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Massassi

yeah, I was thinking that my funnel would be taller, but I had to fit within the confines of the pixels for image sizes... beekeeper: this would be different as it separates distillate, rather than a maceration. you get better extraction with steam than you do though soaking. generally I would be us...

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yeah I thought so, but I wasn't sure if others were using it too.

I feel like I might try to make one up and see what it does and that the HETP equivalency is as well. I just need to see if I can scrounge up some copper

Massassi

this is a really interesting read. did anything ever come of the Barney Column? was it given up on? is it still in use?

Massassi

hello essential oil people, can you guys give me a sanity check on this? I've been toying with some options for creating an essencier. I think I've come up with an option that uses a mason jar and so allows me to see what fluid levels are what, and pour off what I'm collecting, depending on what tha...

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Saltbush Bill wrote:
googe wrote:I've always used 4x1/2 inch in 2 inch shell with no baffles and never had an issue. Can easily strip at 13-15lph.
I agree Goo , thats plenty, and baffles are just causing your self extra work that is not necessary .

Massassi

Wait, there are templates to buy off eBay? Where? I have never seen one!

Yummyrum. You've lots me at 360.

I have some copper plate, I just wanted the stuff to be uniform as I pushed it out do that I can see the centre baffles first, then submurge in water and do the other side before I try it out

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ive google and HD searched until I am blue in the fingers - does anyone have a link to templates for shotgun builds? I swear I have seen them before but I must be using the wrong keywords? I'm looking for 5x 1/2" in a 2" shell and/or 5x 3/8 in a 1.5" shell if you can point me in the r...

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I ended up repurposing the cart that my ancient shop vac was built into (when it died) it works great

Massassi

thanks guys. I might try that wheel rim thing. I think I have an old aluminum one around somewhere.

Massassi

so when I built my electric boiler I flipped the keg so that I would have a 2" drain, and I had a 8" TC ferrule welded on top. this allowed me to get access for cleaning and all of that. my problem though, is that I've never had a good system for holding the thing up. I've mostly been usin...

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great, so what do we need for our topics then? how long of a documentary should it be 2 hours goes by pretty quickly when explaining all of our equipment and processes. I still feel that commentary on the benefits of having clubs and associations where new hobbyists can learn the safe standard pract...

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I don't know. about that Mtez. I think with something like this we are herding cats. the best way to get it done is to do it. we can spend all the time you want getting organised - but that's not the problem - and no one really cares about it because its busy work. what we need to do (I think) is: a...

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I've previously stated, in my opinion it would be best to have at least 12" of shotgun on top of a boka, 14 would be better. you did, i thought we were talking 1.5" shotties at that point though, not 2"... although the difference in surface area for a 1.5" insert to a 2" on...

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okay, so i've decided that i'm going to build a shotgun condenser for my boktop. it'll be 2" on my 2" column, over an electric keggle. how big does it need to be? incidentally instead of sleeping the other night i invented a VM still in my head that i would use the boka on top of, to separ...

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You could make a decent concentric condenser like rad suggests. Not really. The 1¼" was used as vent pipe for the oil tank that went with the old furnace. Heresy am I right? Anyway after its been used with POL products for decades I don't trust it for consumption use, regardless of how much it...

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It turns out that all of this is an excersize in imagination only. My 1½" is actually 1¼" and I don't think I'll be able to get enough surface area out of that to do the job. *sniff, sniff* goodbye drop in shotty idea, I'll miss you. I think I'll set up a clamp on 2" shotgun that I ca...

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Cranky, do you have pics of your setup? did you do the same as i am with 1.5 inserted inside the 2" ? did you loose the one pipe to a coldfinger? i guess really, how was your intake/output of water managed? did you install baffels, and if so how many? PF shine, i considered about 4 different &q...

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i'm also looking at using the same condenser to run a pot still. i'm imagining putting a 2" 90* on my column, which would be mated to the center of a 2" tee. the top would get the condenser and the bottom would be my take-off with some level of reducer. this has been bouncing around in my ...

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i was considering CSST as well, but i dont know where i would buy it. i've looked around and dont see it at the home despot or rona...

i will admit that i may be pre-disposed to giving a soldering project the green light

Massassi

so do you think i would be better to build a 2" shotgun then and cut off the top of my boka? i'd save the hight of the valves at the least that way. i could probably fit five or six 1/2" lines in there, that would make for a a bit more cooling surface, but not much more because of the oute...

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so, i hate the double coil on my 2" boka. i've built it three times and i keep flattening or crimping something. it can die in a fire. so last night i was thinking instead of sleeping. what if i replaced it with a mini dephlag. i have some 1.5" copper and some 3/8 copper laying around. wha...

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thats a sexy bit of copper you've got there Greenthorn. did you build that boiler yourself or is it re-purposed?

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looking at it, my 2" might just fit around the weld collar on the triclamp flanges. i'll give it a try next weekend. it cant hurt.

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i have heard something about certqain sizes of copper and weld on tri clamps can be freeze fitted? ive ordered a few sents of the TC/clamp/gasket combos as they were on for 20 bucks each. now i wish i did my HWT elements through 2" Tri clamp adapters as well. maybe in a perfect world i'll just ...

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i know this is an old thread but i fugure the info is still valid: with minor modification (read this as thin what would be the sloped side and not the mating surface a little with an angle grinder) a guiness flange will fit a 2.5" triclamp, or with some more time and effort will fit a 2" ...

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Thanks Brutal - 99.8% lead free is good enough for me especially as its not really in the vapour path. Still Stirrin i apreciate your input as well. buy once cry once you say? well, i already bought the 2" threaded adapters and have them on everything - so this'll be buy twice cry twice now... ...

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so, i'm gettiung tired to sealing this gap in my adapter with flour paste. its a PITA. there are lots of people who seemingly use the stuff all the time, but i cant interest myself in it at all. the threads even with ptfe tape have a tendancy to get stuck and i need too use the big wrench to dis-ass...

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shadylane wrote: Then you already have half of a stream stripper, all you need now is a keg boiler to make steam and some plumbing.

I already have another boiler too. I guess it's just plumbing I need!

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i have, i guess i just assumed it would seal proorly otherwise. your experience is that they are fine with it on? probably wouldn't ahve to build up as much solder ont he other side either that way. i like it

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the 50's are the ones with plastic top and bottom, so a BBQ might not be a good plan LOL. but a mash tun and thumper would be pretty slick. though, i'll need to build a pot head to go with it (shucks darn) i hadn't considered fermenters before. they'd be way easier to move around than my glass carbo...

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