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by madscientist
Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:20 pm
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: 4" collum questions
Replies: 21
Views: 3821

Re: 4" collum questions

http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4734&hilit=madscientist Here is a link to mine. love my 4in still. runnin on propane and steel wool in the column. More than enough reflux when the three cooling lines in the top. I can crank about 2l per hour of azetrope taking my time. Go ...
by madscientist
Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:15 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: reading
Replies: 32
Views: 3844

Re: reading

Any suggestions on what to read next?
give this a try to put all of that stuff in perspective.
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Transformat ... dpp_ttl_in" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
by madscientist
Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:17 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: reading
Replies: 32
Views: 3844

Re: reading

Just finished "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" a fiction that covers Turing and Godel and their ideas. Really good read but kind of heady, covers determinism and their theories that all cannot be known mathematically. Overall really a new neat novel.
by madscientist
Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:35 am
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Column purity, yield, and speed
Replies: 20
Views: 3703

Re: Column purity, yield, and speed

pintoshine wrote:.
This design is working but it needs some improvements.
How about some pics pint?
by madscientist
Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:31 am
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Column purity, yield, and speed
Replies: 20
Views: 3703

Re: Column purity, yield, and speed

why do you guys do 2 runs ? You could have the same abv at once, couldnt you ? I just like the results of running a strip run and then loading again for really high proof clean stuff. The cuts are much more pronounced. But it can be done though the I have to slow down my take somewhat. If I want a ...
by madscientist
Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:33 pm
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Column purity, yield, and speed
Replies: 20
Views: 3703

Re: Column purity, yield, and speed

4 in column 5 ft tall w/ 3 reflux lines in the top. Charged with 8 gallons of stripped run (80 proof) takes me 1 hour to heat up on propane , I throw the first half gallon as reruns. Once I get going I get 2L per hour of 95% till the bottom drops out. Then I start stripping for the next 2 L to strip...
by madscientist
Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:26 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: reading
Replies: 32
Views: 3844

Re: reading

Just finished Enders Game by Orson Scott Card for the second time in 15 years. Have the second in the series, Speaker for the Dead, just haven't gotten into it. I had to read that for an educational gaming class, cool story but also really applicable to education in a lot of ways. Never knew there ...
by madscientist
Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:06 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: reading
Replies: 32
Views: 3844

Re: reading

Not sure if you have picked it up yet but this is a good one, how about Richard Friedman "The World is Flat" Half.com has it cheap http://product.half.ebay.com/The-World-Is-Flat_W0QQprZ43435374QQtgZinfo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow good ...
by madscientist
Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:02 pm
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: My understanding of a certain still
Replies: 10
Views: 2665

Hello Bokakob! I am currently building a modified 4" version of your elip that will incorporate VM. I am building a circular liebig similar to the picture you posted. Very interesting to see this can you post some pics? I did a 4 in with a liebing and cooling lines and have always wondered abo...
by madscientist
Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:12 am
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: 6 inch Column ?
Replies: 34
Views: 7664

Go with stainless. I speak from experience with my 4 in rig. I get mine from mile high distilling. Cleaning that much copper sucks. I just roll the stainless pretty tight in rolls and pack the column. At six inches though i really doubt that will work for you. What about a half inch copper in the mi...
by madscientist
Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:35 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: Back to one forum?
Replies: 2
Views: 1165

Keep up the good work pint.

Look forward to seeing you up and running with you project.

Keep the blog updated also, I really look enjoy reading it.
by madscientist
Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:41 pm
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Deathwish Wheat germ recipe
Replies: 503
Views: 212491

Using red star champagne , yellow package at liquor barn.
Gonna do 30lb of sugar into 25gallons of water with 3lb of germ.

So come tues. when the weather warms up here i come.
by madscientist
Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:32 am
Forum: Tried and True Recipes
Topic: Deathwish Wheat germ recipe
Replies: 503
Views: 212491

What about stacking the invert sugar?

