Shot down, right out of the gate

[BamaBill]

Hello guys from the Gulf Coast. My name is Bill, first time caller, long time listener.
I started off about a year ago with a home built pot still complete with pickle jar thumper and a basic rum recipe. I've moved on up in the world with a beer keg, simple top and another improvised thumper.
I have a rum recipe I fall back on, but I've dabbled with sweet feed, corn and various mixes. Recently I've made some sweet potato mash and it makes a tasty morsel.
So, here I am, a new guy that apparently can't read the rules. My first post shot down because I went straight to the questions and skipped the intro.
So this is me, laughing at my great start and offering my story for your simple amusement.

[Bushman]

Welcome, your not the first as it is understandable especially if you have been here a while that you have questions and want answers. Sounds like you are taking everything in stride. Now that you have done your introduction all the threads are open for you to post. Enjoy!

[Still Life]

Yeah, welcome.
Worse intros have been made.
I think I told everyone here they were crazy for giving all this information away for free.
Ha!

[BamaBill]

Thanks guys. I completely understand the intro thing. I've read enough posts on here, I didn't even consider myself new. Lol

[Oldvine Zin]

Lol hope that you got rid of that glass thumper.

Welcome

OVZ

[Shine0n]

Welcome to the dark side!!!

Please remove the glass thumper, a turkey fryer will do just fine. (Stainless steel)

Shine0n

[Oceanwave]

Same thing happened to me both in my initial post, and in my initial response to you before my Welcome Center post was approved. I have read so much here and was working on my phone so I only wanted to post my initial questions at the time. Oh well, that is the down side of being eager to learn.

[Truckinbutch]

The fact that you both are posting now opens a whole new world for both of you . Weellcoomm to the daarrk side .

[Oceanwave]

The fact that you both are posting now opens a whole new world for both of you . Weellcoomm to the daarrk side .

Oh, another dark side to be part of. This should be fun.

[Truckinbutch]

The fact that you both are posting now opens a whole new world for both of you . Weellcoomm to the daarrk side .

Oh, another dark side to be part of. This should be fun.

It is relative to the effort you wish to put into it .

[BamaBill]

Thanks for the welcome guys.
The glass thumper is history, but it sure was nice to see what was going on in there and at what temps.
I'm running a 15gal SS beer keg and a 2 gal SS kettle pot for a thumper now. After reading about sulfides and benefits of copper in a still, I cut up a length of copper tubing and bound it together and I run it inside my thumper. I probably get more copper surface area than a solid copper thumper this way.
I have a 6gal keg that I was gonna start running as a thumper in the near future.
Any input would be appreciated.

[Swedish Pride]

6g keg will be an better option that the 2g thumper you have now.
rule of thumb is the thumper needs to be 1/3 the size of your boiler or have a overflow return to the boiler.

[goose eye]

Loose lips sink ships

So I'm tole

[BamaBill]

Loose lips sink ships

So I'm tole

#Truth