Home Distiller

I stubbed male plug directly to the element, third (ground) wire soldered directly to pot.
Of course I could have used female end on the pot, but I never liked the idea of a stinger cord.

simple and cheap

Hey fellas, I do appreciate your concern, I am following your advice. I bought a lead test kit and there is a "hot spot" around the handle rivets on one side.

Here is a new work example, I find it kind of cool looking.

Also, the tin lining in the pot is not compromised along the original joints.

I am sure that lead free solder did not exist when these pots were made. All new work was done with lead free silver bearing soft solder, including leak repairs
(an ongoing project).

I use home built water chillers for my condenser water. Here is the small one; it will keep up with about 1500 - 1800 watts. It was constructed from a commercial building control air drier, not exactly being run within design parameters, but the expansion valve is not of the thermostatic type and I ...

The boiler is a copper washtub, circa approximately 1920's-1930's. Ebay find, although they are/were quite common in the south U.S.; some were galvanized steel, some had steel lids. Mine came with a steel lid, but some searching turned up a proper copper lid. Be careful trying to mix and match parts...

Thanks for the warm welcome. As for wealth and taste, I have no money, and I'm not sure about the other part.
I posted a few pictures in the "My First" forum, pictures.

Here is the boiler, it can run about 10 gallons on a spirit run without puking. boiler.jpg This is the inside of the thumper. It sits about 1/2 inch off the bottom and can be run with as little as one quart. thumper1.jpg thumper2.jpg The condenser is a double helix (parallel) Graham, (3/8 o.d. coppe...

I have been at this hobby for a few years. I enjoy building the hardware, the "brewing", the chemistry, physics, and running the "plant."
I have too much native American Indian blood in my veins to enjoy the product. I will post pictures in the appropriate forum.