Hop filter DIY

[Beerbuddha]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BEER-WORT-CUP-STAINLESS-STEEL-HOMEBREW-BEER-HOP-SPIDER-HOPS-FILTER-PELLET-HOPS-/170945571010?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27cd2668c2

This looks simple to make has anyone made one ? Taughts ?
400 micron stainless steel wire mesh looks like the tricky bit as i have none....does anyone have some laying about or cheapest place to order from?   I have 316 stainless perforated sheets perfect for false bottom and this mesh would stop all those tiny bits that get past it/.

[DEMPSEY]

I bought 2 of these sheets to make a hop filter and after saw that image you have posted. should have done that design instead.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Woven-Wire-40-Mesh-30cm-x-30cm-x0-4mm-Vivarium-Vent-Stainless-Steel-/261141009192?pt=UK_BOI_Medical_Lab_Equipment_Lab_Supplies_ET&hash=item3ccd379328

[Garry]

FFS Dempsey, I'm going to have to buy some of that stuff now   

I've been thinking of making a stainless hop spider with a while, those ones look the job 

[DEMPSEY]

The mesh works fine but my design uses copper pipe with the mesh wrapped around it. It is a bitch to clean

[Beerbuddha]

ye thats the stuff. I was thinking of simply cutting 30cm disk from stainless sheet and laying the mesh over it for mash tun but for boiling wort simply copy the pic from ebay as its simple TIG weld onto some stainless bar. Im going to pellet hops and dont want wort chiller/pump clogging

[Beerbuddha]

Is that mesh same as this 400 micron mesh on ebay dempsey ? Its allot cash for such small piece. I had seen some in germany came in roll cost 100+

[Beerbuddha]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4_rb9n81SE

All the pics and info here.

[alealex]

ye thats the stuff. I was thinking of simply cutting 30cm disk from stainless sheet and laying the mesh over it for mash tun but for boiling wort simply copy the pic from ebay as its simple TIG weld onto some stainless bar. Im going to pellet hops and dont want wort chiller/pump clogging

This might work sweet for you, check the price..

http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/catalog/products/10112530/

[Beerbuddha]

I read about those before i hear the edging corrodes but not 100% sure. Im still gonna try make one of the fancy expensive ones for little or nothing. You can have the prototype 

[alealex]

I hope the hop pellet filter will work well for you. Either way forget about getting your hops back 

[Beerbuddha]

Gonna weld something together tonight i will put up some pics as i go. I can only make the cage untill i get free supply of stainless mesh some how.

[Beerbuddha]

Im gonna build the frame for hop spider. I think going square is best option as clamping the mesh will be very tricky as i dont have a seam welder so if i go square i can clamp one corner tight and this should do nicely with no creases. I have chosen SS obviously and i think 6 inches high by 4 inches wide will fit into keg nicely. One place that will ber tricky is the bottom so im gonna for some perforated sheet and basicaly i can cut mesh and squeeze it down into the bottom of spider but as its a prototype i will see how it goes. No right or wrong way its all good old fasioned DIY



Stage one complete minus mesh !

[Beerbuddha]

So thats cage made. The mesh will wrap around it nicely i hope. I will drill holes in the single piece of bar and thread one corner of the cage. This will clamp the edges of mesh.