Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

hi guys, just doing my perf plates. im running 1.6mm holes over a 5mm pattern. would you guys consider this to be of a workable size and consistency? i was also chasing a recommendation on what size (od) my downcomer should be made from? and how far it should sit away from the edge of the plate? thanks! ^:)^

Try this:
"search our site link results"

Or just scroll through the plated column section of the forum and read the ones that mention perf. or perforated plates in the title.

Its all there to be found.

There is a really cool spirally type design someone post I read months ago but blowd if I can find it for you. I found when I’m looking for something specific it sometimes takes a while, but during the search I have learnt so much along the way, just take your time and it’ll come, along with answers to heaps of other questions you may have running around in the back of your mind, as well as, “ah, that’s how it’s done”. Good luck.

Alot of the early builds were perf plates.

I used perf plates in my bubbler as 5 Star had a special on them at the time. Now rather than have 2 gaskets on the triclamap seal I just cut the perf plates down to the ID of the 4" and soft soldered them in. Now for the downcomer I just used some 3/4" pipe and made a cup out of some 1" by soldering some flat onto the pipe then soft soldered to the 3/4" so one side was touching leaving the other side open to let the spirit drain, also leave a 10mm space when soft soldering. Also a 1mm hole in the base of cup lets the downcomer drain after the run is finished.

I'm sure there is some pic's in my build thread too.

Cheers Bryan