2 years ago for Christmas my Dad bought me a single present, the March Pump I had been wanting for quite a while. Since I don't have a brew stand and have to tear down and move my brew house after every brewday the best option for my needs was to build it into a tool box. I happened to have a tool box fit for the job as well. Originally I had looked at BYO articles for the build, as well as a few others. I opted to include an outlet along with the switch so that I can plug in other electrical equipment when needed like my vacuum sealer for resealing hops. I also went with a flat light switch instead of the standard one that sticks out away from the surface, this will keep me from possibly catching something on it and accidentally turning it on while dry.
After a few years of using the original mixture of brass fittings with the aluminum camlocks I finally switched to all Stainless Steel. This gives me the ability to know that there isn't any reacting of the metals, and allows me to use any SS safe cleaners with out worrying if that cleaner is safe for multiple metals. And lets just be honest, the full SS looks sexier. I scored SS cam locks for my birthday gift from my wife, and had some bonuses from work that allowed me to source the other pieces on eBay for a good deal. On this iteration I also added a second ball valve on the out flow for bleeding off air and for pulling samples (thanks to the recent BYO article for giving me more info on this).
To make it easier on anyone wanting to build there own, I have included the original build of the pump into the tool box, and then updated the install of the fittings onto the pump head.
