I manned up yesterday and finally committed myself to making a boka. I've been using my little pot still for a while but now its time for a change. I've been collecting my pieces and I think I have what I need to start making it. So far I've wasted quite a bit of copper alone just trying to bend the condenser.
My flattened out piece I'm going to use to make the plates didn't make it into the picture.
I've got some rough measurements for everything taken from other peoples builds but the way I see it is after i have my condenser bent I can just go from there as a starting point, sound logical?
Thanks everyone for the awesome site and the amounts of knowledge I've gained from it!
That's where I would start, that's the toughest part of the build I think, either making a deflag or winding a coil, once your done with that its all smooth sailing, happy construction!
I'm in the same boat as you, i'm just prepping for my bok build
When I renovated one of my closets I found they'd uses a piece of natural gas pipe as a hanging rod, 3/4" and super heavy; based on the tutorials it should be an appropriate guide.
well...its not pretty but it fits nicely in my pipe, isn't kinked, and doesn't leak. I am partially embarrassed to upload it and show you guys though. One that that keeps me at peace is once its in nobody has to see it again.
Functional is GOOD. The beauty of this site is we can see where we're headed by looking at some of the "art stills" the Masters are building...gotta start somewhere and it looks better than mine!
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emptyglass wrote:Looks to me to be a little short.
How many feet/meters went into its making?
+1
Excessively flat too... Not sure how that happens... But I've seen worse first, second, and even third attempts... If it flows at least 1 liter of water per minute then is "might" work if there is enough cooling capability there... A rough rule of thumb is at least 10 coils per helix... This condenser is clearly shy of that mark...
There are quite a few good threads here on winding coils. Have a look at a few before proceding with your next one, I reckon you'll be a lot happier with what you make after getting some tips.
Your coil needs to be efficient enough to condense all the vapor you can produce. Any less and you'll have issues. Better to have a little bit more coil than find you have issues once up and running.
You design it, I make it. Copper and Stainless. Down under. PM me.
While I wait to scrounge up more copper for the coil I stumbled across this today http://nh.craigslist.org/for/3022157580.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow . I know the hole on top looks a little small but think it could be bored out or something to accommodate for the 2 inch pipe? Or should I just scrap that idea and try to find a keg that already has a 2inch hole?
That old keg wouldn't be bad but you would have to buy a tri clamp ferrule and have it welded to the keg, probably another $30 in added cost, that keg is worth the $35, with 304 stainless going for $1.01 per pound , you could buy it and if you decide not to use it you can scrap it for the same money you bought it for. I think the old keg is cool, different and vintage looking, its got alot more character than a normal sanke keg
But I've seen worse first, second, and even third attempts... If it flows at least 1 liter of water per minute then is "might" work if there is enough cooling capability there... A rough rule of thumb is at least 10 coils per helix... This condenser is clearly shy of that mark...
Here are the results of my attempt: http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... 32&t=29673
