GottMitUns Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 One of my fellow church members that I do a lot of cooking with called me the other day and asked if I was up for a design and fab project for the church cook team. Of course I said sure!!!!, (oil field is real slow now). The last time we got together on a project it took a forklift to move the chili pot that ended up being built. Garland showed up with a 1 Qt. camp coffee pot and says "we need to scale this thing up." then he points to the 10 gal. pot in the back of his truck and says,"I'm thinking that size." Here are some pics of what came out.This is the top and siphon tube out of a 16 gal. keg that I use for a slack tub A Bundt pan and pie plat from my local junk shop. No I didn't shoot the pie plate with a shotgun I put each hole in with a chipping hammer, woody the woodpecker styleClean tee shirt for a filterPyrex insulator so you can see it perk IMG_1374.MOV it will brew about 6 Gal. of coffee in about 15 minutes. Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I really like the insulator! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I LOVE it, a proper blacksmith solution, I dub thee PerkZilla! You can buy filters at a lab supply though fitting a bundt pan may take a little original thinking. We rigged a coffee maker in the soils lab with a new vacuum extractor than made as much as we wanted up to about 4gl. in seconds.Another thought for containing the grounds is a fine screen in the -200 range ought to do it.Fine job, I lift my coffee mug to you.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Back in the old days when my Father used to work at Bell Labs in Murray Hill they once tried banning coffeemakers from the building and suddenly it seemed every lab had a mysterious set of glassware running a murky brow liquid from an erlenmeyer flask into beakers...caffeine will find a way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 That is one very clever percolation unit! when are you starting with the er.. copper one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I would like one to take to my day job please, include shipping to 46805 Must have the insulator, with me also being part of an electrical crew and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I think a 6 cup percolator is about the right size for the cup to go with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GottMitUns Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 ianinsa, that's the same thing everybody that has seen it so far has said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 That is one very clever percolation unit! when are you starting with the er.. copper one? Are you talking about having a proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot? If you can't have a proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot just have tea.From a fun folksy song we heard on the radio a couple years ago.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Would that be a sour mash percolator? For making Irish Coffee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddly Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Ingenious! I like that you saved the lid handle too. Perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 ohh yeah!! that's too cool... makes my lil 60 cup look wimpy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankySmith Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 No one has asked the first question that came to my mind..... how's the coffee it makes TASTE? Best pot in the world is no good to me if it doesn't brew a good cup of coffee. I'd be willing to volunteer to taste-test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Woman after my own heart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GottMitUns Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 Spanky, I figure for Easter sun rise service on a lake it will taste pretty good! I promise to use a new tee shirt for the filter. Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankySmith Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 I'm betting a tshirt will let through a lot more grounds than a proper paper filter would. If memory serves there are such things as Cake Tin Liners, think cupcake paper but cake pan sized. I might be tempted to experiment with those first. Though of course if you're planning on using it for Easter you might not have time to track those down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Filter paper comes in all sizes for industrial use; just need to track down the correct stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) Thin cotton muslin was the original, the U.S. Army mess manual (WWII) recommends a muslin bag to place coffe in before it went in the pot, they used one with a spicket. A imagine a trip to a fabric shop and a few minutes to cut out a disk like a paper percolator filter and zigzag the edges will hook you up. I suggest hand washing, perfume detergent and fabrics softener... Ick Edited March 27, 2015 by Charles R. Stevens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) You can buy coffee in commercial Tea bag thingies. Lipton tea comes in 1gl. brewing bags and I've seen coffee at coffee shops in the same kind of bag.Pan liners aren't permeable or cake will really stick.Frosty The Lucky. Edited March 27, 2015 by Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankySmith Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Muslin sounds like a good idea. I've actually used a cupcake liner in my single serve Braun cofee pot in a pinch, not perfect but it did the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Muslin sounds like a good idea. I've actually used a cupcake liner in my single serve Braun cofee pot in a pinch, not perfect but it did the job. Good to know. Running out of filters is never a good thing. I don't know how many times I'd want to wash one of my T shirts before using it as a coffee filter but . . .Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Blotter paper is the commercial paper that coffee filters are made from, but only those of us old enough to have had a real chemistry lab in school would have used it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) Frosty, NOT WASHING the t-shirt might result in a more ''earthy'' tasteI have at times , when needing to brew 'larger quantities '(army days) resorted to putting the grounds in a new piece of panty hose and that worked well.Charles, blotter paper? That go with the quill and inkpot ? I thought that was sort of pre-Guttenberg Edited March 28, 2015 by ianinsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Na, that's what my chem teacher called it, just sheats of filter paper used to filter out precipitates. Exactly what meth cooks use coffee filters for. Tho I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't it's original use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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