Valve Plate design

Vapor, Liquid or Cooling Management. Flutes, plates, etc.

Moderator: Site Moderator

Kentucky shinner
Site Donor
Site Donor
Posts: 3017
Joined: Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:04 pm
Location: Paradise? Western KY

Re: Valve Plate design

Post by Kentucky shinner »

the washers will have solder on them. There should not ever be any thing to repair? With that said if you did you could cut the column and use a easy flange or just use a coupling. I did not make my flute nor did OD to come apart. It should give many many many years of service with no service aside from giving it a good rinse with water.
Mr.Spooky
Site Donor
Site Donor
Posts: 1868
Joined: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:12 pm

Re: Valve Plate design

Post by Mr.Spooky »

rockchucker22 wrote:Oh you have insipered me I will build a valve plate to try with my bubble plates If it works better I could switch to valve plates easly, or a combo of valve/bubble/perforated.......oh so many ideas, so many combos :egeek:
thats why (to me) it would be in best intrest to have a column that would accept interchangeable "plate trees"...
spooky
4" plate column >>>[/color] the flame that burns twice as bright only burns half as long
Drunk-N-Smurf
Rumrunner
Posts: 682
Joined: Tue Feb 05, 2013 11:56 pm
Location: Alberta

Re: Valve Plate design

Post by Drunk-N-Smurf »

Where did you source the rivets from?
Hangover? I don't get no stinking hangover!
User avatar
LWTCS
Site Mod
Posts: 12837
Joined: Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:04 pm
Location: North Palm Beach

Re: Valve Plate design

Post by LWTCS »

Drunk-N-Smurf wrote:Where did you source the rivets from?
Some roofing supply companies do sell copper rivets.
If they sell copper drip cap and similar copper flashings they will stock the rivets as well.
Trample the injured and hurdle the dead.
User avatar
DAD300
Master of Distillation
Posts: 2839
Joined: Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:46 am
Location: Southern U.S.

Re: Valve Plate design

Post by DAD300 »

Leather supply companies such as Tandy sell solid copper rivets.
CCVM http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... d#p7104768" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
Ethyl Carbamate Docs viewtopic.php?f=6&t=55219&p=7309262&hil ... e#p7309262
DSP-AR-20005
Usge
retired
Posts: 3243
Joined: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:22 am

Re: Valve Plate design

Post by Usge »

McMaster Carr sells copper rivets in various sizes
Post Reply