Keg to Brew Kettle Conversion

This worked perfectly. Great enginuity. I would've never thought of the jig idea and the 2" hole saw does fit easily. Cheers

That's for the great info Bobby! I love the part at the end hahaha!!

This works! Thanks Bobby.

Now, for my two cents worth:

Instead of using 2" hole saw to center your jig- take the value assembly and cut off most of stainless steel stem leaving about 5 inches above the valve. Next grind off the two small keyway extrusions on the value.

Drill a 1 hole in the center of your jig. (A Forstner bit will leave you a clean bore)

The value goes into the hole it came out of, but upside down; the stem goes through the hole in your jig.

This works amazingly well! Find a lid that you can use and cut the hole to fit it. Next stainless fermentor.Thanks Boby!

Bobby your are a genius! Thanks man for the video. I cut mine with a plasma cutter, but I like your idea better!!

The thermos and valves were just lucky finds on Ebay since I wasn't in a hurry to find them. The sight glasses were a DIY project using stainless fittings I found also on Ebay.

Bobby, where did you purchase the sightglass and thermometer and valves?

I got mine welded at a custom motorcycle shop but I'd recommend also calling places listed as fabrication/welding shops.

Dya know who I could hook up with in Nj(I'm in Monmouth county) for some keg conversion work? I prefer to pay someone to do it and would like to keep the business in Jersey

I see the suggestion to barter with homebrew every so often but it must be a regional thing. Around here people want cash. I had the same idea when I wanted some fittings welded into the kegs.