My worm sucks.

[wv_hillbilly]

It passed the BB test and everything, started a cleaning run today, smearin like a SOB. I'd get huge flow and then nothing, huge flow then nothing. Got to looking at it and it has a couple very minute raised spots that I tried and tried to get out and couldn't, pretty sure I F'd the worm up royally. Just a word of advice for those going with a worm, make sure its perfect, I mean 100% not even a mm of a flat or raised spot, or you will be in for a very very bad day. My blood pressure still hasn't come back down.

[beelah]

try dialing back the heat some, run it slower and see if that stops the surging and smearing...or go the liebig route...works really well.

[wv_hillbilly]

I did, my worm has a couple upturned spots, I'm going to try and fix it.

[00Buckshot]

The more space in between each layer of coil makes it so much easier not to have high spots, getting a bigger worm bucket would be something to consider.

[Jimbo]

Well.... think of it as a couple small thumpers built in.

[wv_hillbilly]

The more space in between each layer of coil makes it so much easier not to have high spots, getting a bigger worm bucket would be something to consider.

My flake stand is a 55 gal drum...not going to get much bigger. Haha

[toast860]

i spent like 120 bucks on learning how much of a pain in the ass it is. but i have found uses for the 25 ft i have lying around now.

[wv_hillbilly]

Worm is fixed, and I currently have a beautiful pencil lead sized stream with the wonderful smell of alcohol all around!

[Jimbo]

Worm is fixed, and I currently have a beautiful pencil lead sized stream with the wonderful smell of alcohol all around!

[F6Hawk]

What didja do to fix it?

[wv_hillbilly]

Just went threw and bent a few spots. I'm going to go through it again when I have time and solder some 1/2" pieces between the coils to hold in place.

[F6Hawk]

Wow, I never would have imagined a bent worm would be so troublesome.

And never mind what first went thru my mind when I read your subject...

[wv_hillbilly]

The crazy thing was it really wasnt that bad, passed the bb test. Could pour water through it and no problems, when I started running it though...hell. All is good now. I was just posting a read for the new guys to make sure that sob is absolutley perfect if you're gonna go the worm route.

[F6Hawk]

I don't have a worm myself, but now I am gonna go read about why it's so finicky just so's I kin understand more. What a hobby. SO MANY variables, eh?

[Jimbo]

Hawk, the problem with worms is simple. You must have a constant downward slope to the tube. Sounds easy in theory, in practice not so much. I used one for years, battled the same shit wv is talking about. Built a leibig and never ever looked back.