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We use the Ohaus defender 3000 and it has been great. https://us.ohaus.com/en-US/Products/Balances-Scales/Bench-Scales/Defender-3000-Stainless-Steel/D32XW300VX-AM Just Noticed that you need 1000 pound capacity... This will only do 600.

We used the Rockrez epoxy with the paint chip broadcast. It is slip resistant with most everything except glycol...

The floor is the tasting room is super dirty since we were still under construction. Didn't have a current one on my phone.

We went the epoxy route and are very happy that we did. We have it in both the tasting room and the production areas. They are super durable and very easy to clean up. It is critical that he surface is properly prepared (diamond grind the concrete) but relatively easy to do.

I've been happy with the WEG wash duty VFD I purchased from Paul at Distillery Equipment and it was competitively priced.

Only done a couple but it has been one or two days for us to get approval each time.

We ended up finding a really good shop here locally that fixed everything the way it should have been . He has done other work since and it has all looked great.

Congratulations Pete!

When I originally posted this I realized that there was a high probability of getting flamed. I felt that was worth the trade for helpful information. Full story - I took the pieces to a local fabrication shop that was "highly recommend". I was not happy when I picked them up and couldn't see how that was considered a finished product. Rather than come on here and dump on them (not really my way) I wanted to get input from folks that know better than me. I did and it was helpful. Yesterday I found a welder that specializes in sanitary welding of stainless and he is currently fixing the "work" of the previous shop. I will post photos when fixed. Lesson learned. Thanks for the help as always!

Thanks for the confirmation! We went to a shop with a "good reputation"... We have found someone that can fix it.

Hi All - I have a novice question... When we received our still (800 Liter) didn't have temperature ports in the heads of the dephlegmator or product condenser so we added ports for the temperature probes (1/2" NPT). Is it necessary to grind and polish the welds or is a good cleaning and passivation adequate? I wanted to ask before we put this back together. I have attached pictures. Thanks!

I ended up getting the Continental Brewline for 10.30 a foot.

Thanks all! I appreciate our help.

We are in the process of wiring up our production area and we are trying to decide on VFD's for the agitators on our fermenters. The motors are 1HP 3-phase and we would appreciate recommendations on reasonably priced quality VFD's. Thanks!

Have you sold the Mori?

What valves are you all using in conjunction with the PID's?

We used the 60W LED Shop Light/Garage Light - 4' Long - 7,500 Lumens - 5000K - TPLF-NW4-60 from https://www.superbrightleds.com/ They are really nice.

We use Schlage Primus. Probably overkill but great choice for a key control system.

(Ending SG - Starting SG) * 131.25 Example (1.010-1.083) * 131.25 = 9.58%

Good afternoon - Adding to this thread, we received our approval from the TTB last week, January 18, 2018. The initial application was submitted on November 29th, 2017. So, 51 days with some holidays in there. There were a couple minor questions that were quickly answered. We did use a professional consultant, John Springer, and the process was seamless and he did a great job. Tom

Does anyone have a diagram that would show how this setup works? I'm having a tough time visualizing this. Thanks!

Ours is 12.5’ to bottom of truss and 14’ to the roof deck between trusses. Something that would fit in this space would be interesting. Also, interested in the same information as bluefish.

Hi - A couple quick questions. 1. Is the system still available? 2. what is the total height of the vodka column? 3. If over r 13.5 feet, can it be split? 4. Is this system steam or electric? 1-phase or 3-phase. Thanks, Tom