Glass reflux still
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Glass reflux still
I scored this medical grade glass still from my wifes company. Does anyone have any experience sith this typr of still?
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Re: Glass reflux still
hard to tell from that pic. its too small on my machine. give it another try and we'll have a look.
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Three foot bokakob slant plate LM reflux column atop a propane fired half barrel boiler
Three foot bokakob slant plate LM reflux column atop a propane fired half barrel boiler
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Post a bigger pic, It looks the fundamentals of a vacuum still, but I can't tell.
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Is that a good jeez or a bad jeez?
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Bad jeez! I won't wait for those HUGE pics to load, got to see a microscope view of some part though. Delete them soon because they are slowing down the whole forum!
Tell your computer to resize pictures no bigger than 600 pixels wide and however many pixels high, and then we can see them.
Tell your computer to resize pictures no bigger than 600 pixels wide and however many pixels high, and then we can see them.
cornflakes...stripped and refluxed
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You kind of went from one extreme to the other on picture size. How about a nice 720x480? or a little smaller like 600x400?
20 Liter boiler
1 1/2 in Bok 36in tall with Graham condenser
Pot still head.
I make Absinthe using Wineos "Plain Ol Sugar Wash" and Nigel's "best absinthe so far" recipe.
1 1/2 in Bok 36in tall with Graham condenser
Pot still head.
I make Absinthe using Wineos "Plain Ol Sugar Wash" and Nigel's "best absinthe so far" recipe.
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From one extreme to the other... I'm feeling woozy'...
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Sorry, no too good at posting pics. I will try again.
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Last try
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It looks like what was used for (primarily) purifying acids and making anhydrous ethanol or methanol.
You could make likker with it though
Nice find, I'm jealous. Very collectable item.
You could make likker with it though
Nice find, I'm jealous. Very collectable item.
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Not sure yet, I think a couple of gallons. I still have to get a couple of tubes for the coolant. We are going to try to get it going in the next couple of weeks. Any pointers?
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Not really, it works just like any other still. If it was used for purifying acids there may be some unsual metallic salts hanging around it. I'd clean those pipes with a solution of strong acetic acid (nitric acid if I had it) followed by more runs of water, strong soda water, water, water. Then fire up the water for distillation and try it out. If it all works, you'll get very precise heating control with it.
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Re: Glass reflux still
daddy "I WANT ONE AND I WANT IT NOW"
dam i love it that would have cost a fortune to make
dam i love it that would have cost a fortune to make
Some people say its "FREE" but i say "there ant no free lunch" you get what you pay/work for
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25Lt old school SS keg as a pot with a prototype Ponu still head
help those that help them self first
25Lt old school SS keg as a pot with a prototype Ponu still head