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Simple pot still distillation and construction with or without a thumper.

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Danespirit wrote:A valve on the fill port..?
I assume it's going to be a massive one...
Do you plan any kind of support for the Liebig? (not that it necessarily needs one).
Looking good.. :thumbup:
ya its a 2" port we'll either pump it in or gravity feed it.

The liebig feels sturdy but i know once there is water in it and the hoses are pulling on it a little we're better off supporting it. So going to build a stand that will not only give us clearance for the drain under it but we'll also have support coming off the stand for the liebig
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Well after months we're finally running it! Few things left to do on it but its distilling water!
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She looks great! I bet she will produce a fine drop. That is how you up your game!! :mrgreen:
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Looks awesome. Just curious where u can buy the copper parts, I would like to build something similar.
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alohashine wrote:Looks awesome. Just curious where u can buy the copper parts, I would like to build something similar.

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Plumbing supply houses. except the triclamp copper ferrule I ordered from dragonstills.
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Did our first stripping run in this thing and wow it worked exactly how I had planned. Once we got our desired output we set the electric controller and just let her flow for 8 hours. ran about 22 gallons of distillers beer through it 11 gallons on the first run, than opened the drain discarded what was left, dumped another 11 gallons in through the fill port and the stream started flowing again. The drain and fillport made switching runs a 15 minute process, the break down with the triclamps and unions made clean up a breeze.

Thanks for everyone's input that made this still come out as a game changer for us!
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