I had a day free yesterday so decided to have a go at some plumbing and install the coil into the Column.
A few pictures to be going on with
The coil looks as though it has been in a few fights. It used to be as a snug fit in the column, a bit too snug, when it got three quarters of the way in, it started to bind.
I put the coil back onto the mandrel and went over it with a toffee hammer to make it a "bit smaller". It seems a shame after going to great lengths to keep the tube round when I was making the coil. But the result is worth it, it is now a nice sliding fit into the column.
One of the reasons that I chose a Bokakob design was that the whole thing could be completed with only 3 soldered joints ????
It was not really intentional - I have had some spare time on my hands recently and I keep getting carried away.
I enjoy making things always have done, I only hope that I enjoy making spirits as much as I enjoy making stills, otherwise I will end up with a shed full of stills and nothing to drink.
3' Essential Extractor PSII High Capacity (Brewhaus) on gas,recirculating 60 gal olive barrel for cooling
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for ~ Socrates
I am incredibly impressed with your workmanship and innovations. You are practicing a very important maxim in my opinion: "make elegantly simple solutions to common problems"!
I like the fact that you have analyzed in great detail the challenge, innovated at cost, overcome with creative flair and executed with artistry. Bravo! You are a real artist.
“Well, between Scotch and nothin', I suppose I'd take Scotch. It's the nearest thing to good moonshine I can find.”
William Faulkner (1897-1962)
