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I've got a mini gin still head with broken welds, solder patches, and still needs flour paste to seal it. It makes very nice gin :D None of my stills have PIDs on them. That's not because I'm stuck in the Dark Ages, (I have two spare PIDs I could use), it's because PIDs are the wrong tool for the j...

Update I called the company to see i I could just buy a lid, and I can't and a new pot is $350, which is just out of the question my partner would probably leave me if she found out I had spent that now with a new baby around the corner =S I figured I would try the silver solder route =) I first tes...

Any chance of a photo of where you are at with it . I feel your frustration . Sounds like your mate was a lying prick and full of self delusion . Anyway , another option might be to upsize to a bigger ferrule ... say go to a 4” , cut all the crusty burnt shit out and do a neat job of of it with sol...

Thanks for the help, My friend didn't know if what he had is called tig or mig(not a english language speaker), but he did have a massive Argon bottle, attached to the welder. I suspected that he might have been exaggerating his skills a bit, but not to what extent. And to a ignorant like me any ski...

So I have a almost finished Bokabok. I had a colleague(who has bragged about his welding expertise) help me, MIG weld my SS ferrule onto the lid of my pot. This didn't go quite as expected, a large piece of the ferrule simply melted(he said there must have been too much carbon in the steel). He ende...

I should have been more specific. There are three small venting holes Like 2-3mm right at the end of the lid. I guess a tiny enough nut with teflon might work though. I have tried soldering steel, with tin before and it ended up a right royal mess. I've tried watching a few videos and such, but alth...

I have a few small hole in a steel pot I want to plug, can anyone recommend a glue I might use to just plug the holes up. I don't have the knowledge or eqiopment to weld it, and I suspect the steel is too thin in any case. I checked out some silicone glues, but even food grade have some nasty potent...

NZChris wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 6:29 pm

Sandslinger wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 5:53 pm My understanding is that the union fitting on the valve i linked works by cutting into the pipe, so once i tighten it I can't just unscrew and reuse it.

Instead of using the olive, I wind PTFE tape around the tube.

Dang, kind of obvious huh.

Thanks I'll give that a try.

My bad I was trying to be helpful to the US crowd by writing the conversion. I have 6mm copper tube and 6mm tubing. Thank you brother :thumbup: My understanding is that the union fitting on the valve i linked works by cutting into the pipe, so once i tighten it I can't just unscrew and reuse it. Ar...

You can't mix and match fittings for 6mm tubing and 1/4" (6.4mm) tubing, so identify what it is you have before you go shopping for fittings. My bad I was trying to be helpful to the US crowd by writing the conversion. I have 6mm copper tube and 6mm tubing. My issue is that I can't find any no...

NZChris wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 1:21 pm You can't mix and match fittings for 6mm tubing and 1/4" (6.4mm) tubing, so identify what it is you have before you go shopping for fittings.

My bad I was trying to be helpful to the US crowd by writing the conversion. I have 6mm fittings.

So I have a almost finished Bokabok, the only thing missing is connecting the outake 6mm tubing to my needle valve alcohol outlet , which is the type below. https://distillinguk.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/Needle-Valves.jpg?x22029 My still is comprised of 3 pipes connected by ferrules, which was a ...

I don't think so. When soldering a male part inside a female part, I've heated the female part to the length that the male part extends. If I look inside, I can see that solder is being drawn from the end of the female part all the way to the end of the male part. It makes sense when you learn that...

I have the type of ferrule, where the vertical part fits inside the pipe it connects to. I am about to do my first solder, and I was wondering if I might be better soldering the inside connection rather than the outside. My thinking is that if I solder the outside bottom of the pipe to the ferrule t...

I finally received every piece for my boka. I have a copper tube that I am ready to cut the slants for. I came across some advice about making a mitre, and after googling what the hell that is I made the thing as pictured below. https://ibb.co/0Js805n https://ibb.co/whdkJbg https://ibb.co/B2bmLsZ I ...

https://www.distillinguk.uk/wp-content/uploads/51mm-Bulk-Head-Fitting-3-copy.jpg . It looks like it might save me from having to solder steel against copper, which as I understand can be a big pain in the ass... Just so you know.....that “red” O-ring is silicone. And you know what we say about sili...

If I were being neurotic, I would have an internal ferrule at the bottom (to hold a packing support) and an external ferule at the top (offering an unobstructed path for inserting packing. Solder a ferrule on the lid (ensuring it is level, square, plumb and sturdy), then drill/cut/punch/file/grind ...

I have another question I hope someone has experience with. I am looking at two different suppliers, that can provide Ferrules for my 54mm BokaKob. The pipe i sourced is in 3 different parts. I am thinking to use ferrules soldered to the pipe and joined with tri-clamps so I can separate the entire t...

zapata wrote: ↑Sat Oct 17, 2020 12:52 am
So get what you can. If you have to supplement with flame, hair drier or heat gun, so be it.

Haha thanks for the chuckle and the reassurance.

None of the cheaper variants linked are available in my country, I don't live in the UK I just linked the available types from UK sites so you guys could see what I was choosing between. The price difference is pretty big between the different types and the better types run over $300 in my country,...

There has to be plumbers in your country, and they would need the tools to do this work.... No supply stores? Or are you working online only. Plumbers here don't solder anymore. For water and gas lines compression fittings are king. Took me a long time to find a proper torch, longer still for flux....

None of the cheaper variants linked are available in my country, I don't live in the UK I just linked the available types from UK sites so you guys could see what I was choosing between. The price difference is pretty big between the different types and the better types run over $300 in my country, ...

I am a bit unsure about the type of torch I should get for the soldering of copper ferrule to 54mm coppper pipe. I was looking at this type https://www.dremel.com/en_US/products/-/show-product/tools/2200-01-versaflame-multi-function-butane-torch . But it seems like it might be a little weak ? Altern...

Anyone know if a 5 meter long 6mm copper coil is enough to make a condenser for a Boka of 120cm. Worried that I won't get enough cooling effect as I saw other people here refer to at least 7 meter coils, which I can't buy where I am.

Sandslinger , what you are referring too is called a Bucket still . There is an example in the HD wiki which personally I think should be moved to “What not to use or do “ due to all the plastic in it . http://homedistiller.org/wiki/index.php/Bucket_still Yeah the plastic construction is a bit nast...

Sandslinger could you tell me more about the little 'heater type that is used for heating fruits for fermentation that goes to max 122F.' I hope to make a solar still one day but had never thought of the little heater. Great idea. Thanks. Afterthought; would that be an aquarium heater or would an a...

A solar still like they use to distill sea water might work but it seems difficult to make one big enough for enough wash to feed a boka. Depending how far north you are, some people are having success by leaving their wash outside and freezing it. But your intro states you already have a pot still...

My still is a combo nuclear and hydro powered, I just don't keep them on-site. :lol: Took me a bit too long to get it, gave me a good chuckle though. I got one more question. I bought 5 Meter of 6mm copper pipe, that I am going to fill with salt, and double coil. I can only get 5 meter lengths thou...

If you disagree with a passive collector fine i respect that, it just didn't seem like either of you understood what I was talking about. They probably didn't and neither do I. It could be a language thing, maybe we know it by another name. If you don't want to be misunderstood when discussing a de...

Sandslinger, Just out of curiosity did either of you understand what type of still i am talking about? I never said i wanted to make any automated features on either still, I think you thought so because the poster above me misquoted me so it seems like I did. Which really does show the power of mi...