Oldvines mini shotty
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 5:41 pm
I need a mini condenser for my mini boiler and soon to be built mini pot head. 12"'s of 1 1/2' copper pipe with 3 - 3/8' pipes inside. Also a couple of 3/4" tri clamps for cooling in and out.
I was inspired by Twisted's ez condenser end plates viewtopic.php?f=87&t=67972, if I was going to make a 2" it would of been a no brainer to order a set of his plates. I started with a couple of 1 1/2" long ferrules and sliced about 1/2" off of them to use as an insert and cap holder, soldered a couple rough cut copper disks to them and after a few turns on the lathe ended up with this:
A perfect insert for the top and bottom, made a couple of drilling templates:
Made a few tubes with a flange for the top:
I'll probably put all of these parts together this weekend
OVZ
I was inspired by Twisted's ez condenser end plates viewtopic.php?f=87&t=67972, if I was going to make a 2" it would of been a no brainer to order a set of his plates. I started with a couple of 1 1/2" long ferrules and sliced about 1/2" off of them to use as an insert and cap holder, soldered a couple rough cut copper disks to them and after a few turns on the lathe ended up with this:
OVZ
When (if) I make a smaller shotty I think I'm gonna go with your dimensions. It seems everything about them add up to success and being efficient.