 8-)

QuoteIf they have a flat bottom they would do yeah. I got a 1L conincal and found it too small for when I'm making bigger beers, that's why I was looking at the 3L.

Not to sound daft would a pyrex casserole dish not do the job?

I'll take a couple of big stir bars if they're going. I'll be using them for 2L starters so I guess 60mm bars would be best

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QuoteIf they have a flat bottom they would do yeah. I got a 1L conincal and found it too small for when I'm making bigger beers, that's why I was looking at the 3L.

Not to sound daft would a pyrex casserole dish not do the job?

As I said in my last post, anything that has a flat bottom they would do [the job]. (Re-reading my post I can see that wasn't very clear)

Being completely honest. I spent 6 months watching (mainly American) brewing videos and reading forums. A lot of the time they used conical's when making their yeast starters so when it came to making my stir plate I just instinctively got a conical.

I also like that it is easy to swirl, easy to cover (narrow neck) and has lower centre of gravity so harder to tip over. Also it looks cool.  :)

Get ya now, i will post them to tube and you can get them from him

I'd take a couple of different sized stir bars as I only have a smally. A 3l conical flask also sounds the business.

Would be interested in them as well.

QuoteI'd take a couple of different sized stir bars as I only have a smally. A 3l conical flask also sounds the business.

I'm on for some flasks and different size stir bars! Add me to the list!

(It's always a good choice to copy whatever the champion brewer is doing!  :P)

I can organise a group buy for the conical flasks, I just need to confirm that I can get my own account set up and the prices.

QuoteI can organise a group buy for the conical flasks, I just need to confirm that I can get my own account set up and the prices.

Excellent - I like my Erlenmyers with B29 Joints as a standard demi-john bung fits a treat. ( Plus I have some rare sort of "Quick-fit Jointed Glassware Fetish syndrome" )

Also take a few 30 mm bars and some 500ml 1L and 2L conicals

Will

Santa is interested in some flasks as well, this might be an ideal opportunity for him   ;D

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Excellent - I like my Erlenmyers with B29 Joints as a standard demi-john bung fits a treat. ( Plus I have some rare sort of "Quick-fit Jointed Glassware Fetish syndrome" )

Also take a few 30 mm bars and some 500ml 1L and 2L conicals

Will

I was going to just get the cheapest 1L,2L and 3L conicals?

Put me down for some stir bars and a 1L and 2L flask. I think Lennox.ie have the stir bars (packs of 10)

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Excellent - I like my Erlenmyers with B29 Joints as a standard demi-john bung fits a treat. ( Plus I have some rare sort of "Quick-fit Jointed Glassware Fetish syndrome" )

Also take a few 30 mm bars and some 500ml 1L and 2L conicals

Will

I was going to just get the cheapest 1L,2L and 3L conicals?

I know the jointed ones are about 5 times the price. Just wanted to air my syndromne in public to see if there are any like minded sufferers.

For those who are doing slant storage or petri-dish type culturing then 1L would be way too big maybe float the boat for some 250 and 500ml - These will be dead cheap by the box

Will

We are considering a fairly large buy which would include everything needed to make starters ie conicals, vials and maybe agar. Not worth it for stir plate electronic components as deal extreme or ebay is a good source for those.

I had a quick look at the box prices for the small conicals and the prices are quite cheap so it's no problem having those as an option as long as we get enough interest in multiples of 10.

There is no need to PM me about reserving items as we need to do more leg work in terms of suppliers/prices and a thread will be put up in the group buy section when all that is sorted.

The group buy is now live for the equipment we discussed above.

Edit:

The buy for conical's and vials is here (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1354614087).  PM Padraic, JamesM or Tube for access if the link doesn't allow you in.

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm
2. Will_D - 2 x 30 mm

How many stir plates have ye got?

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm
2. Will_D - 2 x 30 mm
3 rossa 1 x 60mm

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm
2. Will_D - 2 x 30 mm
3 rossa 1 x 60mm
4. Spud 1 x 30mm,1 x 60mm


How much are they coming in at?

Covey said he is getting them for free from work. I didn't add them to the conical buy for that reason. If they aren't suitable for people I have no problem adding stir bars to the group buy.

