My Minnie Copper Potstill

Ricky · Post by **Ricky** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:03 pm

this is my minnie copper potstill built by using pint-o-shines template. and i know,it wouldnt be mine if it didnt have some ugly solder joints!

pintoshine · Post by **pintoshine** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:17 pm

Now that is what I call amazing Ricky. If I didn't know it was a model in the context that you presented that, I would swear it was a full sized real one.
Excellent Job

Did you do that from the printout on page 14 also?

CoopsOz · Post by **CoopsOz** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:21 pm

You don't muck around, the plans have only been available for less than a day.

Ricky · Post by **Ricky** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:23 pm

page 14!

i had a hard time making the pans. i did better when i cut tabs for them. without the tabs it wanted to kink up like a pie plate.

the lyne arm at that size was a bugger!

you might be able to see the plier marks in it.

Ricky · Post by **Ricky** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:28 pm

yea coops. if i had a sheet i would probably still be working on my 6gal!

i think i could get it done before sunrise if i didnt run out of solder!

and the fact that i dont have any rivets!

pintoshine · Post by **pintoshine** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:38 pm

I see you have proven the pattern really does fit up well.
When you make the full sized one don't forget to turn the top of the collar out before you curl it round. That gives you a tougher top and gives you a small ledge to hold your biscuit. I just fold it over and hammer it flat and then curl it around to fit.
Again that look really excellent. I bet you could sell a few of those on e-bay. My wife wants a set of lamps made like that.

grainhopper · Post by **grainhopper** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:41 pm

Thats really impressive! I believe when you do the big one, it will be easier.

Nice job!

arkansas · Post by **arkansas** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:50 pm

pintoshine wrote:Now that is what I call amazing Ricky. If I didn't know it was a model in the context that you presented that, I would swear it was a full sized real one.
Excellent Job
Did you do that from the printout on page 14 also?

That is amazing and looks great, but I have to ask what this page 14 is all about plans?????

Ricky · Post by **Ricky** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:56 pm

pint has a link to a pdf with the template that i made this little still from under the post"pints 6gal still plans." i just printed page 14 on a whole 8.5x11 and made this scale model. the pdf will let you print from your home printer and piece together a template that will make a 6gal still on 1 sheet of copper. think i may be in the market for some copper sheet.

pintoshine · Post by **pintoshine** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:57 pm

http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5595

arkansas · Post by **arkansas** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:16 pm

Thank you very much, just found it through a search, search is a job in itself some times.

Can't understand how I missed it, try to read everything, everyday. Maybe need to multi task alittle better. Will give it a good read over, can see that Ricky has proven the plans, but would not doubt them since pinto put them up. Thanks again.

Post by **HookLine** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:20 pm

Very cute. Just right for the leprechauns.

arkansas · Post by **arkansas** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:37 pm

Just read through your doc. Pinto, it is very professional. Now I know why you posted the link for sheet copper, I am slow but well slow any ways

, I love projects, will have to start looking for sheet material now

Ricky · Post by **Ricky** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:19 pm

alrighty pint help me out. what would the percentage of the 7.5x10 be to make a 18 or so gal boiler? i hate to ask you this but you are so good at it. i know i would have to do a lot off pattern placement to get the best yield but a long time ago i used to cut la-z-boy chairs out of leather using templates or patterns in the same fashion. they even monitored our yields to cut back on waste. hole leather hides arent cheap. thanks!

pintoshine · Post by **pintoshine** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 7:36 pm

And the answer is multiply all the measurements on the diagrams by 1.443
and that will give you a 18.01 gallon. But the angle remain the same.
The layout will have to be different to fit two half sheets though.
The scaled version would be on a sheet that is 52 x 70. it is amazing that the answer is exactly the cubed root of the percent increase in volume which is the cube root of 3 and that is 1.4422495703074083823216383107801
So the answer is divide the new volume by 6 and take the cube root and that is the multiplier.

60/6 = 10 and the cubed root of 10 is 2.1544346900318837217592935665194
I plugged this new number into the spreadsheet and it comes out 59.94 gallons. Close enough.

Ricky · Post by **Ricky** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 5:05 am

thank you very much. might print that out on the big printer at work and see if i can lay it out on 2 sheets without to much waste.

Post by **Husker** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:45 am

HookLine wrote:Very cute. Just right for the leprechauns.

Note, it is Christmas time, so this is just the right size for elves

H.

PS, Merry Christmas.

Post by **Husker** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:02 am

I wonder if the 60 gallon template could be arranged on 2 3x4 sheets? It is 2.1 scale. The 6 gallon did seem to fit VERY tight, though on 1 sheet.

H.

stoker · Post by **stoker** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:53 am

you could use a candle to heat your still, but how would you condense it?

Post by **Husker** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:12 am

stoker wrote:you could use a candle to heat your still, but how would you condense it?

with an ice cube

H.

Ricky · Post by **Ricky** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:40 am

sounds efficent. what you think?