Add 2/3 at first then after 2-3 days add the rest?
Would it be worth the trouble?
I am looking for a good vodka with a little grain flavor.
by madscientist
Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:20 pm
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: 6 inch Column ?
Replies: 34
Views: 7664

very true.

gonna have to get a bigger boiler.
by madscientist
Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:19 am
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: 6 inch Column ?
Replies: 34
Views: 7664

I did a 4in copper and love the speed that it allows, but I will tell you that a six inch still will definitely need plates. If I do not take a lot of care in packing my copper mesh my purity drops 2-3 percent at the same speed. I assume that this is probably due to channeling. Here is the link to m...
by madscientist
Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:04 pm
Forum: Recipe Development
Topic: Need good rum
Replies: 94
Views: 57616

Let me throw another dog into the fight. Went to the feed store the other day and the only thing that they had was dried cane molasses in the bag with 30% invert sugar. Can I just dilute to 15% sg and go or will I need to neutralize the acid also? Did see any info on the bag about urea. Took a pictu...
by madscientist
Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:06 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
Replies: 39
Views: 13918

Done!!!!!! Took over 3 months but finally got it up and running today. Leveled the thing up and sealed the gap with flour paste. Ran 9 liters of 93% in three hours after heat up, which took about 45 minutes after heat up and knocking off the head. It was a sugar run so it will be good on some fruit....
by madscientist
Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:03 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
Replies: 39
Views: 13918

Did a clean out run with no packing in the column and the reflux lines in the head going. I used about 2 gallons of 80 proof sugar wash along with 5 gallons of water in the boiler and got some good results. After heat up I was getting a liter of 85% every 20 minutes!!! Tomorrow I plan on adding the ...
by madscientist
Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:05 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
Replies: 39
Views: 13918

If the condenser water pressure was cut off one way or another, you would have a nice flamethrower as the vapours come out the condenser. That is why you stay close when it is running and keep a charged hose handy. But to be safe I also have a stand that keeps the jar off of the floor and away from...
by madscientist
Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:57 am
Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
Topic: opening a legal distillery in the U.S.
Replies: 343
Views: 134979

Lookin good UJ!!!!
Give us some specs on that head. It looks great. Also how bout the cap? Did you start with a steam kettle or fab from the ground up new?
by madscientist
Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:08 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
Replies: 39
Views: 13918

Yea I am looking at a bracket that I could screw to a stud in the wall to keep it from tipping over. All these damn graduate classes I am taking are killing me. I think that I just need to reevaluate my priorities and work on this still some more;)
by madscientist
Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:39 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
Replies: 39
Views: 13918

Got the off take soldered in and got a crappy pic from my cell phone to show what I did to miss the keg. I also got the reflux lines soldered in so this weekend I could theoretically get to see what she can do to 3 gallons of stripped sugar wash with about 5 gallons of water. I figure that will be e...
by madscientist
Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:38 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
Replies: 39
Views: 13918

got the reflux lines drilled in the top. now I have to solder them in and i am ready to go. Yes they are evenly spaced the pic makes them look weird. better pics later.
by madscientist
Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:56 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
Replies: 39
Views: 13918

That looks great. 14 gallons of 45 to 50% will run that for a while. That was what I was kind of looking for. I always like to double run to make a good clean neutral. I use 2 potheads (no pun intended) on the kegs then carboy about 9-10 gallons of singles. I then add water to be damn sure the proo...
by madscientist
Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:23 am
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
Replies: 39
Views: 13918

Here are some updates

got a little time this weekend so I finished connecting the column to the keg and putting in the coupling in the middle. Now all I have left is to add 3 more reflux lines in the head. The coupling is soldered to the column so the whole head comes off to pack and clean the inside. I am going to go wi...
by madscientist
Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:21 am
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
Replies: 39
Views: 13918

I am going to cut it and add a coupling just below the reflux lines. I will seal it with dough so it can also act as a pressure check and get in to pack the column with stainless scrubbers.
by madscientist
Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:31 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
Replies: 39
Views: 13918

I try, this was my first attempt brazing something as big as 4in. Man it tooka while to get up to heat. The bad thing is it will be just as hard to get it to do that with a mash, but hopefully once I get it stabilized I should be doing OK. Anyway, more pics when I get the time to work some more on t...
by madscientist
Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:36 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
Replies: 39
Views: 13918

Here are some update pics. Went with 4 ft of condenser. I still have 3 moe reflux lines to put in and a 2in NPT to screw in at the bottom.
Can't wait till I get her runnin!!!
by madscientist
Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:54 am
Forum: Column Builds
Topic: Who has the fastest reflux system getting clean product -
Replies: 7
Views: 3239

Give me a week or so and I will be able tp give you some numbers. But 5 feet tall column built with 4 in diameter copper. http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4734" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow I am hoping for 6 quarts per hour of azetrop...
by madscientist
Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:23 pm
Forum: Still Related Hardware
Topic: BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
Replies: 39
Views: 13918

Hey good to hear from the other Ky boy that frequents these parts. As to reflux and condenser, I will have four 1/2'' reflux lines running in the head before it hits the condenser. So once I get the time I am going to try to stick it all together and give it a test run. As to packing I want the last...