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Has anyone tried making SPP with different hardness wires? I've done experiments with hard (spring steel) wire & with soft wire. The spring steel sprung back out too far & the soft didn't open out as much as I'd like. What have others had success with? 1/4 hard? 1/2 hard? Mig wire? Any guida...

Very useful information Lizard and backed up by beautiful workmanship! That jeweler so torch is very interesting I am going to google it as I am not sure anyone on the forum has mentioned it. Thank you all for your kind comments. It produces wonderful Single Malt as well as looking pretty! This is ...

Hi I've done a bit of this & have tried most options. IMO soft solder is hands down the way to go. You must use plenty of acid flux ( e.g. EZIWELD 801 fluid ) to etch the SS or you won't get a strong joint. Ordinary flux is hopeless. The best solder I've tried is Consolidated Alloys high silver ...

Hi Paul Many congrats on getting up and running. That is a beautiful rig. I'm an amateur malt whisky maker in New Zealand - perfectly legal here if you don't sell it! I've done about 50 development batches on a 4" modular bubble cap column that I built myself and I'm pretty happy with the resul...

Hi, been lurking for a while & thought I should say hello. Newbie distiller, putting together a modular bubble cap column. Mostly copper but using SS RC & PC. Experienced AG brewer, primarily interested in whiskey. Great site, wonderful resource. Look forward to participating when I know eno...