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It only has an inlet at the top, no place for the water to come out at the bottom Put the hose from your water source down the middle of the coil almost to the bottom, this way the cool water will fill from the bottom and the warmer water will drain off from the top through the fitting you're calli...

We see this time, and time again. I do think we need to draw back the teeth a little, on our initial replies. There is a fine line between being stern and being abusive, although I will say that most on here do not cross that line. I do agree with the sentiment here that you should do your reading ...

Not sure exactly what you're trying to do, seems you want to be able to remove fractions separately without making them wait their turn at the top of the column? If my guess as to your intention is right I would forget plates and look into a VM design, something like a tall packed column with a refl...

Now I just need to figure out how to adapt it to a wide mouth jar, cause cramming peaches down a wine neck doesn't appeal and I'm not after pureed looking stuff... They make attachments for Food Saver type vacuum sealers to put a standard mason jar under a vacuum, Google will find quite a few optio...

Would adding a second VM takeoff work as well as adding a LM takeoff? May be easier to build.

So in a nutshell it would be an excessive amount of work to produce something that your average user here wouldn't have the resources to use anyway, it all seems so easy until you find out how it actually works. Thanks for the replies.

Just how big would this site be on someones hard drive? Would releasing it on a CD for a donation be somewhere in the realm of possibility? I'm sure most of the site suckers are probably being run by people who worry about this sites info staying available, and with the not so legal nature of the in...

BTW it seems that in the CC design (and everywhere there is a copper reflux coil) most of the condensation occurs at the tip of the copper coil. Because the condensation is not evenly distributed along the coil that results in not so good reflux control. I am still looking for a good, easy coil des...

I know it will only get me grief but I have too speak my mind on this one. There really is a problem here with the way some people are treated. How people are treated here seems to have more to do with whether or not they're in the "in crowd" than anything else, and there are some on here ...

I think this exercise may have more to do with the challenge of figuring out how to do it rather than any real need to do it, at any rate I think it's probably over my head.

Not really sure if this will help but check it out: http://www2.stetson.edu/~wgrubbs/datadr ... echen.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Milkman wrote:Really just looking for benefit of insulation without covering up some pretty copper.

Maybe a copper jacket filled with some of that expanding foam insulation that you get in a can will do what you want.

You won't get conversion of frozen corn with malt extract so it's a waste of time and energy I just watched the video again and I think the banjo is the key to making the whole process work. On a more serious note doing an all grain mash and using malt extract instead of sugar to boost potential AB...

Okay, Thats an opinion. Have you tried it? You dont think it works? Has anyone? Lets be open minded and see what develops. Lets hear from people why adjusting your mash SG with sugar is not a good option. In my comment above all I was trying to point out is that his mashing technique wouldn't work,...

mash rookie wrote:What I am asking you guys to address is the concept of mashing and adding sugar for maximum ABV wash.

It's been done before. I wouldn't recommend the mashing technique used in that video though, I don't think canned malt extract does what he thinks it does.

mash rookie wrote:What exactly is sugar maple? Where should I look for it? I checked with my local lumber yard and they said they just have regular maple and didn’t know what sugar maple was. Is maple maple?

Sugar maple chunks intended for use in smokers can be found at better BBQ related stores.

rtalbigr wrote:Fact is, as you alluded to, most Scotch we see in the stores is blended

So you're making a blended Scotch, you just do your blending before fermenting and distilling rather than after.

Wasmund's also has a kit like this on the market. http://www.copperfox.biz/products/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow For someone who does make his own having something like this out on display may help create a cover story for people who don't know w...

Sounds like you want something similar to a Charentais still, try Google for more info.

Bayou-Ruler wrote:I suspect this place is sitting on a computer at someones house or office.

I believe this is the case, at least I seem to remember threads where Uncle Jesse was discussing doing hardware/software upgrades himself.

You could, but you would have to do this to every element you buy. Do it once to you adapter or Tri clamp cap and it's good for life. I agree that tapping the cap once is the better long term solution, I just figured that NPT dies may be more common and thus easier for some people to source. It's a...

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Would it be possible to get a die and rethread the element to NPT?

May find some help here: http://www.dodgecoronet.com/forum/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

Got any designs in mind MudDuck? I was thinking along the lines of just adding a pass through tube or two at the top of a simple 12" to 18" pot still column. But note that due to free time limitations this project spends a lot of time on the back burner, so don't hold your breath waiting ...

I feel these hybrids are a valid alternative to thumpers (although thumpers are more versatile for flavour enhancement) and it is possible to tune the performance of your pot still quite easily, to establish desired product collection rate and output ABV. It is definitely a pot still and opperates ...

Any updates on this? I want to run them concentrated, but not for the hearts. I am thinking that this is for compressing the heads to get sharp cuts, I've been thinking about a very short CM column to be used as an enhanced pot still, the goal would be too compensate for the smearing effect that sma...

Do I get a prize?

Seriously though that is one nice simple design, I never would have thought of that myself.

If you stare long enough at the drawing u'll see it, something is wrong If built exactly to the drawing it looks like the condenser would be lying on the bottom of the pipe and block the flow of the condensate, there must be something in the actual still to keep the condenser raised and centered in...

It may make a nice double boiler with a properly sized pot inside, in the pic it looks as though the cauldron is about the same basic shape as an alembic.