Hello, Real nice place ya got here
Moderator: Site Moderator
Hello, Real nice place ya got here
Been reading HD for about a month now. Been everywhere I can find, Parent Site, New To Distillation area and everywhere else. What a massive amount of interesting information. I started to build that old reflux still from the PDF that's all over the Internet about 15 years ago after reading some stuff by Gert Strand. Luckily all I did was to attach a 2" union to a 6 gallon stainless steel keg. I also bought the copper, but never put anything together. About 6 years ago I acquired a 6 gallon stainless steel Delaval milk can. Now I am getting ready to build me a Nixon Stone reflux with the keg and a pot still with a 24" liebig with the can. Very exciting!
Two piles of stainless and copper
-
wendellbaker
- Novice
- Posts: 36
- Joined: Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:38 pm
- Location: Eastern Pa
Re: Hello, Real nice place ya got here
Welcome. Keep reading and good luck!
I'm not satisfied, and that's exactly why I'm so optimistic."
-Wendell Baker
-Wendell Baker
Re: Hello, Real nice place ya got here
I have a question about a reflux still. There are two valves that go at the bottom of the head. I have read all over this site that brass in contact with the distillate is bad. Are there copper valves for this?
Two piles of stainless and copper
-
S-Cackalacky
- retired
- Posts: 5990
- Joined: Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:35 pm
- Location: Virginia, USA
Re: Hello, Real nice place ya got here
You probably need stainless steel valves. Something tells me that you won't find a copper valve of the type you need - too soft to work well as a valve.
S-C
S-C
Every new member should read this before doing anything else: