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Sporacle wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 12:57 pm viewtopic.php?t=54960

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Few months back I finished up two twenty inch sections for a CCVM column. Well today I got around to doing the vinegar run. After I shut down I washed everything in warm water and then run a rag through the column. What could this be on the rag , is it the natural patina? The column was made with ne...

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I have had some that had soybean and vegetable and it had a slick surface when done. I could not notice a whole lot of difference in that and those that didn't but I still wouldn't recommend it.

I'm rolling up some copper mesh to finish my CCVM. Since this already came in relatively clean do I need to run this through the vinegar run and the sacrificial run or is just a sacrificial run OK?

Couple years ago I found out that my aunt was in the craft and made her own. Well last November early December we found out that she had stage four cancer and she soon passed. Before she died she made arrangements for me to receive this pint. This will always be one of my favorite spirit. Treasure ...

Couple years ago I found out that my aunt was in the craft and made her own. Well last November early December we found out that she had stage four cancer and she soon passed. Before she died she made arrangements for me to receive this pint. This will always be one of my favorite spirit.

Raising it above the point in your first pic will have little if any affect, just give yourself a little bit of slack, maybe 1/2", to be sure. I use a dimroth so there is a considerable difference when I switch which side is in or out. Water going in on the outside of mine means I need a lower...

Just a few more questions and then I think I'm done. Well this morning hooking up the water lines to the condenser and I wanna make sure I have enough line to be able to fully operate the condenser. Is there any reason I would have to raise the condenser pass the 50/50 split in the picture? Other th...

I picked up the last pieces of the puzzle this morning. At least I hope I did. I couldn't find John guest fittings so I used shark bite. Does anyone see any problems with using Polyethlene tubing? It's not going to be in the vapor path.

I come off of the discharge on the PC and Run A-line to the RC and then discharge from the system completely? Don't get on me too bad because I know I need to do the research and I am willing to do that. That's the way I run mine, water into PC, from PC to RC, RC out to drain, adjust flow at input ...

only thing left is to figure out what I'm I doing for the water supply connections and a valve to run it. Depending on what pressure you have , you may not need a valve . On my 2” VM ,I use a 300w submersible pump and its just connected up with no valve . The flow through over 5metres of 1/4” is en...

juana_b wrote: ↑Sat Mar 04, 2023 2:26 pm Nice job. That's a beautiful coil.
Seeing that slight curve, you should've switched hands in high school though.

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I think just a little bit of fiddling with the coil placement inside the outer coil and everything will be good.

I don't think I did too bad for my 1st condenser coil. The coil is about 8" long and I left the tails 12" or longer. I tried using the Spring binder with no salt or anything in the tubing to start with and that didn't go over very well. So I packed the tubing with fine sea salt and everyth...

The plan was to follow HookLine's PDF file. Which was to wrap the inner coil around a length of pipe and then slide another piece of pipe around that and wind the outer coil. A few months back I had planned on doing this and somehow got side tracked and it didn't get done. At that time I had already...

Well I think I'm gonna start on my reflex coil for my CCVM. I have settled on a double wound copper quarter inch diameter coil.. I already have some sections of 2" made up but I have a question about what length would be better above the tee. I already have a piece that is 6 3/8" long but ...

I found a hair removal wax warmer for 10.00 US. I didn't think it would work but I was proven wrong. One side has copper wax and the other is black.

I finally got around to testing the wax machine. I have to say it's not too bad, I didn't think it was gonna work but I guess the proof is in the pudding. Not bad at all for something I got at the flea market for $10. So if you're looking to buy something like this they can be found on Amazon it's j...

I got as much of the old wax out as I could. I dropped in some copper colored bottle wax to see if it would work and it seems to be melting. I will report back after I finish cleaning net and add more wax to see how it does.

Well I think I might have made a mistake I was at the flea market today and I saw this hot wax machine Hey goes up to 80ﾟ Celsius. The bottle wax that I have currently said That it's best used between 250 and 275 Fahrenheit. Well 80 C is I think a 172 Fahrenheit. So I have a question is there a way ...

I took about a gallon and a 1/2 of white spirit and made it just like the recipe. The only difference that I made to some of this is I added coconut flavoring and made a pineapple coconut rum. I also added a little bit of caramelized sugar to add color. 33591D56-F916-4D96-962C-7BCEDD5F1693.jpeg DAFF...

I just bottled up my Rum and this is the latest creation by the wife.

Damn, those look nice! Thanks, I'm still working on the correct temperature for the wax because I'm getting a lot of air bubbles. In case anybody over in the States is looking for bottles I just run across a deal at Hobby Lobby. They're having a sale on "craft glassware" it's 50% off. I p...

Well it's time it's been almost 7 months and I've got to get it ready for the holidays. I would have never thought that a few extra months would have made such a big difference in this spirit. I'm gonna get started a whole lot earlier next year and maybe it can be even better.

I love cooking in my cast iron we use it almost every day.

OK just to answer a few of your questions, You do want to and air/o2 to the wash before you pitch the yeast. I don't usually add a heater but I have wrapped my fermenter up in a blanket to maintain a higher temperature. I've just heard too many horror stories of heaters failing and ruining the wash....

I kind of thought that well bird watchers is cheap anyway so I just do a small run of that. Thanks for the input. Thinking about it again I have got a bunch of 4 shots that I've saved for general purpose cleaning. Could I add that back into the pot and then just run it.? I've got maybe close to a ga...

For the sake of not cluttering up the forum I've got a question that I want to ask. I'm in the process of doing the reflex coil for my CCVM. I already have the column made it's 2 sections of 2" copper 20" long. I need to do a cleaning run with the copper and the coil. Would it be OK to Shu...