I just use the convection stirrer and it is fine. PT
________________________________ From: Lena Guyot <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 8:46 PM Subject: Re: CS>Where to buy generator The Silver Puppy sits on a little stand which activates a magnet stirrer in the jar of forming CS. Works well. Simple, easy CS generator for those without tools. L On Jan 19, 2014, at 7:12 PM, Deborah Gerard wrote: We are in our sixties and not as savvy...lol...I was lucky to even get her to listen to me about the CS...I have been using a bubbler for a long time should I throw out the stuff I have made with the bubbler? >Simple is better just want to steer her in the direction of a unit that is all >put together and ready to go. >Thanks > > > >On Sunday, January 19, 2014 5:57 PM, Neville <[email protected]> wrote: > >A bubbler is not the way I would go either. If you know someone who is handy >with their hands and a soldering iron you can make your own magnetic stirrer, >all you need is…. > > >1. Fan from an old computer >2. Magnet from hard drive of same computer >3. Adaptor converting mains AC power to 12v DC. A variable converter is ideal >and set on lowest setting that keeps stir bar spinning e.g. 4.5v >4. A jewellery box, they also have a draw for storing stir bar/s >5. A hole saw the same diameter as the fan to cut hole in the lid of the >jewellery box >6. A square or round piece of plastic speaker cover cut from an old radio or >something similar for sitting brew vessel on when affixed to the lid over that >hole >7. A stir bar > >8. An on/off switch fixed to the box and wired in the circuit is optional > >Wire all the above together and you've got a magnetic stirrer that works >perfectly. > > >N. > >Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 11:43:26 -0800 >From: [email protected] >Subject: Re: CS>Where to buy generator >To: [email protected] > > >Trem...do you use any kind of stirring device? >thanks, >Deb > > > >On Sunday, January 19, 2014 2:21 PM, TREM <[email protected]> wrote: > >Avoid bubblers. Bad practice to use one. It introduces nitrogen and dust. > >Trem > > >From:Deborah Gerard [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 11:07 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: CS>Where to buy generator > >Can the group advise where to buy a generator with a built in bubbler. I found >one for over $200.00 thought that was too steep. Got a friend in the west >coast really wanting to make her own...I trust your opinions here and want her >to get a good deal on something that is easy to use. > >Thanks in advance, > >Debbie > > > >
