No, that was all normal lead free plumbing solder on the copper. Stay Brite 8 on the stainless ferrules. I had to solder a short 2 inch sleeve onto the ferrules first. I soldered the 2 inch-3/4 inch reducer and elbow into the tee, then added the sleeved ferrules.Caliche wrote:Tummydoc- that is beautiful work. How in the heck did you solder it all? Was there brazing involved?
Yummy's Thumper build
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I am setting up a big (70 litre??) stainless vessel like a thumper.
I will be able to use it as a thumper; to steam distil grain ferments; or to both ferment and distil grappa.
If I get around to doing those things...
Anyway the point is I am fitting the down pipe (for the vapour) on the OUTSIDE.
No complicated fittings needed on the top.
There will be a plate with holes in it to keep solids etc. above the perforated pipe that brings in the vapour.
Geoff
I will be able to use it as a thumper; to steam distil grain ferments; or to both ferment and distil grappa.
If I get around to doing those things...
Anyway the point is I am fitting the down pipe (for the vapour) on the OUTSIDE.
No complicated fittings needed on the top.
There will be a plate with holes in it to keep solids etc. above the perforated pipe that brings in the vapour.
Geoff
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That will be great for a dedicated vessel Geoff, and simple. The thump spear allows me to change between multiple sanke kegs of varying sizes, but i usually go with a half barrel keg.
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Well, it’s not pretty but it’s done and it doesn’t leak! I used a 1” snorkel down into the thumper which was a little tight making that internal turn. I had to really trim back the bells. Only soldered, didn’t have to braze after all. Thanks for the help! Now just gotta get my kegs back from the welder and I can do my cleaning runs.
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Well done Caliche ,should work well .
My recommended goto .
https://homedistiller.org/wiki/index.ph ... ion_Theory
https://homedistiller.org/wiki/index.ph ... ion_Theory
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I ran across this thread a while back and it inspired me to do my build, so thanks Yummy!
Today I saw it linked in another thread, so figured I'd share the way I went about it.
Full Setup ISO: Section: This makes it really easy to solder up, assemble, take apart, swap spears etc.
Realized:
Today I saw it linked in another thread, so figured I'd share the way I went about it.
I just took your word for it here, didn't even try it. I rearranged things a bit and took advantage of the cheap stainless TC adapters available on Amazon. All of the copper is standard stuff you can get at any box store.
Full Setup ISO: Section: This makes it really easy to solder up, assemble, take apart, swap spears etc.
Realized:
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Very nice tjsc5f
My recommended goto .
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That's a nice rig. Can you give us some detail on what kind of charges you run in the kettle and thump and what kind of yield you get with the 2 plate vm over it and abv data?tjsc5f wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 6:57 pm I ran across this thread a while back and it inspired me to do my build, so thanks Yummy!
Today I saw it linked in another thread, so figured I'd share the way I went about it.I just took your word for it here, didn't even try it. I rearranged things a bit and took advantage of the cheap stainless TC adapters available on Amazon. All of the copper is standard stuff you can get at any box store.
Full Setup ISO:
thumper_ISO.JPG
Section:
thumper_SECTION.JPG
This makes it really easy to solder up, assemble, take apart, swap spears etc.
Realized:
thumper_Full.JPG
I run a similar setup to these, I'll link it up.
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Re: Yummy's Thumper build
The configuration in that pic was taken during a sac cleaning run. To date I have only ran half a dozen or so stripping runs through it with plates, reflux condenser and valve removed.
For those runs, boiler was charged with water (as full as possible through the 6" port). Thump keg roughly half full with really thick all grain, grains included. Strip off roughly 2 gallons at 30-35% with these types of runs. Lots of visible oils come through late in the run.
Planning on doing several runs this fall with wash in the boiler and grains in the thumper + plates. Will be logging a lot of info and share the results in a new thread.
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Thnx
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