My Rig

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:11 pm

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Post by **maheel** » Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:19 pm

nice looking wash tank, i want one of those.....

but i think you should get rid of the plastic product tube.....

and maybe move that can of gas / fuel further away

what sort of % you getting

Post by **rad14701** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:59 am

Nice looking rig for a CM column, Bayou-Ruler... You really need to reduce the size of those images, however, or one of the mod's will either do it for you or remove them...

Post by **kiwistiller** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:09 pm

the old style CM as it should be done there. well done. After you sort out your pictures, I might link your post here to the overview of reflux designs, it's a good example of a simple improvement on the old through column reflux design.

Post by **Samohon** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:58 pm

Nice compact Rig Bayou-Ruler... How's she runnin.... I'd probably lose the plastic tube on the take-off and replace it stainless steel or copper. Apart from that, she looks real good man...

Kentucky shinner · Post by **Kentucky shinner** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:00 pm

is that a rubber bung in the top where your thermometer is at? if so you need to get rid of that. I would also get rid of the rubber hose where your product comes out.
other than that very nice.

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:33 pm

maheel wrote:nice looking wash tank, i want one of those.....

but i think you should get rid of the plastic product tube.....

and maybe move that can of gas / fuel further away

what sort of % you getting

The tank is available here: http://www.brewhaus.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow

The fuel can is actually farther away than it appears in the photo.

According to my calculations I'm getting 90%abv

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:36 pm

Kentucky shinner wrote:is that a rubber bung in the top where your thermometer is at? if so you need to get rid of that. I would also get rid of the rubber hose where your product comes out.
other than that very nice.

Yes it is a Pure Tan Gum Rubber Bung & Chemical Tolerant Tubing.

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:40 pm

Samohon wrote:Nice compact Rig Bayou-Ruler... How's she runnin.... I'd probably lose the plastic tube on the take-off and replace it stainless steel or copper. Apart from that, she looks real good man...

I will have to look into replacing the tubing and the bung at the top. She is runnin pretty good far as I can tell. I have put about 6, 23 liter sugar washes through it. stripping run takes about 2 hours and spirit run abut 6 or 7 hours.

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:42 pm

rad14701 wrote:Nice looking rig for a CM column, Bayou-Ruler... You really need to reduce the size of those images, however, or one of the mod's will either do it for you or remove them...

I re-sized them. Hope they are better now. I have a large monitor set at high resolution so large images aren't so large on my end.

Post by **kiwistiller** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:43 pm

look good to me. in future, if you upload them as an attachment, they'll auto-thumbnail.

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:51 pm

kiwistiller wrote:look good to me. in future, if you upload them as an attachment, they'll auto-thumbnail.

Thanks, I will have to do that in the future.

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:59 pm

Post by **kiwistiller** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:07 pm

very nice. I'm interested - do you ever get trouble from the coolant warming, and then changing how much you're refluxing?

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:37 pm

kiwistiller wrote:very nice. I'm interested - do you ever get trouble from the coolant warming, and then changing how much you're refluxing?

That is a 152 quart (143 Liter) ice chest so there is a fair volume of water. That bottle floating there in the picture is a 3 liter cola bottle. I have several of them filled with water that i keep frozen. I will feel the outer tube on the condenser, or the return water. When it begins to warm up I will add the frozen 3 liter bottles one at a time til it cools down to where i want it. The frozen bottles also come in handy for cooling down hot mash.

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 2:03 pm

Kentucky shinner wrote:is that a rubber bung in the top where your thermometer is at? if so you need to get rid of that. I would also get rid of the rubber hose where your product comes out.
other than that very nice.

I took your advice and got rid of the tubing on the take off. I replaced it with a copper compression fitting and copper tubing. Next run I will take a picture of it. Next item on the agenda is to eliminate the rubber bung.

RebelRick · Post by **RebelRick** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:44 am

Awesome rig Bayou Ruler. Hey I'm from Louisiana too!

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:23 pm

RebelRick wrote:Awesome rig Bayou Ruler. Hey I'm from Louisiana too!

Thanks Rick

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:05 pm

Fiendish · Post by **Fiendish** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:02 pm

Bayou-Ruler~

I have the same set-up as you, just a little curious as to what you think about it?

For the regulars~

Why the need to eliminate the bung at the top? And what would make a sufficient replacement?

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:33 pm

Fiendish wrote:Bayou-Ruler~

I have the same set-up as you, just a little curious as to what you think about it?

For the regulars~

Why the need to eliminate the bung at the top? And what would make a sufficient replacement?

Fiendish, I love it! I have returned my upper column to Brewhaus and I'm having them add a 2'' Ferrule to the top where the Bung usually gos. I'm going to eliminate the Bung by using some stainless tri-clamp fitting and compression fittings to hold the temp probe.

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Fiendish · Post by **Fiendish** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:02 pm

Bayou~

Any updates on the new top? Just itching see how it turned out.

VARIVERRAT · Post by **VARIVERRAT** » Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:46 pm

me 2 as i have the same bung on the way from milehidistilling. i guess this goes under the copper, stainless only rule?

Post by **Mud Mechanik** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 12:24 am

Bayou-ruler, nice looking rig and good job of getting rid of the plastics. I hate to be the one to keep finding issues with it...but, the brass coupling that you used to connect the copper collection tube is also undesireable unless you used the de-leading process here on HD. MM

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:28 am

Mud Mechanik wrote:Bayou-ruler, nice looking rig and good job of getting rid of the plastics. I hate to be the one to keep finding issues with it...but, the brass coupling that you used to connect the copper collection tube is also undesireable unless you used the de-leading process here on HD. MM

Thanks for the compliment.

Actually I have been wondering when some one was going ask about the brass fitting and yes it has been through the vinegar and peroxide de-leading procedure.

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:36 am

Fiendish wrote:Bayou~

Any updates on the new top? Just itching see how it turned out.

My column should arrive back to me today on the UPS truck. Brewhaus did an outstanding job on the turn around time. They did the work and shipped it back to me the same day they received it. The other parts that I have ordered are scheduled to arrive on Friday.

I purchased them here: http://www.thevintnervault.com/index.ph ... gory_id=72

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Kentucky shinner · Post by **Kentucky shinner** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:21 am

Looking good brother
KS

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:16 am

Kentucky shinner wrote:Looking good brother
KS

Thank You, Kentucky shinner

Post by **Bayou-Ruler** » Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:29 am

Here is a picture of the ferrule I had added to the top of the column:

When the rest of my parts arrive I will post more pictures.

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