If you make a build day out of it, I can show up to help out. Am I correct in assuming that the tools are things the club already has or can get access to? Would imagine the cost of the project would get really expensive if we had to buy the tools as well.
So being the good little DIY’er that I am, I thought: Hey, there’s nothing proprietary about this, I know how to solder copper, I’ll just build one myself. Oh man, that was a mistake. I’ll preface the next paragraph by simply stating, unless you can get copper at a screaming discount and you really, really love soldering copper pipe, don’t build one yourself. Just buy one. I spent nearly as much money as if I had just purchased the chiller, and I got the benefit of spending about six quality hours in the garage cutting, polishing, applying flux and soldering copper pipe. I’m sure the chiller from JaDeD looks much better than mine as well.
I can sweat copper all day long and have the tools to do it, but as Matt points out, it's the price of copper that kills diy projects like this.
I did a copper parrot for a friends still a few years back and for what it cost him in matereals he could have bought one online for just 5 bucks more.
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If you make a build day out of it, I can show up to help out. Am I correct in assuming that the tools are things the club already has or can get access to? Would imagine the cost of the project would get really expensive if we had to buy the tools as well.
I like that it can be broken down for cleaning.
Bertus just posted about making one of these a few days ago. I copied the relevant quote below
http://www.bertusbrewery.com/2016/03/copper-counterflow-chiller-build.html
So being the good little DIY’er that I am, I thought: Hey, there’s nothing proprietary about this, I know how to solder copper, I’ll just build one myself. Oh man, that was a mistake. I’ll preface the next paragraph by simply stating, unless you can get copper at a screaming discount and you really, really love soldering copper pipe, don’t build one yourself. Just buy one. I spent nearly as much money as if I had just purchased the chiller, and I got the benefit of spending about six quality hours in the garage cutting, polishing, applying flux and soldering copper pipe. I’m sure the chiller from JaDeD looks much better than mine as well.
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From what Matt is saying, sounds like the X-factor will be whether Chuck is a more talented handyman/plumber than Bertus.
CHUCK I HAVE NOT LOST FAITH IN YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE LOST FAITH IN YOURSELF.
HA!
I can sweat copper all day long and have the tools to do it, but as Matt points out, it's the price of copper that kills diy projects like this.
I did a copper parrot for a friends still a few years back and for what it cost him in matereals he could have bought one online for just 5 bucks more.