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An Old Fart I knew got Covid 19 a couple weeks ago, said the symptoms reminded him of the feeling you get after welding on a bunch of galvanized pipe.

Here's a better link to the Youtube video of straw in the cap being used for antifoam
Looks like it worked considering the still it was used on would be likely to puke

When cooking food on a store, a pot that's constantly stirred is less likely to boil over.
I recon it would be the same on a pot full of rum wash.
Next thought would be some form of slobber box.
Using mesh or other ideas might work, but I'm getting too lazy to find out anymore.

A dephleg's is less likely to leak if the valve is on the inlet side of it.

Power_Man wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 28, 2020 6:44 pm

So, did your mesh “nest” in the pot control the foam?

I didn't turn the power up to find out.
I was attempting an amateurish test run on the value of copper at the liquid to vapor surface.

The original poster of the thread encountered foam / puking only because of his lack of knowledge on the behavior of what he was doing.. he cause the issue / problem, no one else did.. simple.. it's called learning by experiencing.. Mars The OP is Power_Man He asked a legitimate question in the nov...

Has any one build a boiler, but put in a perforated layer? Such as copper plate with a bunch of holes, or stainless? A while back, while I was bored I used a really big wad of copper mesh, that hung below the 4" triclamp outlet on the boiler. After the mesh and expandable frame work was pushed thro...

My theory is.
You haven't been leaving enough alcohol for the leprechauns that live in your basement.
The little buggers can cause all sorts of mayhem when they started getting bored or thirsty.

You have my attention, go for it

Here's a shotgun I built awhile back, maybe there's some info you might find useful
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What kind of still are you working with? What's the heat source? https://i.ibb.co/cJM5Hw3/still-2.jpg thats my set up. 12 gallon still with a 2 gallon thump. my heat source is a 200,000 btu propane burner. That's a nice set up. It's similar to what a friend has. It would be a shame to dent and scra...

I'm crossing my fingers With luck, Baby and Momma will be home with us tomorrow. We've been watching the two year old while Grandson and Wife are at the hospital. As I'm typing, the two year old is arguing with my 72 year old Wife about who's the boss. Don't know who is going to win this one, but I ...

I am proud to announce the birth a healthy baby boy

Bigger is better
3/4" inside a 1"

With a 38% boiler charge, I would have expected a higher ABV than 188

tiramisu wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 16, 2020 8:40 pm

I suspect I would love to own the tool and there are probably tons of thing I could do with a metal glue gun

A Mig welder is more of a "metal glue gun" than Tig

I'm drinking white whiskey with a water chaser.
The grain bill was equal parts wheat, corn and malted barley.
Aged in glass for a little over a year and crystal clear.
Since there's not any chard oak to hide mistakes
The cuts have to be perfect, when making good white whiskey

If 1 tube is good and 2 is better
Then three tubes must be the best

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Here's a 1" inside a 1-1/2" thats 36" long

Just guessing, I'd say 3 - 3.5kw would be about right for a 3" LM
But the dephleg wouldn't be able to knock that down.
Stuffing it with scrubbies would increase the vapor speed.
And that would lower it's knock down power, because the vapor would have less time to condense.

My ideal still is the one I'm currently using.
17 gallon SS boiler with two 4500w heating elements.
Everything is modular and there's an assortment of different columns
For neutral the 4" x 106" column packed with ceramic rings works best.
Running 6kw and a takeoff rate of around 2lt per hour

jonnys_spirit wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 10, 2020 5:43 pm

If you haven’t gotten it yet. If you already have it try packing some copper mesh in there to conduct a little better.

Jonny that sounds like a good idea and I've tried it
It's counter intuitive, but copper mesh will make the dephleg less efficient

I've never made a still for profit and don't remember how many I've made or helped make.
One thing I'm sure of, none of the stills have been the same.
Each has been a learning experience, that I'll use on the next build.

Pragmatic question. 3"/76mm column 40"/1meter of packing room. what is going to be my most cost effective approach given 40" of packing? Most cost effective would be 1 run and done. The cleanest neutral would be to dilute the first run and run it again. A reflux still is only a tool. It doesn't hav...

Do you need to change out the bag of crushed oyster shells with each ferment? I'd recommend using fresh crushed shell for each run. I've tried reusing crushed shell and the second fermentations didn't go as good. The fermentation was slower and didn't get to as low of a SG before finishing The wash...

Alkyholik wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 06, 2020 7:42 am

Shady its your recipe I'm doing. What can I add besides oyster shells as I can't get any

I don't know how much to use.
I'd mix it with some water and add it a little at a time as needed


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_hydroxide

If you've been having pH problems
Give this recipe a try

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Some body here, aught to build one for testing

Hello forum I recently bought some 4" plates. there are three units that should stand one on each other when I place the plate on the gasket that sits on the helmet I can't close the clamp. there is a gap. what am I missing ? The parts don't match :cry: Before you start cutting and grinding A doubl...

So shady,when you've made that up,do you add anymore dap or anything to the worth or whatever is in fermentation bucket,after you've added your bomb to it? I tried your method last time but didn't have much luck. What does your yeast bomb look like say a cpl hours later? Does it foam up? I sprinkle...