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Build it and run it,,, all the theory is just theory. Theory is just a guide, there are always variables in practice.
You wont know till you try.

BoisBlancBoy wrote:
What do you think about clamping my 3” column to it and applying some pressure?

Exactly what i did, works well and the keg doesn't take much pressure to bend slightly.

I welded a socket in the side of the keg, mounted the ball dead center for full coverage.

I have that exact ball in my boiler, I run it with our bore pump so have plenty of water pressure. My domestic water supply does not have the pressure or volume to run it very well. But with enough water pressure they are great.

In Australia these are known as "Thongs"

A bird

Theres more than one kind of parrot, I use one that I can empty on every cut and I wouldn't do a run without it.

Heres the start of my next still. just gotta work out how to turn this into a tube
Reckon it might take a bit of work, how would you do it!!

Sometimes if I get interrupted stripping a large batch I pour my strip back into the fermenter to bring the ABV right up which keeps infection at bay till I can get back to it.

I have made a lot of neutral spirit, I have tried cereal and grain sugar heads, TPW, as well as AG using 100% malted wheat. All get stripped then a slow spirit run through 5 perf plates and a 600mm packed section. The end result is always the same, clean, tasteless, odorless neutral spirit. There is...

The thumper is a typical inline thumper, 3" riser, 4" cap and 1" downcomer. The downcomer extends into the boiler to the same depth as the elements so should never be above the liquid. The top of the thumper has 4" tri clamp for the pot head as well as 2" tri clamp connectio...

Lyonsie wrote:Very nice. I wish i had a shop like that. Are you going to put any copper in at all?

Thanks Lyonse, There's a 12" long section above the thumper that will be filled with copper rolled mesh.

Leak test today, got a few leaks to patch up but not too bad

Long overdue post. Built a few stills now, here's my latest build in pictures.

Thanks for the replies, the more reading I do I'm coming to the same conclusion that a liebig is the best place to start this adventure. My background is in engineering so I'm no stranger to working with copper and the principals involved all make sense to me.. So I guess my next step is to head dow...

Hello everybody, I've been lurking about this forum for some time now doing research for my upcoming project, thought it time to register and say hello and thanks for the info I've gleaned so far. Currently I'm reading through and checking out all the links in the spoon feeding thread, lots of valua...