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm
2. Will_D - 2 x 30 mm
3 rossa 1 x 60mm
4. Spud 1 x 30mm,1 x 60mm
5. Ciderhead 1 x 30mm 1 x 60mm

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm
2. Will_D - 2 x 30 mm
3 rossa 1 x 60mm
4. Spud 1 x 30mm,1 x 60mm
5. Ciderhead 1 x 30mm 1 x 60mm
6. DEMPSEY 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm
2. Will_D - 2 x 30 mm
3 rossa 1 x 60mm
4. Spud 1 x 30mm,1 x 60mm
5. Ciderhead 1 x 30mm 1 x 60mm
6. DEMPSEY 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm
7. MAF 1 x 60mm

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm
2. Will_D - 2 x 30 mm
3 rossa 1 x 60mm
4. Spud 1 x 30mm,1 x 60mm
5. Ciderhead 1 x 30mm 1 x 60mm
6. DEMPSEY 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm
7. MAF 1 x 60mm
8. marceldesailly 1x 30mm 1x 60mm

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm
2. Will_D - 2 x 30 mm
3 rossa 1 x 60mm
4. Spud 1 x 30mm,1 x 60mm
5. Ciderhead 1 x 30mm 1 x 60mm
6. DEMPSEY 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm
7. MAF 1 x 60mm
8. Cahalbrua 3 x 60mm

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm
2. Will_D - 2 x 30 mm
3 rossa 1 x 60mm
4. Spud 1 x 30mm,1 x 60mm
5. Ciderhead 1 x 30mm 1 x 60mm
6. DEMPSEY 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm
7. MAF 1 x 60mm
8. Cahalbrua 3 x 60mm
9. Dr Jacoby 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm
2. Will_D - 2 x 30 mm
3 rossa 1 x 60mm
4. Spud 1 x 30mm,1 x 60mm
5. Ciderhead 1 x 30mm 1 x 60mm
6. DEMPSEY 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm
7. MAF 1 x 60mm
8. marceldesailly 1x 30mm 1x 60mm
9. Cahalbrua 3 x 60mm
10. Dr Jacoby 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm
2. Will_D - 2 x 30 mm
3 rossa 1 x 60mm
4. Spud 1 x 30mm,1 x 60mm
5. Ciderhead 1 x 30mm 1 x 60mm
6. DEMPSEY 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm
7. MAF 1 x 60mm
8. marceldesailly 1x 30mm 1x 60mm
9. Cahalbrua 3 x 60mm
10. Dr Jacoby 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm
11. Nigel_c 1 x 30mm 1 x 60 mm

Sending on what i have to Tube tomorrow, have mainly mini ones 15mm ( Ive used them on 1ltres of water and they create a vortex no bother ) and a maybe 10 60mm (used to stir 10L! i really dont think you need 60mm for 300-500ml you can always turn up your stir speed :D

As there are some 15mm available - I'll update:

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm
2. Will_D - 2 x 30 mm, 2 x 15mm
3 rossa 1 x 60mm
4. Spud 1 x 30mm,1 x 60mm
5. Ciderhead 1 x 30mm 1 x 60mm
6. DEMPSEY 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm
7. MAF 1 x 60mm
8. marceldesailly 1x 30mm 1x 60mm
9. Cahalbrua 3 x 60mm
10. Dr Jacoby 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm
11. Nigel_c 1 x 30mm 1 x 60 mm [/quote]

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm
2. Will_D - 2 x 30 mm, 2 x 15mm
3 rossa 1 x 60mm
4. Spud 1 x 30mm,1 x 60mm
5. Ciderhead 1 x 30mm 1 x 60mm
6. DEMPSEY 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm
7. MAF 1 x 60mm
8. marceldesailly 1x 30mm 1x 60mm
9. Cahalbrua 3 x 60mm
10. Dr Jacoby 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm
11. Nigel_c 1 x 30mm 1 x 60 mm
12.flibustjer 1-30mm,and 1-60mm.

