Essential Oil Thumper

Simple pot still distillation and construction with or without a thumper.

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islander20
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Essential Oil Thumper

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Im nearing completion of adding another keg to my pot still as a thumper, it's all been pretty straightforward thanks to the great information here. As fate would have it I just scored another keg for cheap.

Id like to use this keg as an essential oil thumper. I should be able to use the same copper bits from my current thumper build to bring the steam into the oil thumper. My question is how do I ensure the steam passes through all the herbs extracting oil?

I was considering having an 8" tri clamp added on top to replace the standard 2" keg triclamp. It would make cleaning easier and I could put some sort of screen in to hold the herbs up in the path of the steam.

Am I overcomplicating this? Should I just throw my herbs in the thumper with some water and let it rip?
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