"5 Star" News & Updates
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 4:32 pmHey guys,
Over the next few weeks I'll be getting in a bunch of new products, so I thought I would share it with you guys, I know it's risky with the unsavoury nature of another supplier but "meh", you lot deserve to know where FSD is heading, and let me assure you all it's not backwards :D .
Early this week I'm expecting a shipment of new custom SS element guards & also 3/4" tri clamp bends and short sections of pipe, the short sections of pipe are the same lengths as the gin baskets & packed sections to keep the parrot at the same level no matter how your still is set up. Also the 90 & 45 3/4" bends so you can attach your parrot when in pot still mode, or you want to run your PC at an angle.
By midweek another 2 FSD rigs will be posted out to customers with the last of the copper parrots I'll be making for these rigs, all future rigs will have SS parrot so you guys with the copper ones hang on to them as they will no longer be available and could possibly end up a collectors item.
Another new product condenser is coming too, it's a 2.5" with 9 x 10mm tubes, the clamp ends are in 2" and 3/4" so they're going to look pretty slick & will probably be the most efficient SS condenser on the market for it's compact size, as well as an assortment of 3" & 4" PC's & of course the 6" & 8" RC's.
This week will see the first FSD 8" rig landing in Australia, with a 6" rig not too far behind, as well as a few more Mac 4's for stock... things are really progressing nicely :D
In a few weeks I'm expecting my first shipment of prefab custom copper bubble caps, with risers & also a custom (never seen B4) downcomer system, all stills sold from this point on will come retro fitted with the new caps & DC's with copper plates. there are also plans to develop a large bubble cap & DC system for the single cap fans but that's a little while off yet.
Another first for FSD is a couple of Mac 4" being sent to international customers straight from the manufacturer, I wasnt aware of what a large audience we have here and was totally unprepared for this so it's been a huge learning curve for me, but now that I know how it's quite easy to do, I have a contact in USA who is sending the gear on for me after a QC check, I will not be offering drop shipping of goods at this time.
More news is the development of a truly custom range of boilers from 60 litres up to 240 litres, with a multitude of fittings, sight glass and a manway that can be sized to your requirements, these are fully polished inside and out with food grade welds, and unlike the cheap nasty ones sold by others sourced from alibooboo these will all have serial numbers and food grade certification to suit the most stringent commercial distilling requirements. I'm still trying to work out prices for these as they will need to be sea freighted with customs declarations etc etc. however it does look like prices will be very competitive.
On top of all this I'm try to (unsuccessfully I might add) build and maintain stock levels as I go, but geez you lot are making that difficult with most everything getting sent on as it arrives, it will get better in time as I can afford to do larger orders more frequently & your patience will be rewarded i promise.
I'm sure i've forgot a few things but I'll keep you all updated as I go along, but I suppose now is as good a time as any to mention the bad news... so here it is.
Basically with FSD taking off the way it is I'm finding less time to be on the tools doing custom copper stills, so from this point I'll be cutting back on the amount of work I take on and pointing people towards others for copper stills, once I get my current build list sorted and catch my breath I'll probably build an occasional rig and advertise it here abouts, but that will be fairly infrequent I imagine.
There's definitely room on our forum for another couple of commercial members to do custom builds, if you think you're good enough & can commit to your customer then send me a PM showing interest and we'll take it from there.
Cheers,
Mac.
Over the next few weeks I'll be getting in a bunch of new products, so I thought I would share it with you guys, I know it's risky with the unsavoury nature of another supplier but "meh", you lot deserve to know where FSD is heading, and let me assure you all it's not backwards :D .
Early this week I'm expecting a shipment of new custom SS element guards & also 3/4" tri clamp bends and short sections of pipe, the short sections of pipe are the same lengths as the gin baskets & packed sections to keep the parrot at the same level no matter how your still is set up. Also the 90 & 45 3/4" bends so you can attach your parrot when in pot still mode, or you want to run your PC at an angle.
By midweek another 2 FSD rigs will be posted out to customers with the last of the copper parrots I'll be making for these rigs, all future rigs will have SS parrot so you guys with the copper ones hang on to them as they will no longer be available and could possibly end up a collectors item.
Another new product condenser is coming too, it's a 2.5" with 9 x 10mm tubes, the clamp ends are in 2" and 3/4" so they're going to look pretty slick & will probably be the most efficient SS condenser on the market for it's compact size, as well as an assortment of 3" & 4" PC's & of course the 6" & 8" RC's.
This week will see the first FSD 8" rig landing in Australia, with a 6" rig not too far behind, as well as a few more Mac 4's for stock... things are really progressing nicely :D
In a few weeks I'm expecting my first shipment of prefab custom copper bubble caps, with risers & also a custom (never seen B4) downcomer system, all stills sold from this point on will come retro fitted with the new caps & DC's with copper plates. there are also plans to develop a large bubble cap & DC system for the single cap fans but that's a little while off yet.
Another first for FSD is a couple of Mac 4" being sent to international customers straight from the manufacturer, I wasnt aware of what a large audience we have here and was totally unprepared for this so it's been a huge learning curve for me, but now that I know how it's quite easy to do, I have a contact in USA who is sending the gear on for me after a QC check, I will not be offering drop shipping of goods at this time.
More news is the development of a truly custom range of boilers from 60 litres up to 240 litres, with a multitude of fittings, sight glass and a manway that can be sized to your requirements, these are fully polished inside and out with food grade welds, and unlike the cheap nasty ones sold by others sourced from alibooboo these will all have serial numbers and food grade certification to suit the most stringent commercial distilling requirements. I'm still trying to work out prices for these as they will need to be sea freighted with customs declarations etc etc. however it does look like prices will be very competitive.
On top of all this I'm try to (unsuccessfully I might add) build and maintain stock levels as I go, but geez you lot are making that difficult with most everything getting sent on as it arrives, it will get better in time as I can afford to do larger orders more frequently & your patience will be rewarded i promise.
I'm sure i've forgot a few things but I'll keep you all updated as I go along, but I suppose now is as good a time as any to mention the bad news... so here it is.
Basically with FSD taking off the way it is I'm finding less time to be on the tools doing custom copper stills, so from this point I'll be cutting back on the amount of work I take on and pointing people towards others for copper stills, once I get my current build list sorted and catch my breath I'll probably build an occasional rig and advertise it here abouts, but that will be fairly infrequent I imagine.
There's definitely room on our forum for another couple of commercial members to do custom builds, if you think you're good enough & can commit to your customer then send me a PM showing interest and we'll take it from there.
Cheers,
Mac.