My First Pot still build

Many like to post about a first successful ferment (or first all grain mash), or first still built/bought or first good run of the still. Tell us about all of these great times here.
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My First Pot still build

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I built this from a flat sheet of 1.2mm copper. I used an old wort chiller for the worm but it is not big enough (diameter). The gradient is also not even so i will get something better sorted. I have only done a test run with water. A couple of tiny leaks in the arm seam that I need to fix. I would like to add a thump keg that I can add fruit to but not sure what would be best to allow for easy cleaning. Holds about 25L comfortably so think I will need about a 8L thump vessel. New worm is going to be 12.7mm (5/8?) and be 15m long. Been chipping away at this for 2 years now so would be nice to run some booze off it. Pretty happy with the cap to pot fit. Will seal with paste. Thanks for looking.
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Well done :thumbup: . That looks flasher than anything I have in my shed.
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Well done. More skills and patience than I have.
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Very nice! Isn't copper fun to work with? I finished my first copper pot still a couple of months back and am already thinking of building another one.
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Very nice sheet metal work! I really like the traditional style copper.
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Nice work. Where is the clean out located? (How do you fill and clean it out.). Does that top chamber slip on top of the boiler?
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Another excellent Job.
Love seeing people building for themselves. :thumbup:
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OtisT wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 12:13 pm Nice work. Where is the clean out located? (How do you fill and clean it out.). Does that top chamber slip on top of the boiler?
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Hi Otis
The cap lifts off the pot to fill or clean out. Will just seal it with flour paste like they used to do. I got a pretty good fit as it is though.
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stillanoob wrote: ↑Tue May 05, 2020 6:06 am Very nice! Isn't copper fun to work with? I finished my first copper pot still a couple of months back and am already thinking of building another one.
Yes. Working with copper was fun. I had not done so before. I would used thinner gauge copper next time though as the 1.2mm stuff was excessively hard to bend but I got there in the end. It is pretty heavy and should last a while!

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Copper is great to work with....can't understand why anyone would want work with stainless steel if they had a choice.
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Hat off to you Sir , very nice job .
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I am damned impressed . Great job and a benchmark to aim for . TB
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Real nice SL. You did a great job.
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