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[SWAGMAN]

Had a brewer come to the shed the other day asking me to make a Stainless steel siphon . I had made one a few years ago just for kicks to see if one could be. At that time I figured no one would want one. Here is what I came up for the brewer who had broke 5 plastic ones the last two years. The output is thru a 1/2 ss tubing makes transfer a little faster.Has two check valves one in the tip the other in the piston that is a part of the inner tube.This one is a custom length and the inner tube had not been bent to a 90 degree.showing flow thru a 1/2 plastic tubingDoes take a bit of lathe work and each is a custom fit from piston to outer tube.May God BlessSwagman

[djinkc]

Looks pretty slick Marty!

[BlKtRe]

Marty,Can you explain more about the check valves and piston please? Does the piston help start a siphon like one of those plastic auto-siphon sold online? And obviously the check valves hold the siphon so it wont need to be primed again.

Edited by BlKtRe, 29 December 2011 - 09:27 AM.

[Genesee Ted]

Had a brewer come to the shed the other day asking me to make a Stainless steel siphon . I had made one a few years ago just for kicks to see if one could be. At that time I figured no one would want one. Here is what I came up for the brewer who had broke 5 plastic ones the last two years. The output is thru a 1/2 ss tubing makes transfer a little faster.Has two check valves one in the tip the other in the piston that is a part of the inner tube.This one is a custom length and the inner tube had not been bent to a 90 degree.showing flow thru a 1/2 plastic tubingDoes take a bit of lathe work and each is a custom fit from piston to outer tube.May God BlessSwagman

WANT!I have broken so many auto siphons. The last one cut me up pretty good too :stabby:Swagman

[3rd party JKor]

I thought this was just going to be a bent piece of stainless tubing based on the title, I didn't expect it to be a stainless autosiphon. Cool!

[siouxbrewer]

Marty that thing is beautiful, you never fail to impress!

[Genesee Ted]

eff you dad! you got me a white iPhone! I wanted the SWAGMAN SS siphon!

[SWAGMAN]

Marty,Can you explain more about the check valves and piston please? Does the piston help start a siphon like one of those plastic auto-siphon sold online? And obviously the check valves hold the siphon so it wont need to be primed again.

I'll try when the inner 1/2 tube is pulled up the check valve in it closes and the check valve in the outer tube opens pulling liquid in. When the inner tube is push down the inner tube check valve opens letting liquid to flow up and out, the outer tube check valve close's and than reopens when the siphon starts. The piston holds the check valve plus holds the o-ring that seals to outer tube. The outer check valve is contain in the tip. All parts are silver soldered together makes for easy disassemble if need. The inside of the 1 inch tube and not quite the same so each piston is custom fitter to the tube. I know clear as mud lol but it works and can move 5 five gallons in about 3 minutes. May God BlessSwagman

[realbeerguy]

Where do I send the cash? That is sweet!

[ChicagoWaterGuy]

Awesome!

[Lagerdemain]

Hehehehe. Swags sent me (I believe) the one in the photos. It's a work of engineering genius. I've not gotten around to using it yet (keep finding other stuff to do), but will use it to transfer twenty gallons of beer tomorrow and will let y'all know how it goes. Of course, there's no reason to think it's not going to be the business. Swagman really outdid himself on this gadget.

[beach]

That is outstanding!Beach

[BlKtRe]

Swagman really outdid himself on this gadget.

I second that. And he lives just a 40min ride from me....Been awhile since I made a visit.

Edited by BlKtRe, 29 December 2011 - 03:08 PM.

[ChefLamont]

I don't do a ton of siphoning any more, but I would like to get on the list for one too. I too have a love-hate relationship with my autosiphon.

[chefmiller]

I'm the proud owner of the "prototype" that Swag is referring to. I still use the hell out of it. Haven't had to buy and re-buy plastic ones ever since!!!

[Mynameisluka]

swagman - if you decide to sell some of these, please put me on the list for one.

[Lagerdemain]

I used mine this afternoon to transfer 25 gallons of beer and it is wonderful! It flows so fast I had to put an inline valve in to control the flow!

[gnef]

cheflamont - if you get one, I can pitch in, and we can do a time-share with it!I used to use my auto-siphon, until, you guessed it, I broke it. Then I decided to just go with a stainless racking cane and use a sanitized turkey baster on the end of the tubing to use as a mouth piece to start the flow.

[SWAGMAN]

Had a brewer come to the shed the other day asking me to make a Stainless steel siphon . I had made one a few years ago just for kicks to see if one could be. At that time I figured no one would want one. Here is what I came up for the brewer who had broke 5 plastic ones the last two years. The output is thru a 1/2 ss tubing makes transfer a little faster.Has two check valves one in the tip the other in the piston that is a part of the inner tube.This one is a custom length and the inner tube had not been bent to a 90 degree.showing flow thru a 1/2 plastic tubingDoes take a bit of lathe work and each is a custom fit from piston to outer tube.May God BlessSwagman

Here is Engineer change number one better known as the Schilling change. The tip is now a part of the outer tube check valve, eliminates a solder joint which might a weak point. Takes more material and a bit more lathe time.Each one is a custom fit when comes to the piston. With material cost and not charging shop cost and doing what I can to keep the cost down I'm going to ask 55.00 plus shipping. But with the other irons in the fire I'm also going to limit the build to three a month if it gets to that point. Being retired I keep asking myself when did I have time to work.May God BlessSwagman