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Yes it will. plumbing pipe threads are NPT threads. Ok, well that certainly widens my options. I'm not sure why I thought the threads would be different. Perhaps I could use a 3" cap and drill a hole and solder a 3/4" Cu pipe in there. I certainly like the prospect of copper better for it...

They make threaded reducers but you'll need nipples in each reduction that can also pool up around the threads. You can get a 3" male copper adapter for 55-60 bucks online or shop locally if you have a supply house. From there is just copper reducers down to 3/4. Perhaps I'm having a brain far...

I know brass is sorta hit-or-miss here, but is lead-free brass actually lead-free for our purposes? Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016Y8OIBI/re ... B016Y9V89C

Being stainless, if your only option is threaded pieces you don't have many options. You can clean up the inside of the cup to make it work or.. If you can tig or have someone who can, schedule 10 butt weld sanitary tube concentric reducers would be my next step. 3x2 welded to a 2x1 welded to a 1x3...

Union? Is a copper union NPT? I sorta just assumed they weren't. Maybe a plug reducer with 3/4 thread or a combo of reducer plugs so you can put a male copper thread with the union. I saw those, my qualm is with the way they "cup" on the inside thread. Since it would be pointed downward, ...

So, I use a design similar to the "Humper "Thumper" where I used a 1" SS nipple with 6" length from main boiler up to thumper, then 3/4" copper from thumper to liebig. This is satisfactory, however I managed to get two 3" SS with 6" length nipples for free, an...

You could always tin the brass too with solder, if you have good flux (like the Harris stuff most use for SS soldering) it shouldn't be too difficult. Or just use enough PTFE tape to cover it if it's the threads.

With all due respect, Guy Fawkes, I'm not convinced that you know what you are talking about. You say "when a column is heated up", you forget to consider to what temperature. It is not a question of "on" and "off" when it comes to still temperature. Also, why will the...

In the process of building my pot, I've often considered placing a 6" ball about 8" above the boiler with another 4" of column coming off the top before going to a 90 and reducing to head out to the worm. BUT! I've thought about soldering a 1/4" tube around the outside of the ba...

I don't think that amount of extra copper would really be noticeable unless you're stilling outside in the wind and heat loss is an issue. If start up times are too long, you can also always just take a heat gun or even a blow torch and preheat the column and lyne arm and such to assist. But it woul...

I get that sound usually when running water hard. I don't get it with alcohol runs though, so I always assumed it was just pushing the still beyond what it was capable of with the water. I have no clue what causes it though.

Here is some picture of it nearly finished It clearly not finished as the joins are held together By duck tape and wood haha Well, that's the smart way to do it, get a mockup before soldering it together so you know everything fits and all that before it's permanent. It looks good too, I'm curious ...

.....The store pays the brewery a deposit, and you pay the store the deposit..... No, they do not pay the brewery a deposit. They pay the distributor for the number of kegs that are missing from their inventory and not returned to the distributor. In my State, that amount per each keg missing is re...

Now, .....If you bought a car from some guy on the street for $500, and the guy that you bought it from borrowed the car from a friend of his, ....who owns the car? .....Hint: Not you! Now you will say, "A keg is not a car, a car has a title of registered ownership.". OK, then, lets say i...

That's not entirely true. The beer store owner has to pay a deposit as well. The money makes it all the way back to the owner.. Just saying Not to play moderator, but there's a thread for this discussion, and once you start discussing it in other threads, said threads tend to get locked. Just sayin...

Thanks GuyFawkes :) How long should the worm be for a 25l pot? Would a coil of 16 ft,15mm pipe be enough? How much cooling power you need is directly related to how much power you have. I believe there's a calculator on the home site that will help you out with the length and diameter of the worm i...

A stainless stock pot with annealed copper tubing to a worm condenser is like the tricycle of stills..... just about everyone starts on one It's a great way to get introduced to the hobby, learn to make cuts and the related processes, and it's cheap so if you don't like the hobby, you aren't in for ...

I've read mixed reviews on insulating a thumper. Part of the idea is that you want your distillate to have to power your thumper, and more often than not you have more than enough power available and actually want some heat loss from your thumper to more efficiently reflux. Here is what I would do: ...

Sounds like something to do after a few too many TOAD...... I'm not sure how educational or informative it would be.... I imagine it would be funny though :mrgreen: I do have a question though, wonder if anyone here can answer: for LW's humper thumper, what did he use to cover the pipe? I want to do...

I have made this wash with distillers yeast and have a really hard bite but I had also had a high alcohol content in wash doubling sugar had a good turn out but even after cutting to 50 proof really has a real bite to it almost as it had never been cut from the original 190 proof could this be from...

I've found BW to be more difficult to make cuts. Maybe it's the lack of overall nasties in it, or perhaps the lack of flavor. Not sure. Either way it's one where I definitely have to collect in small amounts to make good cuts, and it's usually one where I can't exactly tell which jar is where it sta...

I collect, dilute to 30%, and rerun all of my feints through a reflux column and keep recycling them... My foreshots always go into my alcohol fuel jar but everything else gets recycled... And I get a lot of extra crisp clean neutral spirits from my feints... I've never ended up with a buildup of n...

One of the things to consider, is the fact that if it cracks or breaks and does not get caught right away, it is pumping explosive alcohol vapor out that is not seeing a condenser. The condensed liquid is only dangerous as a fire hazard (dangerous enough) but the vapor is explosive ! Another thing ...

I have a friend who races motorcycles. He uses my fores as an additive in his fuel. First time he did it he couldn't believe how the engine took off! My friend who allows me to use his garage as a storage facility for all my distillation crap (as well as most stuff the wife deemed "unnecessary...

junkyard dawg wrote:That song made my ears sad...

You weren't supposed to actually listen to it...... just read the title. I think playing that song on repeat is on the list of UN-banned forms of torture..... no offense to anyone who likes it......

Here is what I do Fores: Weed killer, fire starter, cleaning windows, paint thinner, disinfectant..... lots of good stuff Heads: Collect and re-distill any drinking alcohol out, any bad stuff is used like fores Hearts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpTpPmrbwvI Tails: Collect and re-distill with hea...

I don't think this is what you are asking, but just for the sake of clarity let me add you should not add liquid above the "seam" between pot and bowl. You can fill your stock pot to the brim if you want, but I wouldn't seal it with paste to the bowl and fill liquid above that.

Coyote wrote:Add salt to the water and it will get colder

Might cause corrosion though, don't you think?

Does the tater add tannins? Having never tried it, I can't exactly picture what "mouthfeel" is, I always associate that with tannins though.

I imagine that's what the fuss for potato vodka is then?

I know sometimes it seems like you need to get it all perfect on your first shot, but you really don't. Just slap something together with whatever you can get by you and maybe the finishing touches from stuff that you may need to order. Don't over-complicate it, really. Then, you can start researchi...