Hey Dan Ok so firstly thank you for the inspirations you have passed on. I can say that your design on the latest reflux still works a treat, i have just finished the first spirit run after god knows how many cleaning runs and got 500ml foreshot taken off, 3 litres 95, 3 litres 94 and 2 litres 90. Well chuffed, how are you getting on your end. One thing i have done though is go back to manual heat controller not the pid, found it struggled to hold temp with the kickass reflux .....
Dan, glad to see you started posting videos again and thanks for sharing your journey. I followed your last build 8 or 9 years ago and have been following along your new build for a couple months now and hope she serves you well.( Živjeli, próst, Nostrovia, Cheers )
Alright Dan, wow what a piece of kit. cant wait to see it in action. ive got the coil wound, caps drilled and all bits ready so well under way being in the uk gone for a 67mm columb and 54mm caps 1/4 inch copper wound round 42mm pipe ( found salt helped but takes a while to cklear connected to outside tap ). Out of intrest do you fill coil pipe before bending... Again sitting tight to check it running...Peace
I don't put anything into pipe when I wound it , just make sure it is annealed copper refrigeration pipe as it is softer and a bit easier to work with. However do take care doing that 90 degree bend when you start your coil. Let me know how you go with your build. You got any video's uploaded yet??
Hello, danssv8. I'm curious: - Where's the outlet of your column to the collection condenser? - Did you check that your column is still able to pass air without restriction? - Are you sure about that seal at the top of your column? In my experience, the cooling effect of the reflux condenser is more than sufficient to avoid vapour losses. These questions are in no way a disguised criticism of your work; more like food for thought. Cheers. 👍
Absolutely no restrictions and the outlet is the highest part after reflux condenser witch is a 20mm 90 degree bend I use for the outlet of alcohol vapours. Happy distilling brother
Hey dan, hows tricks.. Ok so did a vinegar run then alcohol cleaning run with my new set up dare i say a copy of yours. Pretty happy with the results so far with a few issues. The first being small black flakes in the end product, im guessing this is from the brazing. I did soak all parts in citric acid and peroxide mix but maybe need to do again. Whats your cleaning method?. The second being surge in the parrot ( I made a parrot that is attached to the still so im thinking have it free standing and hopefully that will sort that issue ). The end product was a steady 82% for 3 litres then noticed the immersion nut had fully cracked in half and i was leaking from bottom of boiler dohhhh. Had to finish then which is a shame because i had loaded it with 40 litres of mash. Easy fix though. Im running a single 2750 kettle element in a ss beer keg which leads me to my next issue or possibly not an issue. I ran the columbn without any packing ( waiting for the postman ) when up to temp and running with my two 800mm condencers flowing ( i have the first condenser which is vertical of the columb and staright through 15mm pipe then it goes into a horizontal condenser which has the 22mm and 15mm pipe inside ), it was running well drip drip spurt and all that jaz then i thought ok lets try the columb coil see what happens. Turned the water on real slow so it was hot at the dischrage end and the boiler struggled to keep up the temp. Im thinking the packed columbn will help with this but im hoping the boiler is man enough to keep up temps. Ok so any feed back from yourelf would be helpful but im getting there dude. My goal is to recieve the 95% mark for my herbal antics. Im hoping ill get there soon and loving the journey so far. How's your set up going, have you run yours yet?????
Hey Dan, ok so not tech savvy enough to deal with making and recording hahaha. ive done first silver soldering today WOW aint easy and thats a plumber talking. Got it done though. Quick question your condenser, the one with the diffrent sized pipe in the middle would you use for the horitontal with a vertical condenser being the same size pipe through it. Thanks for the inspiration
Hay mate not quite sure what one you talking about but the top 90 degree elbow is 20mm and then I use another 90 degree sharkbite to connect to the top of the column to the vapours out sending it vertical down and use another 90 sharkbite to run it to my horizontal condensing condenser, running it slightly down. I have got a video I made of the copper condensing condenser witch was made from 32 outside copper tubing and had 12mm and 20mm reducers on the inside showing the vapours flow down inside. Hope this helps you out. Happy distilling.
I have now started using 1.6mm leadfree solder with a map gas torch and is a lot easier to solder and to clean up. I used file's to remove excess lead and sandpaper and at last fine steelwool and Brasso polish to make them look good and shine.
@@danssv8 Hey thanks Dan for the info, i am using fluxed braze rods for copper to copper joints then silver for the brass to copper bits ( gotta say with a lot of bloody stress ). are you saying i could of used normal lead free solder for it all. If so the next build will look good hahahah..
