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It's been awhile since you finished your condenser. Have you made and finished the rest of your still? I was just wondering if you did and ask that you share your work with us here in your build thread. Looking forward to seeing your results man. Hey!! No, unfortunately, I've been too busy..but I'm...

Looks Great!! And very similar to what I'm doing with respect to the Tee option

Whewwww That's Nice!!

Thank You All So Much For The Kind Compliments!!

She is Finished!!!! Super Pleased with how it turned out! Thank you to all of you who offered support and advice. Now to get on with the rest of the still build!! Stay Tuned!!!

Twisted Brick wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 7:44 pm Great-looking (and fun) project! Nice heat-management teamwork with your son, too.

I Appreciate it TB!! Your build was the biggest inspiration for me in my build.

PJ

Hey Guys!! Finally a Small but Important Update! I got the vapor stack soldered inside the water jacket. I initially tried putting frozen pieces of a rag in the holes to keep their solder from melting, but it ended up not being necessary. So I had my son hold the torch and I spun the whole unit it g...

Ughhh.. finally got some time to do some more work on the shotgun. Cut the final baffle, ground them all to fit, and soldered up the vapor stack. I was a little concerned about the tight spacing and getting solder all the way around but it worked out and appears pretty solid (and not too ugly!!). To...

Nothing has been soldered yet..still have to cut the baffles into sections... Was just checking fit and seeing if I liked that angle for the taper

Excellent Advice!! I appreciate it!! I've been thinking about different ways to isolate areas. I also think I'm going to stand it straight up to solder the vapor tubes in order to ensure that are even at the tapered end and don't slide on me. Good luck man, if you have issues or need to isolate a sm...

Time to start soldering!!! Fingers Crossed!!

Anyone done any more work with this? Their Butter Pecan Sippin Cream is my absolute favorite!!

I appreciate it!! Yeah, I agree.

StillerBoy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 20, 2023 10:22 am I would solder the band in first before soldering the ferrule and end plate assembly, to over come any possible leaks later..

Mars

Hey TB, I came up with a good solution based off of your method!! I had a small sheet of thin copper I had bought previously at a craft store to make a model still out of. It worked perfect!!! No grinding!!

Very nice Bushman..Thanks for joining the conversation!! I really enjoyed reading all the good suggestions and advice given on this thread. Also nice work on your build. For others planning on a shotgun dephlagmater you might consider my design bringing the cooling through the top. Just a reminder h...

Yeah, I thought about that. If I hadn't already spent the time and effort on the plates and baffles, I'd switch...if it doesn't solder well, I'll go to four. Looking at your plates, five looks pretty tight. I tried a couple sets and never did like my tube spacing. There’s a reason most shotguns are ...

Yes, that is what I'll do Stiller. Thank you for the help! I think I'll make it so I could still add a ferrule later, if I feel the need to, but otherwise I'll just use my slip fit spout as I pictured above. Appreciate you guys!!! [aquote=StillerBoy post_id=7739437 time=1674178834 user_id=61884] but...

Excellent Gentlemen!! I really like both solutions. Not sure which I'll go with yet. I'll be shortening the 24" shell so I'll have a couple rings I can use for TB's method. I picked up my ferrules today so I'm anxious to get it all put together. I initially wanted ferrules at both ends of the s...

Then how do you solder in the endplates with vapor tubes?

StillerBoy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 2:30 pm No.. from the inside..

Mars

Very cool build!

You're soldering from the outside correct? Against the flange?

StillerBoy wrote: ↑Thu Jan 19, 2023 1:38 pm Yeah that all I use.. the only time I have issues is if I rush the heating up phase.. where is it going the run out.. it's held tightly in place by the wires and against the ferrule..

Mars

That's all the wire you use? No issues with the solder filling the rest without running out?

I fill the gap using some thin wire..

Mars

Need some advice on the best way to solder the ferrules to the DWV pipe taking the gap produced by the thinner wall into consideration.

Practice fit

I radiused the fitting to the shell

Thank you both for the excellent advice and insight!! Waiting on some ferrules to come in so I made the spout that will clamp to the end of my shotgun in order to practice my soldering... it's been many years since I did any soldering and it didn't have to be pretty. I'm also making a couple more ba...

Thank You Subbrew!! That sounds perfect. So, if I put 5 or 6 bags of ice in it to start, I should be good for a run? I'm also trying to decide what fittings and valves I should go with. Am thinking 3/8 or 1/2 female hose fittings and put a needle valve on the intake hose.. do I need a valve of some ...

How did they work??? Sounds like a great solution!! Resizer_16521723169501.jpg So, nothing particularly new here, but i figured id share my lazy method of making shotgun baffles. She is 54mm shell, 4x15mm condenser pipes and end caps cut from a flattened section of pipe exactly as many others have d...

Yes, I watched it..yes the sound was up...I missed it..was an honest mistake...and I thanked him for pointing it out to me...I caught it after he did, so not sure why the snarky response.... I watched that darn video twice before posting and missed that both times!! Thanks for the cheat sheet!! Are ...

Cob, I watched that darn video twice before posting and missed that both times!! Thanks for the cheat sheet!!

Watch the video. cheat sheet 3:15. Your best guess would be close enough.
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Appreciate the advice Sporacle...I had read that and was definitely planning on drilling them prior. Thanks!! That looks very well fitted up, nice work. If I could offer one piece of advice is to drill your inlet and outlet before you fit your tubes, I very nearly had a catastrophic failure because ...