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Well I think that the build will go way past Christmas but most of the parts are Christmas presents to myself. ( Sounded like good reasoning to the soh ) Thinking about a 4" flute. Spent a little time online ordering parts and the first box of shinny stainless showed up today

4" flute, the king of the hobby arena.

Way to go Olvine Zin! Nice project

I'll be following along, Zin. Looks like you've got some 4s, some 3s and some 2s there?

Ill be looking forward to seeing it's progress, even though I may be a bit jealous!

Badmotivator wrote:I'll be following along, Zin. Looks like you've got some 4s, some 3s and some 2s there?

Yup, planning on a modular 4" plated column, 2" - long sweep 180 to a 3" shotgun. Should be a fun build!!

More parts at my doorstep today

Not sure if I want to use these for 1 1/2" sight glasses or go with larger tri clover ones

can't wait to see how this one turns out

Today's delivery - shiny copper plates

what fitting you using for the sight glasses?

Deerhunter wrote:what fitting you using for the sight glasses?

Still undecided on the glass holders, going with a 2" tri clamp would be easy but I kind of like the look of the trap adapter - they are a little more streamline and copper

Came home tonight to a couple more packages - it still feels like Christmas
First one from McMaster - 1 3/4" boro sight glass, they are a perfect fit on the trap adapters - smaller than using 2" tri clover fittings but I like the more streamline look of them.

Next big box - Thank-you Kentucky shiner!
a shiny 3 to 4 adapter to fit my keg and a 3' piece of 4"

And a boring little box with a pound of Harris solder and flux - I think that those big tubes are going to eat up a lot of solder.

I stumbled upon an 8' long 3" copper tube at almost scrap price part of that will be my shotgun condenser

Started work on the sight glass holders:
made this jig
needs a little finish work, but not bad for the first cut

Following along with interest, looking nice so far. Where did you get the trap adapters?

That sure is a whole bunch of shiny stainless. Are you going to go modular with your column? Looking forward to watching the build.

Snackson wrote:Following along with interest, looking nice so far. Where did you get the trap adapters?

Supply house dot com - search for 1-1/2" Copper DWV Fitting Trap Adapter (FTG x Slip Joint) less than $9 apiece and:
McMaster car for Heat-Resistant Borosilicate Glass, 1-3/4" Diameter, 3/16" Thick, also less than $9 each

corene1 wrote:That sure is a whole bunch of shiny stainless. Are you going to go modular with your column? Looking forward to watching the build.

Yes 5 separate removable plate assemblies is the plan.

Did the rough cuts on my sight glass holders today while babysitting a strip run of a Booners casual corn sugar head

Nice work.mate, love the jig . Nice adapters too!. Good luck with the rest of it.

Love the build so far! Debating on going with sight glass like yours or tri-clamp 2". I was originally going to go with tri-clamp, but now you have me thinking more because yours also looks nice. Do you know if those parts can be had for 2" sight glass?

moosemilk wrote:Love the build so far! Debating on going with sight glass like yours or tri-clamp 2". I was originally going to go with tri-clamp, but now you have me thinking more because yours also looks nice. Do you know if those parts can be had for 2" sight glass?

Yea I'm still debating on what style to use, the largest size trap adapter is the 1 1/2", tri clamps will give a larger sight glass at the sacrifice of a bazillion more tri clamp fittings. My build as it is has many and just trying to break it up with a few less

Oldvine Zin wrote:
Yea I'm still debating on what style to use, the largest size trap adapter is the 1 1/2", tri clamps will give a larger sight glass at the sacrifice of a bazillion more tri clamp fittings. My build as it is has many and just trying to break it up with a few less

Not to mention the tri-clamp route costs a bazillion more dollars.

A little progress today making short tubes from a long one:

That is looking fantastic. The stainless ferrules really look sharp on that copper! Thanks for the updates, keep 'em coming please!

Oldvine Zin wrote:

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I stumbled upon an 8' long 3" copper tube at almost scrap price part of that will be my shotgun condenser

Where exactly does one go to "stumble" upon 8 feet of 3 inch beauty...? I'm looking for copper in all the wrong places...

rgreen2002 wrote:[

Where exactly does one go to "stumble" upon 8 feet of 3 inch beauty...? I'm looking for copper in all the wrong places...

Craigslist and a bit of driving

Nice work, man. She's going to be beautiful.

I agree, the stainless ferrules are striking.

rgreen2002 wrote:

Oldvine Zin wrote:

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I stumbled upon an 8' long 3" copper tube at almost scrap price part of that will be my shotgun condenser

Where exactly does one go to "stumble" upon 8 feet of 3 inch beauty...? I'm looking for copper in all the wrong places...

I picked up an immaculate 51" length of 4" type L copper pipe . . . at scrap copper prices. Best thing to do . . . make friends with the guys at the local scrap yard. Drop by once a week. My length cost me less than $50 Cdn. Hell, if you trust the guy, bring him a pint. The world still does run a lot on the "who you know not what you know" way of thinking. At least in my parts!

moosemilk wrote: I picked up an immaculate 51" length of 4" type L copper pipe . . . at scrap copper prices. Best thing to do . . . make friends with the guys at the local scrap yard. Drop by once a week. My length cost me less than $50 Cdn. Hell, if you trust the guy, bring him a pint. The world still does run a lot on the "who you know not what you know" way of thinking. At least in my parts!

+1 moosemilk.

Oldvine. Where did you order your slip furred for the 4 inch from. Only been able to find butt weld ones myself...

Yak