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will have to try this once i get mine built. sounds really good

I'll give you my estimate. 5 gallon still will hold 4 gallons of wash need some room in the pot. 4 gallons wash equals 15 ish liters. A wash that has a 5-6% ABV (Alcohal By Volume) content you will get about 1 liter of 90% abv if running it tight. You will get more if you are going for a 70-80% abv ...

Hey Crittergitter, Newb to Newb I changed what still i wanted to make 3 times before i settled on my build. The more you read the more you change your mind in the beginning. I started with a reg pot still idea moved to a still with thumper, went to a column witha offset coil, than finall settled on ...

Welcome to the site and look forward to hearing about your progress.

I would certainly recommend you go to the New Distiller lounge and start your reading it would prevent many questions. You will find the answers to your questions pretty fast even if you skim read through it and should only take 2-3 hrs if you go through every page.

I got to work on the Boka today and made my 2 plates and soldered them in ( I suck at soldering but got it done) and made a 20" jacket (forgot the name) for the distillant coming out. used 2-1/2 to 3/4 adapters and filed out the stop to make a nice pretty jacket with the 1/2 pipe running straig...

i Guess the pic was removed here is a different view of the double coil that i did.

excellent to also know thank you USGE. i just found the plate template and getting ready to cut the slots tonight.

Anyone have a template for the 2" column and a 1" gap? don't want to screw up the cut.

Got it.
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Thank you Bentstick now its time to cut the pipe and install the plates. I was a humbling experience.

Thanks Rad i will do that.

Thanks vetting.
Now all i have to do is figure a way to get the sugar out. That will take a while.

i will check lowes this weekend prairiepiss if i can't find it at lowes i will take coasters advise and go to a plumbing supply company.

Started a new post but for those of you who have posted on this one here is attempt #2 looks like. Much better. Still made a knuckle head and used sugar instead of salt. Sugar stick like an SOB gonna take awhile to get it out.

Here are 2 pics of my attempts to do the double coil. First is with out packing the 1/4" tubing and rushing it to get done. The second photo is after suffering the humbling defeat that it really is hard to do and packing it with sugar. :oops: Bad choice of packing materials, should have used sa...

Not sure what tradition is around here but had some incredible duck liver patte and venison steaks wrapped in bacon for dinner. The wife and I are doing a marathon session of Star Wars Blue Ray all day and waitn for my buddy to come over to go snowmobiling tomorrow

The bottom coil will do, would be good with a 1/2" tube straight down the middle to fill up the center hole and take the bottom end back to the top for the outlet. Next hard part is the soldering. A big gas torch is most useful for the soldering and also for annealing the copper; for example y...

Bushman wrote:Welcome to the forum, sounds like you already got some good advice!

sure did bushman glad for it too. One day i'll have it done. this is one of those hobbies that will take lots of time for the knowledge to sink in. The thicker the skull the longer the time so i'll be around for awhile

Well perhaps there should be a special area of this forum just for Michiganders I picked up a 30 liter (about 8 gallons) SS pot from meijer with glass lid for my reflux still. it was normally 69.99 got it for 34.99on clearance GO get one if they still got em. Scuba I'll have to look have an inside ...

I may have bounced on a earlier version. can defiantly do 1 inch. Bigger would stop any chocking from happening not sure you could get to big, i think, as they are designed to route the condensation towards the outlet. (i could be incorrect though) Tried to do that double coil today, man is that har...

Just bought my parts yesterday at the recycle center not to bad 4.70 ish a pound. except i picked up 3/8 tubing instead of 1/4". love the learning lessons so days.

I am not sure you will be able to fit a double wound 3/8 tubing coil inside a 2" pipe. Might be able to do it if you roll on a 1/2" mandrel but that's going to be a tight wind and prone to kinking. 1/4" tubing would be easier to fit. Or, you could snag some of that 3" pipe and u...

I almost forgot also building a 16" finger on the outlet as a screw on option.

Looks like i have read every single section in the New B section and a ton of threads for the last 3 weeks :crazy: and have decided on the Bokakob as a still design. Got out of work early today and went to the scrap yard. Bought my copper for 4.78 a pound. picked up a 5ft 2" pipe, 20 ft of 3/8 ...

If it was just taxes then home distillation wouldn't be illegal in the majority of civilized countries... This is not just a USA issue... But here in the USA I'm sure it goes well beyond mere taxation but taxation is the easiest method of quelling just about any problem... That and scheduled drug a...

why does infected wash sound really bad. You are referring to mold on the wash, help out a newbie as i'm still a ignorant:) What would make it infected?

As probably happens to many that are starting out I'm gonna change my still to a reflux version as it has more versatility and i feel more comfortable with what i have read. Just keep sponging it in right now until i'm sick of it. That way i don't have a design change in the middle. Seems harder to ...

So did you ever make anything. Last time you left the rig was almost made? Like reading a great story and someone taking out the last few pages. hahahaha

Im using a new 16 qt SS stock pot I got from Sears online for $12. Its a fairly thin guage but seems to do the trick. Thanks circlehook. your note got me to amazon and found a set of 3 with in my budget 16qt, 12 and 8 qt. this will allow me to keep the scale down and cost. 3.5 gallon pot is not hug...

Not sure as it all depends what i can acquire. thoughts are 3-5 gallon boiler with a 1-2 gallon doubler. My initial thought was 1/2" boiler to doubler and 3/8 doubler to coil but had concern that it could build presure in the doubler. Logic said same size tubing would not cause this. any good p...