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[doveguy1]

what do you think

[Ascholten]

Well... it looks neat, but without knowing anything else about it, ie what powers it, gas / electric,  how many watts / btu's , capacity, drum speed, etc.  Id have to caution to be careful on it.

AAron

[doveguy1]

I have done 3.8 lbs to full city in 12 minutes with ½ gas. It is propane and the drum speed is 30 rpm, it works well. I am fitting it with a digital thermometer with an alarm.  Have made a stand out of a tool caddy and added a maple top. Still working on the finish

The other pix is a bean cooler that is in the works with a 1/3 hp motor that runs at 1725 rpm and a 14 inch fan from an AC condenser. I had a rig set up using a box fan with a perforated pizza pan, but the motor die quickly, I feel because of the heat. With this design the motor is out of the heat. On top I will mount a 60 RPM motor to stir the beans as they cool, not sure maybe 60 rpm is too fast. The shell is a Craig’s list 15.00 beer keg that I have cut up, I have found a blade from a jet engine that cut down will work nicely for an agitator to stair the beans. A couple more weekends and it will be running

[Timothy]

Prolly been posted, but just in case, you can make a very efficient bean cooler cheaply:
5 gallon bucket with lid
Steel bowl
$20 small shop vac

Cut a hole in the lid of a size to snugly fit the bowl
drill many 1/8 inch holes in the bottom of the bowl
cut a hole in the side of the bucket a few inches from the bottom of the bucket, just large enough so the shop vac hose will fit snugly

Turn it on just before you're ready to dump beans....

[doveguy1]

wasn't looking to be cheap but bullet proof, and to satisfy my obsessive behavior, and if you use  plastic you don’t get to do macho stuff like welding and grinding
 

[Ascholten]

actually doveguy, if you use plastic, not only do you STILL get to do manly stuff, like welding and grinding, but you get the EXTRA benefit of using a fire extinguisher too.   How can you top that?
 

Aaron

[J.Jirehs Roaster]

actually doveguy, if you use plastic, not only do you STILL get to do manly stuff, like welding and grinding, but you get the EXTRA benefit of using a fire extinguisher too.   How can you top that?
 

Aaron

  exactly what he said....


I used a car vent fan set up that looks like yours... on a 5 gal bucket..  I have colanders that fit perfect on the bucket but I think I will out grow that with my new BBQ roaster...  so I am curious how you end up stirring the beans and keeping them out of the bean launcher fan... 

if I keep the bucket as the plenum and make a bigger cooling tray to fit on top then I will definitely make a shroud to direct the beans air to a 6 or 8 inch duct so I can vent it out side

I think I will be getting a sheet of perforated steel for part of the drum so maybe I will go that wrought... I like the jet engine agitators... its always cool when your recyclables have a good story behind them...

maybe you want the 60 rpm in the roaster and the 30 on the cooler???

[Ascholten]

are those mosquito bites, wow did they lump up???

No, urr, I accidentally poured peaberry into my bean cooler 

Aaron

[doveguy1]

actually doveguy, if you use plastic, not only do you STILL get to do manly stuff, like welding and grinding, but you get the EXTRA benefit of using a fire extinguisher too.   How can you top that?
 

Aaron

  exactly what he said....


I used a car vent fan set up that looks like yours... on a 5 gal bucket..  I have colanders that fit perfect on the bucket but I think I will out grow that with my new BBQ roaster...  so I am curious how you end up stirring the beans and keeping them out of the bean launcher fan... 

if I keep the bucket as the plenum and make a bigger cooling tray to fit on top then I will definitely make a shroud to direct the beans air to a 6 or 8 inch duct so I can vent it out side

I think I will be getting a sheet of perforated steel for part of the drum so maybe I will go that wrought... I like the jet engine agitators... its always cool when your recyclables have a good story behind them...

maybe you want the 60 rpm in the roaster and the 30 on the cooler???

The roaster is worling great, I too think maybe a 60 rpm, but my grand da said if it ar't broke don't fix it. The 60 RPM motor I had from my 1lb BBQ roster that is being put out of service, It a couple weeks, will post more pix

[ktulu64]

I have found a blade from a jet engine that cut down will work nicely for an agitator to stair the beans.

umm...careful your shrouded turbofan bean cooler does not take off

bulletproof - whose got a Howitzer? 

[doveguy1]

Sig Elite 45 bi tone wood grips

[J.Jirehs Roaster]

I have found a blade from a jet engine that cut down will work nicely for an agitator to stair the beans.

umm...careful your shrouded turbofan bean cooler does not take off

bulletproof - whose got a Howitzer? 

good point... I may have to bolt it down..... or it will take off like one of those defective 4th of July pinwheels....