Gday all,
Just finished sorting the column packing for the lamb cannon. My goals with this still are light, crisp scotch-types and rums whilst having the modular ability to tune/detune for heavier whiskies and fuller-bodied rums.
Here's part of that tunability.
I purchased 3 lb of mesh from Amphora. $15 per pound and around $30 delivery. Ouch. :o
The 4" section on the lamb cannon is approx 20" long. Thats the roll sitting on top of the keg.
What I did first was to roll up smaller, individual rolls of mesh first. Here they are.
Now, the cool thing about this mesh is the fact that is is pretty much a rolled, flat 'tube' of mesh when packaged. Similar to a copper stocking. What I did with the individual rolls of mesh was to stuff them inside a length of the mesh tubing. To begin with, the rolls were individually tied with an unravelled copper thread, however, they still seemed pretty messy and looked like they would fall apart.
Once the rolls were stuffed into the mesh tube, I tied them off, rather easily in fact. Careful though, this stuff shreds your fingers if you regularly use the Palmolive dish detergent. :-D
Each roll slides into the 4" with just a hint of friction. Beautiful. Four rolls fit nicely, all five rolls makes a nice, tight packing that I can still blow through. I ended up with approx 6ft of mesh left over. Wrapped it in glad wrap and stored it in the shed. Here's the finished rolls.
I now can tune the required amount packing for the targeted end product. :D
Hope this all helps.
Cam. :handgestures-thumbupleft: