Morning all,
Well, The fortunate chap that I am, just had a 2m length of 4" polished stainless undo itself and fall off an old firetruck - right into my shed!
What am I gonna do with 4"? "Not a farkin lot" I hear you say...
Here's what I'm thinkin says I:
A cool potstill.
Buying a couple of reducers, bends and clamps etc from www.5stardistilling.com.au and using a piece of the 4" to fabricate my still.
2" reducer from keg - 4" stainless - 2" reducer - 2" bends - couple of other bits, reducers etc to match up to the worm.
I'm guessin it would look like an old two-stroke expansion chamber.
Before you ask, I have the mental capacity of a glazed donut so go easy with the tech-talk.
Here's my Q's:
Will it work? Not much point if it won't...
How long should the 4" be from the keg? I'm stabbing at 18" - nothing to base that on other that looks...
On the weekend I made me a 3/4" worm that sits in a 20L bait bucket that has been modified with hose bungs etc. No kinks, about 4m of copper. the bucket connects straight to the garden hose and the fact that it rains 6 months of the year, I couldn't give a stuff about water usage. We have no water restrictions and pay $16 a month for all the water we can use. I plan to exploit that dearly. :D
Should I be concerned about the velocity of the vapour as it travels through the reducers into the worm?
On that, should I consider a decent liebig and keep the worm for another build??
I have found a few cool keg stills on the site using 4" pipe and bends, but the s-bend in my tubing is dented to shit. I plan on just using the 4" as a straight piece, hence the 2" bends I am considering.
I'm guessing the 4" ferrules should be tig'd to the pipe? No dramas - plently of metal fabs on base here. Might cost a carton of green cans.
Thoughts??
Any help would be most appreciated.
Cam :handgestures-thumbupleft: