t500 mod

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t500 mod

Postby one-eye distillery » Fri Feb 20, 2015 7:43 pm

hey everyone.
just a silly question...
has anyone ever had the top of a t500 coumn(the plastic bit) milled out of stainless steel or copper?
would be good as then could run as a pot without changing the config.
have seperated the cooling lines so when i turn temp up and down it doesnt affect the condensor.
also made the output bigger at the bottom of the condensor to stop flooding during low wines run.
dont know if anyone has tried but a mate can mill it cheap and wondering if it sounds like a good plan?
any advice would be great.
cheers n happy stillin
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Re: t500 mod

Postby benpandaae86 » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:27 pm

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Re: t500 mod

Postby rumdidlydum » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:02 pm

Or you could just buy a 2" cap die grind it out a little to fit ss t500 column, soft solder or braze rc outlet, plumb upa couple of vapor outlet elbows, and build a decent liberg. Also make it removable so when you get the shits with it you can put the liberg on a pot to make a decent flavored spirit :think:

Thats what i worked out :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: t500 mod

Postby rumdidlydum » Sat Feb 21, 2015 1:51 pm

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Re: t500 mod

Postby one-eye distillery » Sat Feb 21, 2015 2:56 pm

cheers ppl
got most of the parts rum just gettin time to put it together lol
jist thought if my mate can make it cheap enough then it would be an excellent mod.
was in the shed checkin out the rig . told him the downside of the t500(the plastic bits)
said he could make the part at work.
couldnt hurt to try i guess :D
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Re: t500 mod

Postby rumdidlydum » Sat Feb 21, 2015 3:51 pm

Yep go for it. We all have tried a different methods of doing things sometimes they work sometimes they don't.
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