Upcycle Linea - Page 2

April 5th, 2019, 11:42 pm

Chert wrote: IIRC from the [FS] listing, there was no control box with this collection of parts. I am curious what you will do about controlling the machine. With boiler autofill, each group could be manual. Is that correct? Inboard or outboard motor and pump?

It actually did come with a control box but I am not going to use it as I am building a (semi auto) EE style with simple brew switches. It will have an auto-fill with an override switch for the steam boiler. The brew boiler is open to line pressure and always full. The pump and motor will be external... It would have been nice to have those internal but not at the cost of making the case larger.

April 9th, 2019, 1:42 am

Control console:

The last part of the puzzle.

Just a couple loose ends to finish and it is off to powder coat.

#13: Post by **trumz** » April 9th, 2019, 3:10 pm

Nice project!

April 19th, 2019, 1:55 pm

Powder Coat:

The parts came back from powder coat today! I'm really happy with how they turned out.

This is Prismatic Powder's Splatter Black... it's kind of hard to capture digitally but it is the closest approximation I've seen of the paint one sees on vintage camera bodies and darkroom equipment.

#15: Post by **Chert** » April 19th, 2019, 2:22 pm

very nice!

Does a thickness of powder coat affect at all how any fittings attach?

April 19th, 2019, 3:53 pm

Chert wrote: Does a thickness of powder coat affect at all how any fittings attach?

Yes! I generally make any holes a little bit oversized and use spacers when fitting/welding the body parts.

April 19th, 2019, 11:03 pm

Power in:

I finally bit the bullet and bought a nice selection of high-temp wire ends.

I wanted to get the main power into the machine before installing boilers and plumbing. The brew boiler will be controlled by the contactor seen here... steam boiler by pressurestat.

One boiler on.

April 20th, 2019, 1:14 pm

Keeping in line with my overall philosophy I'm trying to keep the wiring as simple as possible.

Another boiler on and a little bit of plumbing too.

April 22nd, 2019, 1:39 am

Moving clockwise to the right:

Here is the power block for autofill, brew switches and hot water.

Brew boiler thermostat.

The plumbing is coming along as well.

#20: Post by **AssafL** » April 22nd, 2019, 2:44 am

I saw a petroleum lube tube sticking in one of the pictures. Given your workmanship I am sure you know more than me but my experience has been to be careful with that lube near any o-rings. It causes some of the O-rings to swell and kick the bucket in a year or so. (it is good for crush washers).

I've opted on superlube (as Dow 111 is not easily available here).

Your work is stunning!