Chrisso Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Super Automatic capper Only new to this whole process have been using reused twist tops and also 750ml porcelain sealed type bottles. Started to use crown seals with my new capper today, they seal ok ( checked by inverting bottle), but thought the crown seal would compress more than it actually does, Any comments please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 First time I bought a bench capper, I thought I was crimping enough but you have to push really quite hard for it to fully compress the caps properly...you should feel it sort of "give" when it does it properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Chop Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Here's my super automatic bottle capper. Beautiful isn't it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Yeah probably just give it more pressure. Don't be scared of breaking bottles, it's highly unlikely to happen. I have a drill press capper (a small spring loaded part that fits in the chuck like a drill bit would), I'll grab a pic or two of it in action when I bottle a brew on the weekend, but it works the same way, you can feel it when it has fully crimped the crown seal over the top of the bottle. Never had any issues with either pry off or twist top style bottles using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisso Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Thanks for the replies, I have taken the advice and gone out and pressed down really hard with the capper but still the crown does not roll over as much as I thought it should. I have attached a couple of pictures for comments. Thanks This is unrelated but does anyone know why I can't log in using my Samsung tablet??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Another thing to note, at least with my super auto, is that when it has crimped properly, the bottle will lift up with the handle, and you have to sort of "unpry" it from the bell housing ... if it doesnt do that i can see that it clearly hasn't compressed the cap properly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the villain Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Another thing to note' date=' at least with my super auto, is that when it has crimped properly, the bottle will lift up with the handle, and you have to sort of "unpry" it from the bell housing ... if it doesnt do that i can see that it clearly hasn't compressed the cap properly...[/quote'] when i first got my super auto, i thought there was something wrong with it (or me) as the bottles kept getting stuck in the housing and had to pull them out like you described. after two weeks a popped one open to check it had sealed and carbed, it carbed up perfectly, so now i just take it that they are ment to get a little stuck in the housing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porschemad911 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 This is unrelated but does anyone know why I can't log in using my Samsung tablet??? I never could log in on my Android phone either, gave up trying a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I never could log in on my Android phone either' date=' gave up trying a long time ago.[/quote'] Interesting. I can get on quite easily on mine. Most of my posts that feature stupid typos are done from my phone actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisso Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Hi all Have just opened one of my bottles, no sign of any issues plenty of gas and taste is pretty good after only been bottled last Thursday. looking forward to the taste after a month or so. Thanks everyone for your comments and advice, will be looking in on articles as they come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porschemad911 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Interesting. I can get on quite easily on mine. My phone's pretty old, running Android 2.3.5 still. Plus I'm running a third party browser (Boat Browser). So I'm not surprised some of the websites with more complex setups like Coopers don't 100% work. Problem is that now manufacturers have just about given up on hardware QWERTY phones I can't upgrade! I've tried but can't get used to the on-screen keypads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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