Hi and welcome to my channel, the videos up loaded are for your benefit on how to make small wood working projects and all things beer with off the shelf tools and equipment.
@mtb1340 mate the reason I comment is because I did comment a while ago.and I've used and showed your technique and I swear you have saved many fingers stichers. And totally destroyed kegs through your vid..cheers
Hi mate great video lots of information on my setup I have a demand valve and then the pump, but for some strange reason I’ll keep getting the constant drip out of the Swan neck. I don’t think it’s the diaphragm as I’m able to pull steriliser water through. No problem, but when I tried with beer it just had a constant drip thanks any help would be great
Usually the S-type have a circlip stopping unscrewing of the main body when using a lug. There may be incuts around the top rim for removal of the circlip, but I managed to have one withoout this cut ins - I had to make my own using a dremmel with grinding disk - complete PITA.
BRILLIANT! One of the most creative solutions to a problem I have ever seen on RU-vid! More entertaining than the video itself was watching your thought process!!
You sir are a star! I’ve had a beer keg knocking around for a while and didn’t know how to approach removing the valve. Love your technique. But I’ve got a problem…. I’ve discovered the keg I got has a micromatic (A-type?) valve. It’s too wide for the cut down sealant gun. So tried clamping a piece of 18mm ply across the keg, with a nut set into the underside of the ply, then wound a big bolt in to press on the centre of the valve… but I bent the wood! 😳 Any idea how to depressurise and dismantle this style? Thanks 😊😊
Hi and thanks for the comment. Thinking about how you can depressurise the keg, sticking with your current set up, can you change the wood for a metal rod, DIY shops (B&Q) sell them. Hope that helps.
Excellent video. Many thanks for sharing. Our local village hall bought a second hand beer engine a year or so ago which looks very similar to the one in this video. We haven't had the confidence to dismantle it - we just cleaned up the outside and sterilised the insides before using it. It has been working fine so far but, this week, has developed an issue whereby the pump "sucks back" the beer from the glass when the handle is returned to the vertical position after each pull. We can get round this in the short term by moving the glass down, away from the swan neck each time the handle is returned to vertical, and then putting the glass back when the initial output of air has been ejected on the pull down again but it would be nice to solve the problem. I do feel confident enough to attempt to dismantle the pump having seen your video but does the problem I've described sound like it could be the diaphragm or should I be looking for something else being the cause. Thanks again
Hi Dave, thanks for the comments. The pump has two working valves to help pump beer, the diaphragm draws the beer up and then there's the none return valve which prevents the beer dropping back to the keg. In my case once I primed the pump beyond the none return valve my pump would work. I suggest looking at the none return valve first and you should find it at the bottom of the pump where the beer line connects to the pump. It should only have a spring and a ball inside with rings to help seal. Hope this helps.
Hi there, this looks a really nice build. Could I ask how big was your building in the end? I’m looking at doing the same and I wanted to get an idea/ sense of space
Awesome thinking, Sir... Rather than having to mess with the socket adapter and clamp system, you could just cut the two (blue) frame rails short enough for the rod to protrude the proper distance... Drill a small hole in the end of each rail and affix a 2 1/2 inch hose clamp or better yet, a thumb-screw style clamp to the end of the rails with pop rivets through the holes... Just clamp your tool on and pull the trigger. 🙂
Awesome video, I made your make shift caulk gun with ratchet extension and clamp with rags.. took my time, very slow and didn't shoot any beer out, just air, very easy to do and very helpful video.. getting that ring off was the hardest part
Great video -- Well described, easy way to remove the keg valve. I'll use your technique when loading kegs with my home made hard cider. This process will easily allow me to carbonate my cider using the CO2 system for the kegerator. THANKS!
Thanks for the video... I've tried this but unfortunately to no avail. Perhaps I'm doing it incorrectly. Please can I ask - do you need to press in the centre (beer) valve or just the outer ring?
far too messy there at the start lol. Put the keg on its side - voila, no beer escapes and the gas escapes in about a minute. In fact, it really is easy to jar a big screwdriver in to do that bit.
Hi, I have found a 3/8" x 3/4" x 1/4" nitrile (foodsafe) oil seal, on ebay for the cylinder top seal. It has been working with no sign of leakage for some time now. You are correct to say that spares are difficult to find, but as you have shown with your silicone diaphragm, a bit of thinking outside the box, often works. Hope this is helpful
