I am building a lab with a 5L SPD and a 5L Rotovap from usalab. I’ve been browsing this forum for about a year but I really have no idea what I’m doing, and I’m doing this alone. A local homebrewer is selling a bunch of equipment and I’m wondering if I can repurpose some of this stuff for my needs.
(Image 1, Image 2, Image 3)I’m still working on solving winterization without dropping stacks on a real cryo-freezer. He has a modified kegerator with a sleeve installed. It’s a cheap-o for sure, manufactured by Electrolux with model # FFFC11M4QWA using R134A refrigerant. It was down to 11 degrees F without any modifications to the temperature gauge. I was going to pull the temperature gauge out and try to get it as low as it can go for now. Unfortunately he’s asking $500 for this freezer, and while it’s very convenient with the modified sleeve especially considering how busy I am solving other problems, I know I could build one of these for half that price.
(Image 1, Image 2, Image 3, Image 4)Next are his modified kegs. I hear these are useful for bucket tek with dry ice. Every minute spared from having to modify this equipment myself is ideal, but I’m not sure if these configurations are ideal for hemp. No lids and I’m afraid the pipe fittings might be too small.
Next is this sighted glass. I’m not sure where or what I would use this for but I sometimes see them or hear them mentioned on this board.
(Image 1, Image 2)Stainless steel conical fermenters. I’ve seen these referenced many times on this board, but I’m not super clear on how I would use these, how I would modify them, and how ultimately useful they are.
Various pipe fittings and clamps. I have no clear idea of how I would use these, but I imagine as I upgrade these could be useful down the road and perhaps I should go ahead and grab these while I’m here?
Modified 55-gallon drum. Pipe fittings seem robust and I recall a recent post by Future where he modified a couple of these for cold extraction. I’m concerned the pipe fitting may be too small though.
Stainless steel filtering chamber. This seems like it could be useful but also superfluous.
Thank you for any advice!