Hey Dan
Ok so firstly thank you for the inspirations you have passed on. I can say that your design on the latest reflux still works a treat, i have just finished the first spirit run after god knows how many cleaning runs and got 500ml foreshot taken off, 3 litres 95, 3 litres 94 and 2 litres 90. Well chuffed, how are you getting on your end. One thing i have done though is go back to manual heat controller not the pid, found it struggled to hold temp with the kickass reflux .....
Dan, glad to see you started posting videos again and thanks for sharing your journey. I followed your last build 8 or 9 years ago and have been following along your new build for a couple months now and hope she serves you well.( Živjeli, próst, Nostrovia, Cheers )
Still experiment with my design and build cheers brother
Alright Dan, wow what a piece of kit. cant wait to see it in action. ive got the coil wound, caps drilled and all bits ready so well under way being in the uk gone for a 67mm columb and 54mm caps 1/4 inch copper wound round 42mm pipe ( found salt helped but takes a while to cklear connected to outside tap ). Out of intrest do you fill coil pipe before bending...
Again sitting tight to check it running...Peace
I don't put anything into pipe when I wound it , just make sure it is annealed copper refrigeration pipe as it is softer and a bit easier to work with. However do take care doing that 90 degree bend when you start your coil. Let me know how you go with your build. You got any video's uploaded yet??
Hello, danssv8. I'm curious:
- Where's the outlet of your column to the collection condenser?
- Did you check that your column is still able to pass air without restriction?
- Are you sure about that seal at the top of your column? In my experience, the cooling effect of the reflux condenser is more than sufficient to avoid vapour losses.
These questions are in no way a disguised criticism of your work; more like food for thought. Cheers. 👍
Absolutely no restrictions and the outlet is the highest part after reflux condenser witch is a 20mm 90 degree bend I use for the outlet of alcohol vapours. Happy distilling brother
@@danssv8 Thank you👍for this. I can't wait to see it run. Cheers
Hey dan, hows tricks.. Ok so did a vinegar run then alcohol cleaning run with my new set up dare i say a copy of yours. Pretty happy with the results so far with a few issues. The first being small black flakes in the end product, im guessing this is from the brazing. I did soak all parts in citric acid and peroxide mix but maybe need to do again. Whats your cleaning method?. The second being surge in the parrot ( I made a parrot that is attached to the still so im thinking have it free standing and hopefully that will sort that issue ). The end product was a steady 82% for 3 litres then noticed the immersion nut had fully cracked in half and i was leaking from bottom of boiler dohhhh. Had to finish then which is a shame because i had loaded it with 40 litres of mash. Easy fix though. Im running a single 2750 kettle element in a ss beer keg which leads me to my next issue or possibly not an issue. I ran the columbn without any packing ( waiting for the postman ) when up to temp and running with my two 800mm condencers flowing ( i have the first condenser which is vertical of the columb and staright through 15mm pipe then it goes into a horizontal condenser which has the 22mm and 15mm pipe inside ), it was running well drip drip spurt and all that jaz then i thought ok lets try the columb coil see what happens. Turned the water on real slow so it was hot at the dischrage end and the boiler struggled to keep up the temp. Im thinking the packed columbn will help with this but im hoping the boiler is man enough to keep up temps.
Ok so any feed back from yourelf would be helpful but im getting there dude. My goal is to recieve the 95% mark for my herbal antics. Im hoping ill get there soon and loving the journey so far.
How's your set up going, have you run yours yet?????
Hey Dan, ok so not tech savvy enough to deal with making and recording hahaha. ive done first silver soldering today WOW aint easy and thats a plumber talking. Got it done though. Quick question your condenser, the one with the diffrent sized pipe in the middle would you use for the horitontal with a vertical condenser being the same size pipe through it. Thanks for the inspiration
Hay mate not quite sure what one you talking about but the top 90 degree elbow is 20mm and then I use another 90 degree sharkbite to connect to the top of the column to the vapours out sending it vertical down and use another 90 sharkbite to run it to my horizontal condensing condenser, running it slightly down. I have got a video I made of the copper condensing condenser witch was made from 32 outside copper tubing and had 12mm and 20mm reducers on the inside showing the vapours flow down inside. Hope this helps you out. Happy distilling.
I have now started using 1.6mm leadfree solder with a map gas torch and is a lot easier to solder and to clean up. I used file's to remove excess lead and sandpaper and at last fine steelwool and Brasso polish to make them look good and shine.
@@danssv8 Hey thanks Dan for the info, i am using fluxed braze rods for copper to copper joints then silver for the brass to copper bits ( gotta say with a lot of bloody stress ). are you saying i could of used normal lead free solder for it all. If so the next build will look good hahahah..
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