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Title: C&S Hopper done
Post by: Snuff on January 14, 2013, 03:07:42 PM
Just finished building my hopper setup for the Crankenstein Mill I got from the group buy  ;D
Used an old water cooler bottle and a bedroom shelf.
Seems fine and I hope to get my first brew on this weekend.
Will try and get a pic posted up later.
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: Rats on January 14, 2013, 05:41:45 PM
This is what I did last week. Works great.
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: RichC on January 14, 2013, 08:32:52 PM
QuoteJust finished building my hopper setup for the Crankenstein Mill I got from the group buy  ;D
Used an old water cooler bottle and a bedroom shelf.
Seems fine and I hope to get my first brew on this weekend.
Will try and get a pic posted up later.
Wheres that picture Snuff? Looking forward to seeing it as I consider which hopper ot make!
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: imark on January 22, 2013, 04:50:26 PM
Dempsey mentioned having a template for plywood hopper at Liffey Brewers January meet. Would be good to get a look at if he wouldn't mind sharing?
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: Snuff on February 02, 2013, 09:29:28 PM
Today I tried out my recent build and it worked like a dream. None of the complex stuff I see online. Will get a picture or two uploaded when I get a chance. Crush was great and brewday went without a problem.
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: DEMPSEY on February 05, 2013, 09:29:12 AM
Grain hopper made with 10mm plywood and a 15 degree pitch,
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: DEMPSEY on February 05, 2013, 09:29:49 AM
again
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: DEMPSEY on February 05, 2013, 09:30:30 AM
more
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: DEMPSEY on February 05, 2013, 09:31:01 AM
and
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: DEMPSEY on February 05, 2013, 09:31:33 AM
and
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: JimmyM on February 05, 2013, 10:58:05 AM
Quotemore

Nice slippers grandad!

...You didnt cut the edges at an angle :(
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: JimmyM on February 05, 2013, 10:58:59 AM
And whos your one ya have waiting out the back garden?
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: Ciderhead on February 05, 2013, 11:33:21 AM
Damn you all and your fancy hoppers, you would give a guy an inferiority complex  :P

(http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj605/joctcl/image_zpsc6c53f51.jpg)

I call it Taipei 101

Hey it works carries 4Kg of grain and it cost me €39!
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: DEMPSEY on February 05, 2013, 11:59:21 AM
QuoteAnd whos your one ya have waiting out the back garden?
The slippers are my did not have my morning coffee yet ones,and the wan out in the garden is in fact in the conservatory :P :P and no the second picture does not mean it is crooked,it's just the way you are looking at it. ;)
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: imark on February 05, 2013, 05:37:45 PM
That's a tidy hopper alright Dempsey. I was inspired by it at the Liffey brewers meet and tried to knock one like it together. Wasted a sheet of ply and a whole day's work.

I went with a trimmed down version of the water cooler mode (https://wardiesworld.wordpress.com/category/brewing/grainmill/)l which took about an hour to make. Works well!
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: rukkus on February 05, 2013, 06:18:04 PM
Any pics imark? I still havent made mine yet.
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: Padraic on February 05, 2013, 06:26:06 PM
Nice work Dempsey, are you selling them flat packed?
Title: Re: C&S Hopper done
Post by: imark on February 05, 2013, 06:49:54 PM
QuoteAny pics imark? I still havent made mine yet.
Sure. You can see my initial attempt of a Dempsey-hopper clone behind. There wasn't enough room to attach it and the bolts for the mill.
(http://i46.tinypic.com/302bd3a.jpg)
(http://i48.tinypic.com/15n29u9.jpg)

QuoteNice work Dempsey, are you selling them flat packed?
He should do. It's more difficult than you'd think to bodge one together with a jigsaw and a few screws.