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ok so i searched the shit out of plate drains and plate disabling and pretty much myles with the hexagonal thump still is what .im talking about...i thought i might have been onto something there but i think there all over it

i have been thinking about being able to adjust my plates mid run.. i know this has all been done before but what i was thinking was instead of the downcomer going straight into a 90 degree bend..have it straight into a T, one side of the tee would exit the column and go into a valve but the other s...

For the record i have not installed the 2"sightglass as i started building something with a few more windows lol. but with my bok slanted plates i have a 1" overlap of the plates and there on a 45 degree angle so it does pool a fair bit, i dont think the splashing is going to make a great ...

Wow I have about 270 1/16" holes for my 4 inch. Might need a bit of heat I guess.

Your getting 96% with marbles in a 2" column cool. Iv always considered marbles but always use steel wool packing. At what rate do u collect 96%?

Agh fishing and stilling is there any thing else? Build is looking great man. Show us your column

Iv got a nearly 3 inch space between my bok plates on my 3 inch column. Plenty of room to add a 2 inch sight glass later to watch the reflux build up and fall back onto the packIng.

looks great man, what was the hole count on the plates and what size?

Man i would kill to use a CNC for this. I reckon there was nearly 4 hours work in drilling those holes. Im hoping small holes works well. I know this isnt even finished yet but i was thinking of building another set of plates maybe bubble plates or valved plates just to see the difference.. i should...

So i got my plates started today, got my dad to turn them on his lathe and im really happy with the clearance..they are damn snug inside that column. I marked the holes and went for 1/16 or 1.6 mm holes on a 5mm grid. its about 280 holes each plate. Need to get some more drill bits as i broke 10. Di...

found malting corn fairly easy. I soaked 10kg in a 20L bucket for 2 days, changing the water roughly twice a day, then spread out on a plastic sheet undercover for a week, spraying lightly once a day until roots were about 2.5cm long. I think the drying and distilling are the hardest parts.

copper wonderland..great looking setup man

so iv been doing a little maths and i think its right, trying to work out how many holes and placment for my perf plates. not sure if this is right. Area of 1.5mm bit = 1.76mm2 Area of plate = 7854mm2 So 100 holes = 2.24% 200 holes = 4.48% 300 holes = 6.72% 400 holes = 8.96% 500 holes = 11.20% if i ...

Looking great man. I like the downcomers hey. Did u go 3/4 or 1/2" ?

yeah i think i would go for 3/4 tubes next time..way less fiddly.

Bushman i nearly went for a drop in deflag but would have needed another 100mm of pipe, this way i have a 5th plate option.

iv never had any trouble brazing copper to ss. A guy tried to sell me some 45% silver brazing rods and i never used them, u just need the right flux.

Checked my condensors today. My product condensor was fine no leaks, but my reflux condensor had a heap so i spent a bit of time fixing that up. In hindsight i shouldnt have put so many tubes in there. Sat the sightglass flanges on to see what it would look like. Im going to run mostly 4 plates for ...

Got a bit done today. finished my reflux and product condensors except for the water inlet/outlet. The relux condensor is is about 120mm long with 14 1/2 inch tubes....probably overkill i know. Product condensor is 7 1/2 tubes about 350mm long in 3 inch jacket. No polishing yet but let me lmow what ...

Great info right there . So keep the downcomers partly submerged if I go that option. Sungy why did u go with suspended traps then the return bend instead of downcomers into the cup on the plate? Rockchucker that is great thinking a bit more work though. Do u have any pics or plans of how this would...

Hi everyone iv been slowly building a perforated plate column and im tossing up what kind of downcomers to use. Is there any advantage or disadvantage to using all "J" bends. I was thinking this to have more bubbling surface area on the plate. Or do the "J" bends cause splashing ...

great build Dan...loving the triclamp sightglasses. i was going to buy SS ferrules for the sight glasses but your 2 inch copper flanges look amazing. cheers

Does anyone have a good online source for copper sheet for my perferated plates? Having some trouble finding some. cheers

i was lucky enough to swap my brother for that 4 inch copper for some stainless pipe i had...it better suited him for his still. But yeah copper prices are insane especially on the hobby scale buying by the meter. I didnt know you could buy by the inch of ebay, might be worth a look.

So these are my two stills..The stil on the left is a 3 inch boka LM reflux still and the one on the right is a 4 inch pot still on a 100L keg. Iv been using the bok for a year now and its served me very well, but the 100L keg was offered to me cheap so i thought id build a nice pot still head for i...

Ok so I didn't do any of those things, should have some more success next time. Has anyone smoked with oak? Iv got half a french oak wine barrel here.

Yeah that might be why, I just smoked dry grain

I just air dried it over about 5 day, it wasn't been real warm here lately so it took a while.

So i thought id try my hand at smoking some grains to get a nice smokey whiskey.. i smoked 5 kg of unmalted barley over some peat on my bbq for about 45mins, the grains smelt smokey...I mashed with 5kg aussie 2 row and it mashed well, got full conversion but no smokyness come over in the distilate. ...

Hey everyone, i mashed my first all malted corn grain bill tonight, with ok results. I started with 10 kg of whole feed corn and i soaked it it a 20l bucket for a day. after the soaking i put in another bucket with holes drilled in the bottom for drainage. i rinsed with water roughly twice a day for...