My Mashtun

Saturday, March 12, 2011


Today, I built the mashtun.

My friends Erin and Tim gave me a used 48 Liter cooler (thanks) and I bought 5 feet of food grade hosing with a 3/8' Inner diameter and 1/2' outer. The tube fits very snugly and on the other side, I attached a gutted, stainless steel toilet supply connector. Make sure you get that instead of some other water supply hose. I made that mistake and I couldn't get the inner tube out. It was a black flexible hose. I spent about 2 hours trying to take that tube out until I cursed and gave up. I had watched a few 'making ofs', and it was never that difficult to remove.

I went to the hardware store to get another. An employee tried to give me a hand but he never gutted a supply hose before. He wished me luck and moved on quickly.
I found a hose that fit the bill and I bought it. It took me about 5 minutes to remove the tube. What a waste.
Oh well.
I clamped the hoses together and I'm done.
Stefanie thinks my hose looks sad but it did the job well and did not get stuck.









Here are a few pics of the Mashtun in action.