That's pretty slick! That's much easier to use than doing it all manually.
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Since you're working with a material that's fairly stretchy I don't think it would cause too much of a problem. Your cone will be a little lopsided, since the side of the cone opposite your seam will be a bit shorter than the seam side. However, it will be a lot closer to that "ideal" shape than som...
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That looks good, your pieces are coming out the way they should. Now do it with fabric and get to brewing!
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I brewed with this bag yesterday and it worked great! Lots of space in the kettle to mix grain and water during the mash, very little twisting while I was stirring, and I was able to lift the bag off the bottom of the kettle to heat the mash up for a mash out using a bungie around the outside of the...
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5. Mark your arcs mark_arc_1.jpeg Secure the end loop (the first loop you tied) at your pivot point. Now, put whatever you're using to mark your fabric (I'm using a water-soluble fabric pencil) into the loop for arc one. While maintaining a roughly constant pressure on the string, swing across your ...
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Here is the process of taking all those numbers you came up with and turning them into pieces of fabric that can be sewn into a bag: 1. Lay out your fabric, and measure out "b" measure_b.jpeg Start measuring from where you want "Arc 1" to begin. Obviously, my fabric is drastically oversized.. that's...
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What can I say... I had a lot of free time at work yesterday.
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instructions for sewing a truncated cone bag
[MODNOTE: Also see post #24 for a spreadsheet by bionut which does some of these calcualtions for you.] This is a step-by-step tutorial for generating a fabric pattern for the two main pieces of fabric you will need to sew a fustrum(truncated cone)-shaped brew bag. You will cut one circular panel t...
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I'm planning my first BIAB brew session next weekend, and in the process of planning to sew my bag I've come up with a system for making a fabric pattern for a truncated-cone shape brewing bag (the ideal shape?). I'm a somewhat novice sewer with a sewing machine, but I've done some bits of upholster...
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