new pot

[Wild Turkey]

after running the valved reflux twice i have decided to build a simple pot
here are scraps from the first build i will be using

[bellybuster]

Nice stash!
You're doing the exact opposite as me, I went pot first then valved reflux which I'm getting running now.

[Wild Turkey]

Nice stash!
You're doing the exact opposite as me, I went pot first then valved reflux which I'm getting running now.

how did it work out,i felt like i was controlling heat and had very good water flow and kept it good and cold but was still losing a lot of vapor out of the top

[bellybuster]

i have yet to do an alc run with the offset. with the vinager run I was able to knock down most of the vapour but I'm already thinking of re doing my condenser coil to a dual coil. I'll try it as soon as I get my electric kettle finished.
My big thing is options, I'd like to have the pot for lower flavoured stuff and the reflux for neutral to make other stuff. Hindsight, I should have built a combo style still and have the best of both worlds in one package.
That idea is still in my head. Thinking I may remove the offset and mount it above the column and do a VM still.

[Wild Turkey]

i built the" World Class Home Distillation Apparatus"valved reflux,if i had it to do over i would not have a built in condenser i would leave it free hanging and double what it called for,but as is before i use it again i hope to have added more condenser. main problem is height and top heavy,add much more and half way tru a run it will tip over

[Wild Turkey]

got this far,and bad weather and lack of time,but question now should i go with a simple worm or inclosed condenser

[LibertyFighter85]

with all the piping you have, I would go with an inline condenser. More effecient I think.

[Wild Turkey]

that what i had decided around 3 feet of 3/4 inside 1 1/2

[LibertyFighter85]

That sounds like plenty... I'm running 36" of 1/2" Copper inside of 1 1/2" PVC and it works great!

[Wild Turkey]

i have done a lot of soldering/brazing and some welding. in my early days i popped a hole in i pipe a few times with a oxygen acetylene torch,but that was thirty years ago and most say i make a very good solder joint-so tonight i ruined two 1 1/2 inch fittings ..well actually four, two 1 1/2x1 1/12 x3/4 tees and two 1 1/2x 3/4 reducers..i have never seen 95-5 solder basically eat holes in copper before.i was using mapp instead of the torch kit because of low gas and used no flux just sanded parts very well-
i had the tees reducers were only $8:00 apiece but to replace with just the tees now is going to cost over fifty

[southern traditions]

Nice stash!
You're doing the exact opposite as me, I went pot first then valved reflux which I'm getting running now.

Same here. I started with a basic pot still, then added a thumper. I ran this way for about two months. I then built a double reducer reflux still with a 2" x 36" column. I reused my original 32quart boiler and now with a few minor mods its used as my pot still and my reflux still and I still use the thumper when running in pot still mode...

Learning to run the reflux still has definitely been a learning experience..

Martin

[desertshiner]

I wanted to know how you attached that female pipe end to your "top" piece? Looks simple, and no sink strainer to mess with...

[Wild Turkey]

that is a 2" union that i silver soldered with the oxygen acetylene torch,cap is ss plate cover from hotel
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they come in at least two sizes -but it was what i had on hand and the less i have to buy...

[Wild Turkey]

finally decent weather and a little time,in the same day..almost finished today

[Wild Turkey]

another

[rad14701]

Nice looking build, Wild Turkey... A bit of overkill on that thermometer mount, but whatever floats your boat... Get that puppy cleaned and producing some tasty spirits...

[Wild Turkey]

Nice looking build, Wild Turkey... A bit of overkill on that thermometer mount, but whatever floats your boat... Get that puppy cleaned and producing some tasty spirits...

yea i know..i already had it ,it set on top of the column on the world class still.i did not solder it in on either.
i put the "t" in the column on this pot for a thermometer but not necessarily this one,and/or to deal with cleaning or packing.
and i am a believer in adjustment and dis assembly it has two unions now and will have three so parts can be broken down and while intact a little loosening and can change angles and re tighten
and thanks