Oh man, that could get me in some serious trouble. I'll take one!

Oooo.... Almost, but not quite, as good as http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ptxt&s1=jillette.INZZ.&OS=IN/jillette&RS=IN/jillette

Sorry for the crappiness of the link (wasn't working).

thats great, I'm getting out the drill.
Thanks.

Denny:
I had a home-made keg machine way back in the late 70's. We made it out of an old Hoover fridge. The lines, tap, faucet & gauges cost $100 & the tank of Co-2 was a gift.

By the time we left Chicago for Georgia in 1984, we were getting fresh-keg Michelob for $21.50.

15.5 gallons every 2 weeks with a rotating empty as a deposit.

We turned it into a small cash-only business where we would turn ANY refrigerator into a keg-machine for the amazing low price of $450 and provide the first keg free.

I also had a basement school that taught soldering and Zenith kit-completion; O-scopes, signal generators, VOM-kits and more. Especially the Z80 Zilog COSMAC roll-your-own computer kits.

Ahhhhhhhh, the memories of the solder-fumes (and some other fumes) and the endless schooners of beer! Don't get me started!

REGARDS! & Thanks for the memory!

And SPECIAL THANKS to Michelle for getting us on a topic less controversial!

Sorry to not have composed my excitement prior to posting, but one last:

One never knows when a keg at home is going to bleat a blast of empty! into one's glass .... so we constructed an electronic scale (for under the keg inside the fridge)that featured a detached readout head attached by a (barely) 5 foot long 25-wire ribbon cable.

We learned aLOT about electronics and such things as impedance and attenuation, not to mention plastics and MAN-1 LED display units in doing so.

The readout was glued outside the fridge at eye level and made for some amazing bets on how much an ounce of beer weighed.

Dan - We did the same thing back in the 70's. Only cost us $100 for the parts. The first one we did was for our cabin at Lake of the Ozarks. One of our neighbors had an old style coke machine where the cokes sat in water. We pulled out the racks and used it to store the spare keg. We had an old CO2 tank that would last the entire summer.

Perfect... I've been trying to figure out what to do with my frickin' piece of crap unit. I think this will work nicely...

That 1 Guy:

For what it's worth, I got an old DC-battery powered fridge unit out of a wrecked RV-van about 25 years ago and wired it to accept AC-power and it is STILL chilling my beer all these long years later!

"work nicely" is but the beginning!

If it's chillin', it's gellin'! :)

Denny:

Then you might also appreciate the Potato-Vodka still!

15 Lb's of peeled Idaho spuds (or come to find out, 25 of Georgia yams!), a 5-Lb sack of Domino's sugar, a 55-gallon barrell of water and seven succesive days of 90+ sunshine-degrees! Gently break the crust that's formed on top and dip your canteen cup into some HELLACIOUS Vodka!

Now that's a 'puter I can understand!

Okay,I get it now. Dah.
That's what the Microsoft/brew chip does for the Macintrash!

I love you guys!

I had a (1/2) keg system in my shop when it was a part time business. Employee meetings were frequent & long. Had to give it up after one year & 62 (1/2) kegs. Shop productivity sucked & there was the gas problem ....."not co2)

This is great guys. Now I know what to do with my old computer. I'm gonna print this in color and let my unhappy customers know that this is there latest hardware upgrade.
Dan S, It was soldering and heathkits that got me into electronics while I was in the Air Force. I started out as an Aircraft Mechanic on C-141A/B and C-5A's. That C-5 that went down in Dover, man those are some lucky bastards. That could have went wrong in so many ways.
Some of my friends had the Homemade kegerators. It's a guy thing all over the world.

Cheers

Oh....Sorry Michelle and thanks we'll make you an honorary "Guy", It's the least we caould do for the picture.

Cheers

You could always use the CD tray as a pop-out Beer holder. Incidently, they look like German beer glasses and beer. I speak from experience.

Cheers

Scary:

Did you ever get to FULLY explore the capabilities of PLL's (Phase-lock Loops) and 555-timers?

So VERY much of our digital technology of today is spun from those 2 simple IC's that it boggles the mind.

Do the words "etch, mask, dip & scratch" still evoke memories of 'home-brew'? :)))

Regards!

DanS-
If you send me the recipe. If you build it they will come. If you can email me with the Concoction I will be more than happy to relive those days for you man. It would be a fun project! I will send you a case of the finest (rookie-made) (worst beer ever made)!

Prosper... will you please be my sponsor? I'm not asking on behalf of me as much as I am Bill W.