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likker liker wrote:Don't get me wrong, I love still porn, shine and polished tall lot's of glitter,,,,,, butt and that's a big butt.
I'd like to see the hard working stills , you could say the rat rod of stills, the nasty girls. Let's see what you got
Maybe you should look through the thread again. Plenty of those in here too.
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I guess you got it wrong
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likker liker wrote:I guess you got it wrong
My burner has been acting up and my still is soot stained. Streaks from paste that run down it also. I haven't cleaned the outside at all since I made it. Other than spraying the soot off each run. The inside is seasoned but clean. That what you mean? If so, I'll get a pic after my next run, before chipping the paste off.
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What I meant was, the guys that like to fabricat their own stuff. That's why I add "rat rod" not the norm, the unusual the hard working, get the job done stuff. Their is some on this blog, I was just trying to get more of that kind of stuff going.
I like the highly polished that some people have But I have made just about everything I brew with. I don't spend the time to polish unless there is a need to. I know there is a lot of people who do the same.
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I know what you mean but there really are some excellent fabricators here that are building these. Seems to me most guys aren't doing the old school setup because it isn't as well suited for their needs. Plus copper sheet is a lot more expensive and difficult to work with than a keg.
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ya you're right, the price of copper is very high. to bad I know there's a lot of people who would love too have one :thumbup:
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likker liker wrote:What I meant was, the guys that like to fabricat their own stuff. That's why I add "rat rod" not the norm, the unusual the hard working, get the job done stuff. Their is some on this blog, I was just trying to get more of that kind of stuff going.
I like the highly polished that some people have But I have made just about everything I brew with. I don't spend the time to polish unless there is a need to. I know there is a lot of people who do the same.
This, exactly! Well said, likker liker.

I like to look at the shiny stuff, but when it comes to making good product, shiny doesn't necessarily translate to good product. If I had a really nice looking still, I'd be too afraid of getting it tarnished or dirty, and subsequently spend more time trying to keep it looking sexy. You can have a gorgeous still, and still produce shitty product if you don't know how to run it. I mean, look at how stupid and simplistic my still is. And I've had excellent reviews about my product. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Not necessarily a "rat-rod" still, in that, I didn't do any real fab work other than piecing together the condenser and building it from scratch with store bought equipment, but I think the simple ingenuity of putting pieces together that work count for something, at least. I'm not knocking anyone with a really pretty still, or their methods, but as for me I prefer simplicity. It works just fine for me :thumbup:
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Chuckwagon wrote:
likker liker wrote:What I meant was, the guys that like to fabricat their own stuff. That's why I add "rat rod" not the norm, the unusual the hard working, get the job done stuff. Their is some on this blog, I was just trying to get more of that kind of stuff going.
I like the highly polished that some people have But I have made just about everything I brew with. I don't spend the time to polish unless there is a need to. I know there is a lot of people who do the same.
This, exactly! Well said, likker liker.

I like to look at the shiny stuff, but when it comes to making good product, shiny doesn't necessarily translate to good product. If I had a really nice looking still, I'd be too afraid of getting it tarnished or dirty, and subsequently spend more time trying to keep it looking sexy. You can have a gorgeous still, and still produce shitty product if you don't know how to run it. I mean, look at how stupid and simplistic my still is. And I've had excellent reviews about my product. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Not necessarily a "rat-rod" still, in that, I didn't do any real fab work other than piecing together the
condenser and building it from scratch with store bought equipment, but I think the simple ingenuity of putting pieces together that work count for something, at least. I'm not knocking anyone with a really pretty still, or their methods, but as for me I prefer simplicity. It works just fine for me :thumbup:

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Well I had a little time & a few parts . Mine grew from a 3 plate bubbler to a 4 plate bubbler with a 24 inch section packed with lava rock !
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Well-being modular also known as ever-changing I have upped to a 4 plate section so now I can run as a packed CM with either marbles or SPP as 12, 20, 32, 40, or 52" sections plus anywhere from 0 to 4 plates below the same packed section lenghts within the limits of my ceiling height.
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Sorry forgot to attach the pic. Here Im just running the 4 plate section with unpacked sections below it for collection height convince.
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I have the same column the first one in the USA delivered by the man himself ... I won it in a name that column contest... its not as fun as sex on sunday morning ... but it is quite pleasant to watch the glass during a run :thumbup:

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I got this one to. I think it four gallon havnt ran it yet still lookin for a sutable worm bucket.
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It is fun, tho mine is slightly diffrent I fabricated copper perf plates instead of the bubble caps, but otherwise the same.
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recent build. 4 plate column, 36" packed section, 6" dephleg w/5 x 3/4" tubes, 24" product condenser w/4 x 20" tubes.

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Lookin good City , Glad you got-er done ! I think it will make you a fine drop ! :)
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Here's mine! I'm very much a novice though, Learning all the time on here
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Radman wrote:Here's mine! I'm very much a novice though, Learning all the time on here

And its ok theres ptfe tape under those rubbers thanks to the advice on here :D
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1 last pic of it all polished up

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Holy packedness Batman!!!! That's one hell of a monster city, awesome :thumbup:
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Nice ending City I like! One hella build and pics do not do it justice it is a tower!
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nice looking rig city, hope you got a safe step ladder (wouldn't want you to go breaking your elbow or something silly like that)

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Daggummit ya ole coutry boy, aka CityBoy, ya sure build some purdy ones. Nice job man. Told ya, you can do it!
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Have the cleaning runs and time for a pic of my new full modular bubble cap build while doing the sac run of alkyhol,just a bit of time and will be back into the cruising mode of letting it doing its thing! Not much different than running the ole gal perf plate!
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That is a mighty impressive still you've got there. Well done.
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As all of your equipment...beautiful.. :P
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Don't know if it qualifies for still porn, but here's mine:
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Just a simple 15 gallon stainless pot...
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But it gets the job done :thumbup:
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Mason Jar, I really like your aircooled condenser, saw it here a few months back and it really got the cogs turning.
Not that I need to go down that route, but I just liked how you took something that you basically were told would not work and stuck with it until you made it work for you.
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Swedish Pride wrote:Mason Jar, I really like your aircooled condenser, saw it here a few months back and it really got the cogs turning.
Not that I need to go down that route, but I just liked how you took something that you basically were told would not work and stuck with it until you made it work for you.
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Mason jar and Swag, really made some progress in aircooling. I might take up the ideas.

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Ethylisator with aftercooler Liebig, Potstill wih Liebig and domelid, LM with doublecoil, CCVM with column and singlecoil.
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Boiler and domelid.
Boiler and domelid.
Don't know if it qualifies for still porn, compared to nice flutes etc..but it's what a poor man like me has.
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Nice go Mason jar,and if ya would of listen to the normal flak about sticking to what everyone else does ya would not have something of your own congrats for going against the grain nice job!

Nothing wrong there Dane,it is yours and does not have to be a plated column to be porn if your happy with it and it does what ya want who cares! Nice work!
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