Mill Cabinet/Homebrew Storage Project

[D.Pepper]

For quite a while, I've had lots of little homebrew related equipment hanging out in buckets between uses, and keeping it altogether was a pain for me. When I was able to brew in the kitchen, before I was banished to the garage I stored them in a kitchen cabinet. Simple enough, but my garage is low on cabinets, and less so dedicated homebrew gear cabinets. I had to make a solution to keep most of the stuff all in one place. After a sketch and trip to Home Depot I was ready to tackle it.

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The 4ft countertop hangs off the side so that a bar stool can sit underneath the overhang and be able to work at comfortably.

I was able to integrate the mill into the countertop and have a dedicated cabinet to keep the dust down.

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The countertop gives me way more space to work on, and I can control the mill speed with a dimmer switch off the side of the cabinet that powers the drill.

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When brewday is all done, I can pack it up and roll it away for the next day.
Cheers!

[LeafMan66_67]

Setup looks great! Very effective and efficient

[HoweFox]

Didnt think you would be able to vary the drill speed that way. Any chance of damaging the drill? Setup looks very nice.

[D.Pepper]

Thanks! The dimmer does a good job of varying the speed of the drill in place of the trigger being pegged. I oversized the drill a touch so it didn't have to work as hard to run the mill, I'll have to see how it goes!

[Keith]

Looks great! Should do the trick. Depending on your drill the dimmer may shorten it's life. But you can get replacements fairly inexpensive.

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