Barmonkey update

[ncttrnl]

So some of you have heard I'm building one of these barmonkey things. I'm building a 16 ingredient version using pumps and valves and CO2... oh my!

I just got the last of my pumps and all of my valves in the mail yesterday so now I need to go find a CO2 system and a relay board to control everything. After that I need to find some sort of a console bar to put all the equipment into.

Sorry for the grainy pictures... the cameraphone was having a bad day with the lighting.

http://www.anthonycervantes.com/gallery/d/144-1/monkey_valves.jpg

http://www.anthonycervantes.com/gallery/d/148-1/flojet_pumps.jpg

My Barmonkey Blog (http://www.anthonycervantes.com/category/projects/barmonkey/)

I think I need to find a non alcoholic project after this.

[Tom (aka Godzilla)]

drunk.

[ncttrnl]

drunk.

Can you see the pictures?

I've been having a bear of a time with my hosting lately.

[05GLI]

I can't see the pics.

What are you going to use for a CO2 tank? 20oz Paintball tank with a pressure reg?

[ncttrnl]

I can't see the pics.

What are you going to use for a CO2 tank? 20oz Paintball tank with a pressure reg?

10lb with multiple regulators

Its pretty much a soda machine that pumps alcohol instead of soda so I'm using fairly standard restaurant/bar equipment.

I've seen guys use a 20oz with a cooler but they weren't using pumps. Really, that would be the way to go for a protable unit. Then you would just need a little text display and a keypad. Problem is you would have to limit the variety of drinks it could serve to make it work well. It would be really easy and cheap (<$100) to build one that did just 1 type of drink.

[ReNNeN.CaRL]

http://www.rennen-team.com/forforums/xfarva.jpg

[SYNYSTAGLI]

got parts list for the relay board and schematics? And the pix look good to me....

[Tom (aka Godzilla)]

The pix are working fine. Can you program it to pour mixed drinks for you?

[ncttrnl]

got parts list for the relay board and schematics? And the pix look good to me....

I think I'm just going to use an off the shelf board for industrial control systems. To say my soldering skills are pathetic would be putting it mildly. The board I was looking at also has a processor on it so I can do some neat things with it.

[ncttrnl]

The pix are working fine. Can you program it to pour mixed drinks for you?

Thats the point! :D

You tell it Long Island or whatever and put a glass under the spout.

[ReNNeN.CaRL]

Brilliant!

[daygoVR6]

so are you going to set this thing up in the hotel room that we get for guys night out?

[ReNNeN.CaRL]

brad is just trying to get cheap feels from unsuspecting people again. and no....not me.

[daygoVR6]

what ever nipple grabber

[ReNNeN.CaRL]

i am truly hurt :(

[cynicalgeek]

Sounds like QA is gonna take a while. :D

[ncttrnl]

so are you going to set this thing up in the hotel room that we get for guys night out?

nope... I'm out for guys night out this year and besides that...

Its going to be the size of a refrigerator and expensive.

Barmonkey Rule #1: Never loan expensive equipment to drunk people

[ncttrnl]

Sounds like QA is gonna take a while. :D

You're welcome to help!

Susan still wants to build an arcade machine... You're welcome to help with that too ;)

[daygoVR6]

hahaha...i like that rule


whats wrong carl cant handle my big brass balls

[ReNNeN.CaRL]

Tony, good luck with this project.

Brad, NO, because I dont believe in ghosts.

[daygoVR6]

good then you shouldn't have a problem with me ....ass