Dan's Bubbler

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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:20 pm

EziTasting wrote:
dans.brew wrote:... :angry-banghead:
Live and learn i suppose. :handgestures-thumbupleft:


It's only a mistake if you keep doing the same thing, expecting things to change!


I'm pretty sure i read somewhere that a needle valve or gate valve was the go, but i still tried the ball valve... so not totally innocent! :laughing-rolling:

Nathan.. very happy with whats coming out of her so far. The cuts are clearer/ more defined i reckon, but in the end to get a good product ya got to get them right or it doesnt really matter how good the still works.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby Rock » Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:32 pm

Thanks for taking the time to illustrate and document your build, i am likely to build my own soon, so this was so well covered and all the input along the way.
Obviously not your 1st still,
I spent 1st 20 yrs of life in the sth mallee region, so understand the climate, chérs
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Mon Jul 30, 2018 8:50 pm

Rock wrote:Thanks for taking the time to illustrate and document your build, i am likely to build my own soon, so this was so well covered and all the input along the way.
Obviously not your 1st still,
I spent 1st 20 yrs of life in the sth mallee region, so understand the climate, chérs

Cheers Rock... my first still i made was just a basic pot with lieberg condenser. Fairly easy and cheap to make so a very good starting point for brown spirits. You wouldn't have lived far away then, we are on the edge of the mallee and the edge of the wimmera. Not a bad spot, apart from when it just wont rain.
I highly recommend having a crack at a build if you have some basic skills, its very rewarding... and a whole lot of fun! :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Sun Oct 21, 2018 3:38 pm

Finally got onto my parrot today... hacked my original one down to pieces and made a few alterations.
I saw this design in another post the other day and thought it was a ripper.
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Should make keeping track of my Abv a bit easier.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby bluc » Mon Oct 22, 2018 10:36 am

one thing if you solder your parrot on you really need a breather pipe to stop surging :handgestures-thumbupleft: Looks smiko though :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Mon Oct 22, 2018 6:49 pm

bluc wrote:one thing if you solder your parrot on you really need a breather pipe to stop surging :handgestures-thumbupleft: Looks smiko though :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Not planning on soldering on the 2"reducer.
My pc at the bottom must be slightly out of round so i used a counterpunch and put a slight indent on either side of the reducer so after i slip it on the pc i turn it slightly and it locks on real tight. There is a slight gap there which lets the air in. Seems to work well. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby bluc » Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:21 pm

Sweet :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Fri Nov 02, 2018 11:37 am

Working on cleaning up my still atm and clear coating it. Im not aiming for a perfectly clean, like new copper look. I like the polished rustic look. Its quite a job rubbing it all down. Here is the first couple components i did... pretty happy with them.
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Got a bit of 2 tone colour going on, but i don't mind it.
The next few tees and rc didn't quite come out the oven as planned. :angry-banghead: Im hoping it was just the oven temp getting a bit too high that caused the yellow colour, i did everything else the same. I'll rub them back and have another go.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Sat Nov 03, 2018 7:54 am

Finished cleaning up the last of the tees last night and clear coated all the remaing pieces. Seem to have solved my yellowing problem by keeping a good eye on the oven temp. The temp the copper gets to gives it its colour... well thats what i was hoping was the case anyway. Seems to have been the problem.
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A month or so ago I added a bit of thin foam around the boiler to help with heat loss. Seems to work well!
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby EziTasting » Sat Nov 03, 2018 8:03 am

Dan,
That’s looking sharp! :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I have to say, your boiler is letting down your piece of art of a still! Really nice job, well done!
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby Professor Green » Sat Nov 03, 2018 9:41 am

That’s come up a treat Dan. Top notch job.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby woodduck » Sat Nov 03, 2018 10:14 am

That is a very nice rig mate, you gotta be proud of that :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Sat Nov 03, 2018 10:58 am

Cheers fellas!
The whole rig has been a bit of a learning curve, not to mention a hell of a lot of fun. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
The blue foam does clash a bit with the nice copper... practicality over looks for now though.
A big thanks for everyone's help and advise along the way, wouldnt of come close to reality without this forum! :clap:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby bluc » Sat Nov 03, 2018 11:34 am

Very nice indeed. Makes me wanna do mine :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Sat Nov 03, 2018 12:07 pm

bluc wrote:Very nice indeed. Makes me wanna do mine :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Give yourself a decent amount of time if you do... quite time consuming rubbing it all down and making it shiny. Well worth it though. :music-deathmetal:
Rubbing back the clear coat on the ones that went yellow wasn't fun i must say. :angry-banghead:
I was actually wondering while i was rubbing away how they would fair if i was to get them lightly sandblasted first up, or whether it would be too abrasive on the copper and pit it. It would make cleaning in the crevices a lot easier... anyhow i don't really know a thing about sandblasting so was just a thought.
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby RC Al » Sat Nov 03, 2018 12:20 pm

One of the little hand gun ones with the tank on top would do it, they run all sorts of mediums through em - walnut shell comes to mind..

On a car, they can warp panels from the heat generated, filling with water would avoid that
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby EziTasting » Sat Nov 03, 2018 12:38 pm

RC Al wrote:One of the little hand gun ones with the tank on top would do it, they run all sorts of mediums through em - walnut shell comes to mind..

On a car, they can warp panels from the heat generated, filling with water would avoid that


Looks like you may have to do a separate post with an Exposé on walnut blasting! Sounds very interesting!!
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby dans.brew » Sat Nov 03, 2018 2:55 pm

RC Al wrote:One of the little hand gun ones with the tank on top would do it, they run all sorts of mediums through em - walnut shell comes to mind..

Yeah i would of thought there would be a way.. they must create a lot of heat to warp panels :scared-eek:
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby woodduck » Sat Nov 03, 2018 3:20 pm

Soda blasting. It's finer and doesn't heat up as much apparently. I tried a bit of sandblasting on some copper and quite liked the look of it but never went through with it, can't remember exactly why. I have a feeling (if I remember correctly) it was because the copper is really soft and the sand particles got stuck in it?
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Re: Dan's Bubbler

Postby bluc » Mon Nov 05, 2018 2:19 pm

Hey dan why did you put the bits in the oven? to create a colour on the copper or bake on a 2pac type clear? :-B
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