Keg to Keggle in a few easy steps — Part 2

So you’ve made you’re keggle, and now you want to add your weldless bulkhead. Well, read on through and we’ll show you how.

First and foremost: Myrtle Beach Beer Lovers and it’s staff hold no liability for injury or damage caused during this process, and you agree by following these guidelines that you are doing so at your own risk.

Alright, now that we have that unfortunately, necessary disclaimer out of the way, here are the tools and supplies you will need to install your bulkhead:

Olive Oil (or some other type of cooking oil… NOT WD-40!)
Rotary tool w/ grinding bit
Power Drill
1/8″ Drill bit
Step bit (capable of drilling about 13/16″)
Plumbing wrench (may not be necessary, but makes things easier later on)
Brass spring punch (you can use a hammer and nail, but this little device makes like so much easier)
Teflon tape

Now onto the instructions:

1) First thing you want to do is line up your stainless steel washer just ABOVE the weld line, and take your spring punch and punch a hole in the center of the washer opening

2) Place your 1/8″ drill bit onto the spot where your punch dented the keg, and drill (this will be your pilot hole)

3) Coat your step bit with cooking oil (this will prevent overheating)

4)Starting drilling, using your pilot hole as a starting point

4a)Make sure to add oil as needed

5) Once your hole looks about the right size, take your stainless steel nipple and test the fit

5a) You will need to do this often, so you don’t over drill

6) Once you drill to the right size, take your rotary tool and deburr the hole using the grinding attachment

7)Thread your stainless steel nipple into the hole (this is where you may need your plumbing wrench)

8)Once your nipple is half in and half out cover both sides with teflon tape

9) Now you can place your gasket and fittings

Congrats you have now installed your weldless bulkhead

Written by: Josh

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Josh brews as Risen Dead Brewing, and lives waaaay down south in Pawleys Island, SC. He is MBBL's Mr. Wizard of DIY homebrewing projects. Make sure you read his stuff and learn something!
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