Modular Flute

[CoogeeBoy]

Good afternoon all,
Have done a lot of reading on the flutes and have gathered nearly all the materials and tools I need to build a 100mm (4") flute.
The question I have is that most of the designs seem to solder in the perforated plates to the column.
I am wondering if the Perforated plates could be simply slotted in between 2 sections that I am intending to join with a tri-clamp.
So it would be:
ferrule
perf plate
ferrule
held in place with tri-clamp


Does that make sense and any reason why it shouldnt work?

The reason I am thinking of this is for cleaning, converting to a straight pot still and cleaning.

Thank you

[IAmPistolPete]

I would be concerned about leakage of both vapor & liquid without a good seal. Consider at least using some type of gasket [PTFE} to seal between each piece.

[Saltbush Bill]

Coogee I dont know where your finding all of these builds with soldered in plates ......very few Ive ever seen have been soldered.
Having said that I did solder them in on my last 6 incher build..... but thats another story, built in a different way for other reasons.
A large percentage of the builds these days are done exactly as you have said above , the plates are sandwiched between two sections held by a triclamp, usually a gasket is involved.
There are many ways of doing it......you might just have to look around a bit more to find examples of what you want.

[GrumbleStill]

Hey Coogee, noticed this one https://stilldragon.com.au/products/4-s ... s=e&_v=1.0 whilst browsing recently. Would need ptfe wrapping, but otherwise seems to be designed to do what you’re looking for.

[Ben]

All the mile-hi flutes are designed the way your talking about. I sourced my 4" plates and globes through them. Makes it easy to add/remove or maintain as required.