SS Conical Fermenter

[canuck]

Anyone interested in purchasing a 7.3 gallon stainless steel conical fermenter with tri clamps? The company that I purchased my conical from has one that they will sell for $269.35 shipped to your door from PA. That's a pretty smokin' good deal. Let me know if you are interested in it.

[LiverDance]

yes, i'm interested. PM sent

[jeffsmith]

Damn that's tempting…

[canuck]

^ Yeah, great price eh Jeff? I'm almost tempted to purchase it myself and have two. LOL

[Jayme]

I'm interested... Do they have a website or anything with some more info?

[mr x]

Group buy, lol.

[canuck]

The conical is sold to LiverDance. I'll be talking with company today and I'll ask about a possible group buy.

[mr x]

Ask about 15 gallon sizes too.

[canuck]

^ Will do.

[canuck]

I just spoke with the company and they are will do do group buys. They have two sizes of stainless steel conicals, 7.3 gallon and 12.5 gallon. Group buy price is $250 + shipping ($69) for the 7.3 gallon and $350 + shipping for the 12.5 gallon.

[RobD]

I may be interested, but would have to get some more details on them. Have a brand name, website, spec sheet, or anything like that?

[hogie]

I may be interested, but would have to get some more details on them. Have a brand name, website, spec sheet, or anything like that?

^this

[LiverDance]

canuk sent me this for info. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dl ... 720wt_1270" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[canuck]

Here is what I can tell you. Dave Lucas is the owner of the company and he sells his conicals on eBay under the name homebrewhousediscount. He's got 1805 feedback with a 100% positive rating. I've spoken with him a number of times on the phone and he's been nothing short of fantastic to deal with.

The dimensions of his conicals are:

7.3 is 35.5 Tall X 16 Wide ( but diagonally )
12.5 is 35.5 Tall X 21 Wide ( but diagonally )

I've attached a pic of his 7.3 gallon conical and his contact details are below in case anyone wants to ask further questions.

brewforlessnow@aol.com
215-833-2255

[bluenose]

I wonder if anyone knows a metal fabricator in Atlantic Canada that might be interested in knocking off a bunch of these for a slightly lower price.

In fact, I know a metal fabricator... I shall see what I can find out

Also, I did a search on ebay and couldn't find that seller, but I did find a stoutsandkettles whose conicals are identical to those ones

[GAM]

I just got home from Purity stainless. Make up a speck and I can ask.

Sandy

[ratchet]

how many would they need to have purchased before those prices come into effect?

[jeffsmith]

The thing with conicals is they're not that cheap to fabricate based on the cost of stainless sheet metal alone. My brother in law is a sheet metal worker and we've talked about it a number of times and even planned the build out. After pricing out materials (including ferrules, valves, clamps, etc.) and time to build (all welds require the vessel to be purged with argon to prevent sugaring—a huge sanitation issue), you really aren't saving yourself any money by building one yourself or having someone build it for you. The only way it would be cheaper would be if you had access to an industrial stamper to limit the amount of welding and cutting.

At the prices this guy is asking, it's pretty near a steal of a deal as long as it's a quality build.

[bluenose]

The thing with conicals is they're not that cheap to fabricate based on the cost of stainless sheet metal alone. My brother in law is a sheet metal worker and we've talked about it a number of times and even planned the build out. After pricing out materials (including ferrules, valves, clamps, etc.) and time to build (all welds require the vessel to be purged with argon to prevent sugaring—a huge sanitation issue), you really aren't saving yourself any money by building one yourself or having someone build it for you. The only way it would be cheaper would be if you had access to an industrial stamper to limit the amount of welding and cutting.

At the prices this guy is asking, it's pretty near a steal of a deal as long as it's a quality build.

Good to know. Glad the research has already been done.

[Tony L]

That looks exactly like my Stout conical and I paid $400 for mine plus duty $40 delivered to my door a few years ago.

That's a great deal if like Jeff says, that it's made of quality steel with sanitary welds.

[Jimmy]

Looks like something I might enjoy.

[Graham.C]

I just spoke with the company and they are will do do group buys. They have two sizes of stainless steel conicals, 7.3 gallon and 12.5 gallon. Group buy price is $250 + shipping ($69) for the 7.3 gallon and $350 + shipping for the 12.5 gallon.

Is that an individual shipping cost, or could that come down with quantity?

[canuck]

I just spoke with the company and they are will do do group buys. They have two sizes of stainless steel conicals, 7.3 gallon and 12.5 gallon. Group buy price is $250 + shipping ($69) for the 7.3 gallon and $350 + shipping for the 12.5 gallon.

Is that an individual shipping cost, or could that come down with quantity?

That is for individual shipping. I can only assume that it would be a little cheaper if he was shipping a number of them together. I can verify that though.

[mr x]

I would like to think he could ship like NCM. At any rate, I don't think 12.3 gal is big enough for me, or the price looks great. I need 14 gal minimum.

[Jimmy]

So does anyone plan on ordering one of these?