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm
2. Will_D - 2 x 30 mm, 2 x 15mm
3 rossa 1 x 60mm
4. Spud 1 x 30mm,1 x 60mm
5. Ciderhead 1 x 30mm 1 x 60mm
6. DEMPSEY 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm
7. MAF 1 x 60mm
8. marceldesailly 1x 30mm 1x 60mm
9. Cahalbrua 3 x 60mm
10. Dr Jacoby 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm
11. Nigel_c 1 x 30mm 1 x 60 mm
12.flibustjer 1-30mm,and 1-60mm.
13. Padraic 2x30mm and 2x60mm

1. Ratsathome - 2x 60mm 2x 30mm
2. Will_D - 2 x 30 mm, 2 x 15mm
3 rossa 1 x 60mm
4. Spud 1 x 30mm,1 x 60mm
5. Ciderhead 1 x 30mm 1 x 60mm
6. DEMPSEY 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm
7. MAF 1 x 60mm
8. marceldesailly 1x 30mm 1x 60mm
9. Cahalbrua 3 x 60mm
10. Dr Jacoby 2 x 30mm 2 x 60mm
11. Nigel_c 1 x 30mm 1 x 60 mm
12.flibustjer 1-30mm,and 1-60mm.
13. Padraic 2x30mm and 2x60mm
14. Down2die 1x30mm 1x60mm

Can I get away with my already created article on off flavours?

It's a great article check it out!

http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/wiki/doku.php?id=off_flavours

I'll probably do up an article on Stout!

Thanks Covey for sorting us all out, I really appreciate it!

And Tube as always your distribution is second to none!

If anyone wants me to pick up theirs tomorrow for collection from me in Dublin 1 let me know!

Fair play.

Thanks lads!

QuoteStir bars received this morning, very generously donated by Covey. In exchange for stir bars he'd like you to post one recipe or wiki article on the forum!

Hope this qualifies. :)
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1354896144/0#0

Nice One Covey, I'm sure Tube will be pinning your Group Buy Sergeants Stripes on you next time he sees you.

Thanks Covey, Much appreciated.

Here's my entry to the wiki:

http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/brew-wiki/

Cheers for the bars Covey picked some up off Tube on Saturday   [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Glad i could help lads!

got mine yesterday. thanks

Balls.

Just catching up and spotted this thread.

Any pointers for getting grubby mitts on a Stirbar?

Thanks to Covey for my 60mm stirbar, makes all the difference in a 2 Litre conical

Cheers Covey, got mine yesterday from Tube.

Are there any more stir bars going? If not where is good to buy them from?

I got playing with a pc fan and an old hard drive today :D

Don't forget me!
Looking for one too.

Give me a week or two

Cheers Covey

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Large-Combo-Set-of-3-Magnetic-Stir-Bars-25-40-50-mm-PTFE-Lab-Chemical-Mixer-/280847777713?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4163d4ffb1

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-inch-magnetic-stirrer-bar-stir-mixer-bars-PTFE-New-/200871036525?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ec4d8c66d

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-inch-magnetic-stirrer-bar-stir-mixer-bars-PTFE-New-/200871036525?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ec4d8c66d

Jesus how big is your starter ;)

Hi Covey

Any chance I could grab one also? Got a bunch of harddrives from work this evening hope to get started on making a stirbpkate soon


Declan

Well i'll show you mine if you show me yours Ciderhead :o
Seriously though i was reading the thread and i already had the links stored off my ebay account.

Will send what i have to Tube on thursday lads, if thats ok with you Tubester

Please count me in if there's a spare one left

Should be  ;)

Yaaaay

Cheers Covet, hero status just went up a notch!  :-)

Tubbs, can you do the honours for me please? keep with hops etc.  Thanks!

If there is a 60mm stir bar going spare Id love one. St.Fursey is picking up my hops this weekend...

Hi Tube

if there is a spare stir bar could I get one for me and one for rukkus off you on Wednesday as. we both requested them from covey

Declan

Recipe as requested http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1357765096

Will have to sort out getting these off you. Thanks to all concerned.

not at all, just doing my bit. just got word that my hops are on the way. Its not what your club can do for you its what you can do for the club (this kegerators a great job ;))

QuoteDo I have hops for you John?

@Hop Bomb, if there's a 60mm (which is very big BTW) I'll put your name on it, but it's unlikely they'll be here before the w/end.

Ive two 1 inch stir bars here myself. What size do ye use for the bigger 2 or 3 litre starters? Im new to all this craic. Only building my stir plate this weekend...

Nice on Covey btw.