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I like the idea of a sight glass there instead of a VM takeoff. I think I'll get some coming. Where do you think the VM should go? Below the LM reservoir? Above? I did consider the possibility of liquid pooling in the VM takeoff and had planned to braze my 2" flange with a 10 degree upward slan...

Hah! Sorry for the slow updates, but with parenting, full time job and this project eating into every spare hour I can squeeze in a day... blogging my days seems tedious and redundant. lol Not a design I'd go with, but it's unique. Don't want to poop on your parade with theoretical critiques, so I'l...

maybe its overkill. but its been modeled.

A Frankenstein of sorts. I had an older 2" boka still that I had built several years ago (first build) which worked fantastic (94% consistently) until it was lent to a friend. It was abused and modified over the course of 4 years to the point it no longer worked as well as it had before. With a...

threaded copper fitting to stainless tri-clamp connection to boiler keg, ordered from Mile-Hi Distilling http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7056/6971931669_870b0573f2_z.jpg coiled 3/8" cold water inlet to one of hookline's spiral liebigs, outlet reduces from 1/2" to 3/8" tubing http://farm...

thanks for the quick reply and complements :) So that eliminates the need for turbulence in the lower part of the column, but as for the one in the tee right under the VM off-take, would that turbulence be beneficial? and/or does anybody have an idea for directing the vapor into the VM off-take? I'v...

ah you guys are right, of course, I'm not sure where i was going with the antifreeze idea... (shakes head) anyway, got a chance to work on the bok again, this time I finished up the VM liebig, added all the water connections I would need and sorta went overboard with the spirals trying to make it lo...

thanks samohan! these things are fun to build, the whole process of research, design, damn if they're half as much fun to run as they are to build then I think I just found my newest hobby :D ...not even finished with this one and I'm already having ideas about a pot still... :ebiggrin: expensive ho...

Alright, told ya I'd keep ya updated, you guys let me know if I'm putting this together right. I'll welcome any suggestions, improvements, ideas... :thumbup: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7040/6802499702_c9b327db84_z.jpg In the picture I've put the parts together in the way I planned them to go, I h...

I just finished my double helix cold finger condenser. there seems to be a lack of pictures of this type of condenser! So I was sort of flying blind here... Anyway, it is a 3/8" cold finger with a 1/4" wound double helix. It is about 9 inches long and fits inside the 2" copper pipe wi...

Hello all, I'm new to the forum, to distillation and still building, i know nothing about brewing, distilling.... as a matter of fact... the only thing I really know about alcohol is how to drink it... anyway that's besides the point. I'm a metalsmith/artist from Utah and love to make things, and on...

... sorry, just realized this was months ago

I just started building my Boka and just finished my 3/8" cold finger with 1/4" wound double helix :) its about 9 inches long and fits inside the 2" with about a 1/4" room on each side, I planned on using a pump to recirculate water like you. which is the reason for the double he...

aahhww man, I was excited to see this build finished! Its nearly exactly what I have envisioned with my build, I'm in the designing process of my first still and was interested to see how the sight glass turned out, I hate the idea of not being able to see whats goin on in there! Anyway, out of curi...