Attaching reflux head to a keg or column

[chiefkingston]

Hey everyone,
just started getting into this hobby and I'am setting up my first still, I have a reflux still head and i was wondering if anyone had ideas on how i could attach it to my keg boiler or maybe even another column. I've been reading about possibly welding a triclamp ferrule to the stainless steel head and i was wondering if anyone had another other suggestions.


Cheers and thanks in advance.

[Birdman85]

Maybe show us what the bottom of the column looks like?

[Tesla101]

Assuming this is a CM head and the RC is on the column on the right, but what's with all of the ports??

[RC Al]

Its an old outdated design that runs coolant through the column in a couple of places to generate reflux instead of a condenser coil or shotgun style condenser, this isnt really the best place to start unfortunately. I nearly built a similar unit in copper a decade odd a go when i first looked into things - glad I didnt in hindsight, the info available then was little and far between and the hobby has certainly progressed in leaps and bounds since then

If you handy with a welder I would be recycling it all into a coil cm or a boka lm set up, the product condenser wont be handling a huge amount of power either, but would be good to hook up to the output of a boka head

If you have purchased this, im sorry but you've been had - there are many better designs out there and few worse

With adding it so the boiler, a triclamp connection is the easiest for everyday use and there really arnt any easier options in pipe this size and larger without going to bolted flanges and the like

[chiefkingston]

Thanks for the info, luckily didn't buy it someone I know had 2 of these and just gave it to me, his one was welded onto the mangrove jack boiler.

This is the bottom of it

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I was looking at trying to build a pot still or boka but then was given this and thought i could save myself the trouble of building something. Looks like i might end up just trying to build one after all

Cheers for the info

[The Stig]

You would have one hell of a time sealing that to a keg

[RC Al]

Can be done with the end off one of these, a 2" sightglass - no doubt you would end up drilling a new set of holes though. Very spendy solution though - dont do it lols

https://www.5stardistilling.com/product ... ass-tower/

[chiefkingston]

Thanks for all the help,

I think I'm gonna forget about attaching it for now and maybe focus on trying to build a simple still for now