Next we have the bubble bag slide made with simple wire copper bent into a ring around the top of the bag for it to fold over and hold it in place. I attached to hooks on opposite sides of the ring to attach to a support holding them vertically and space so the water flows through with enough space to drain (220 and 160 micron work bags have barely any space, a bit more for the 120 first screen and progressively more for the 75 and 45 micron collection bags where the water pools as it drains slowly. The idea behind stacking them vertically under the stock pot is to reduce/eliminate the hose, make a smaller foot print that’ll easily fit in a bathtub for apartment renters like me so all the water is contained in a water proof area and can’t damage the apartment. Most importantly I realised there’s no need to use 5gal bags to drain a 5gal pot if one gallon bags are stacked vertically, although I’ll probably have to buy a 5gal 45 mic bag for the bottom when I shorten the hose and add a ball valve to drain it more efficiently (currently the hose is long enough I just have the end above the water level to control when it drains).
Next is a shot of the agitator I bought off amazon, I had to add bigger fins right off the bat to get a good vortex and it’s been the weakest point in the design but more on that later. With added fins cut from a plastic seed pack I had it creates a nice vortex though as seen in the next pic.
The last one shows the first test of how it all worked, if the bubble bag slide support could hold the weight and making sure it worked with ice. Which was a misleading success….
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