Keg to Kettle Conversion (part 2)

Converting a 1/2 bbl beer keg to a kettle for homebrewing beer (part 2 - cleaning and drilling).

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• beer
• keg
• kettle
• keggle
• homebrew

[av8or233]

I did forget the safety glasses on this one. My mistake. Leather gloves are a little over the top for drilling sheet metal, though.

[BobbyFromNJ]

I'm convinced that a bimetel hole saw is easier now that I see the step bit in action. Cheaper too;-)

[av8or233]

I tend to disagree. Though hole saws are cheaper, they tend to dull quickly. I DESPISE drilling stainless (and most other metal) with hole saws. The step bits give you very precisely sized, almost perfectly round holes, and they don't dull nearly as fast. Personal preference, I suppose.

[4hogwilder]

Step Bit over Hole Saw, every time!!

[15gary37]

Thanks; wishes that I had watched this video before I made my setup.

[cdm64]

Nice work. Now make me one.

[spokehedz]

Wouldn't it have made more sense to clean it after you drilled the holes and marked on it with the marker?

[dchijp]

hey, great video. question: what should be the height of the two holes? the valve hole and the hole fir a themometer?

[Drontproduction]

Thanks for the video, I'm just about to convert a keg and your videos definitely helped out! cheers

[fredfisher33]

Honed your skills at the Osan sheet metal shop, perhaps?

[reeding]

your ears must be ringing afte all that drilling

[Cr3ater]

there are different lvls of xylene. A low type of xylene, you dont need gloves, it just dries your skin a little bit

[ibander]

as a metal worker hole saws would be my preference. but use whatever ur comfortable with and are used to.

If i decided to make this a fermenter rather than a boil pot, what would ur recommended height be for the hole center? that is based on holding 5 gallon batches.