)Re-Shape Chiller?
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Re-Shape Chiller?
I brewed on Tuesday, as ever with some challenges. One was that my wort chiller had to be forced into the pot of boiling wort. I made the chiller for a previous, wider pot. I think I measured it for this one, but didn't count on the lip partway down. Anyway, it was fun putting the pot on the floor, and prying the chiller in with a spoon. Now I need to reshape it. (The chiller, not the pot) It is a double coil, inner and outer. A single coil would be easier, I'd just wrap it around something. I am considering trying to reshape it inside a cylinder. What say you? Has anyone here reformed a chiller? (CHILLLERRRR )
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Re: Re-Shape Chiller?
The only thing I have done with mine is change the height (spread out the coils or push them tighter) from my last pot to my new one. Copper kinks pretty easy, so I would be concerned about that when "re-shaping". If you have a tube bender it might be easier to do without kinking.
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Re: Re-Shape Chiller?
As copper comes coiled I really do not see much of a problem if you are careful and arent trying to unbend any funky bends.
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Re: Re-Shape Chiller?
Update: I simply put it on top of a plate with the proper diameter, then tightened the coils by eye. Used today, worked fine.
Making beer and stew for the Zombie Apocalypse.
Never mind, there it is.
Never mind, there it is.