Pot still with hextopus thumper

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just thinkin about stuff in the puke plugin em

yup amazein how much syferin is goin on in this place

so im tole
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naught times naught is naught :)

em boys done studied their tootums and gazintas.
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ole boys had there tails tore up cause of puke. ole boys burned dam near every leaf off a
holly bear bush cause of presure.

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So I am sitting here thinking about what to top the Hextopus with and I look over and see this candy dish hmmmm nuff said heres the pics.
Oh and I made a containment ring with a #4 copper wire and some brass washers lil solder.
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Dude that is extraordinary.

If you could ultimately get a retaining type set up like how Condensificator does his sight glass rims,,,,,your lil pussy (no offence intended) would look so,,,,,,,,,tight.

Dang. That sounded rather off. I do apologize.
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Ok the wife just walked in and said when did you add the tit to the top of your thumper.

It amazed me that the wife knew what a thumper was. As far as the tit goes I think she knew what that was.

Thank god I didn't tell her it was dubbed a pussy or she would have questions for sure.
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still crazy wrote:Ok the wife just walked in and said when did you add the tit to the top of your thumper.

It amazed me that the wife knew what a thumper was. As far as the tit goes I think she knew what that was.
Hell when your obsessed with this shit they can help but learn.. :lol:
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Thank god I didn't tell her it was dubbed a pussy or she would have questions for sure.
try explainin a heat controller called a "sore dick". it aint easy. Love the sight tit in the top. How did you ever get so lucky for that thing to fit so nice.

You and goose talkin bout puke pluggin 1/8 holes? that wouldnt happen if you had a clear wash with no grain particles in it... would it?
like it dude.
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MuleKicker wrote:
You and goose talkin bout puke pluggin 1/8 holes? that wouldnt happen if you had a clear wash with no grain particles in it... would it?
like it dude.
how bout just doing some slip on caps with the holes in em for the hectopus arms, that way you can take em off if you are working on the grain. i've definitely been spending some of my gear turning think time on a thumper pot. i really dig the flavor from the pot.

cool candy dish! i've been stealing a bunch of stuff from my wife too...measuring devices, stainless pots, spices, all kinds of stuff. think she's going to start locking the cabinets in the kitchen.
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be careful cause they make pyrex for a reason

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crazy will have himself the proper pyrex soon enough. then his wife can have her candy dish back. gman
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There is probably a supplier like this somewhere near you. It is always worth while checking out the steam boiler spares people.

Sight glass - sure what size do you want.?

http://www.ibhs.co.uk/Boiler-Back-End-S ... s/c-1-105/
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A member is hooking me up.
The tits just there for gratuitous photo ops.
It didn't seal well but it worked nuff to get my douche wash threw it.
Get me some proper glass and bingo we can run some sacrificial juice.
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I'd love to have that sight glass for whiskey runs. I can't see the foam until has puked.

This is a thing of beauty.

Make sure to post some pics with the new glass.

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loneswinger wrote:I'd love to have that sight glass for whiskey runs. I can't see the foam until has puked.
This is a thing of beauty.
Make sure to post some pics with the new glass.
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Re: Pot still with hextopus thumper

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Offtopic but what do you all mean by puke?
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Re: Pot still with hextopus thumper

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NGICA wrote:Offtopic but what do you all mean by puke?
It means that the liquid contents (and/or foam) of your boiler, boil over up into the column, instead of just vapor.
(Before you get told to read, read, read.)

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Puking happens when you over charge the boiler,use too much heat for your column riser capacity.

Unfinished ferments can foam up real good.

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Thanks go to Glassman for the fine pyrex on this one

Well got her running and have fine tuned the amount of juice to put in the thumper.
Made a nice lil worm coil bucket
I took a 1" rubber cork (hardware store) drilled a hole in it ran my worm coil out that and drilled the bucket and stuck thru the cork
The "candy cane" arms are tack soldered to keep the worm spiral in place.
Hook her up to my 2 1/2 gallon (10L) 1500 w internal coil stainless steel fire extinguisher boiler
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Man that turned out to be a smart looking little rig.

Bet she'd do a really good job with Dnderhead's shortcut brandy trick. Bet you could dry charge with botonicals too.
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nice and compact.. great hobby still for someone with limited space..
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