First build, 2" pot

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First build, 2" pot

Postby mark84 » Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:33 pm

Hi I am in the process of starting a 2" pot with Liebig build and I am wanting to fit to a pure distilling boiler.
I have read that I can get a t500 adaptor from fsd Do the t500 and pure distilling have the same size boiler lid? And also how does the adapter work. I am intending on getting a power control for the boiler as well.
Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby copperhead road » Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:46 pm

Call FSD and find out, you definitely know then :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby bluc » Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:47 pm

Go a shotty condenser not that much harder to make. And can be reused on a bubbler down the track. Trust us if you enjoy a drink you are gunna want better than a 2" pot. But a pot is a good way to learn..pot adapter is a 2" ferrule with a male thread and a backing nut..
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby Zak Griffin » Thu Apr 13, 2017 5:49 pm

Pretty sure the boilers are the same mate.

The adapter screws into the lid and gives you a 2" triclamp ferrule to clamp your still onto.
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby mark84 » Thu Apr 13, 2017 6:27 pm

copperhead road wrote:Call FSD and find out, you definitely know then :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Cheers mate will do
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby mark84 » Thu Apr 13, 2017 6:30 pm

bluc wrote:Go a shotty condenser not that much harder to make. And can be reused on a bubbler down the track. Trust us if you enjoy a drink you are gunna want better than a 2" pot. But a pot is a good way to learn..pot adapter is a 2" ferrule with a male thread and a backing nut..


Thanks bluc does a shotty condenser better than a Liebig for the pot still and could I use it on the pure distilling boiler? I do enjoy a drink :obscene-drinkingdrunk:
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby mark84 » Thu Apr 13, 2017 6:31 pm

Zak Griffin wrote:Pretty sure the boilers are the same mate.

The adapter screws into the lid and gives you a 2" triclamp ferrule to clamp your still onto.


Cheers zak sounds nice and easy
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby bluc » Thu Apr 13, 2017 7:08 pm

Shotty will do it easier and if/when you update to a bubbler with 3600w poer input it will still knock it down easy.. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby Swedish Pride » Thu Apr 13, 2017 11:54 pm

I have a liebig on my 6", no bother at all, hardly uses any water at all
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby copperhead road » Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:22 am

I'm glad I upgraded my Gatlon gun condenser to 3"
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby ed9362 » Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:37 am

T 500 is a 25 liter boiler with a 50mm hole in the lid
Pure distilling is a 30l boiler with a 64mm hole in the lid.

They are no the same
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby mark84 » Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:59 am

Swedish Pride wrote:I have a liebig on my 6", no bother at all, hardly uses any water at all


Hey Swedish pride What size is your Liebig? I am assuming the bigger it is the less water needed to keep temp down
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby mark84 » Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:59 am

ed9362 wrote:T 500 is a 25 liter boiler with a 50mm hole in the lid
Pure distilling is a 30l boiler with a 64mm hole in the lid.

They are no the same


Cheers ed glad I found that out before ordering :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby ed9362 » Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:15 am

No prob, if you get the wrong one you can buy replacement lids from kk with either size hole
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby Swedish Pride » Fri Apr 14, 2017 7:19 pm

mark84 wrote:
Swedish Pride wrote:I have a liebig on my 6", no bother at all, hardly uses any water at all


Hey Swedish pride What size is your Liebig? I am assuming the bigger it is the less water needed to keep temp down


it's about 30" long 3/4 over 1/2, knocks down 5000w full throttre on a strip run, so a spirit run is a walk in a park.
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby maddogpearse » Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:12 pm

Swedish Pride wrote:
mark84 wrote:
Swedish Pride wrote:I have a liebig on my 6", no bother at all, hardly uses any water at all


Hey Swedish pride What size is your Liebig? I am assuming the bigger it is the less water needed to keep temp down


it's about 30" long 3/4 over 1/2, knocks down 5000w full throttre on a strip run, so a spirit run is a walk in a park.


A shotty is the same as a Liebig but it has multiple inner tubes so reduces your overall length but keeps same cooling efficiency. This means you can run them vertically to reduce smearing. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby Swedish Pride » Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:42 am

sure, any condenser will do the job.
but he already has a liebig, no need to get a new one if the one he has is up for the job.
not sure if a liebig smears more, but one of the downside to a shotty is that is need to be run vertically to be as efficient as possible, a liebig can do any angle really
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby Azza76 » Sat Apr 15, 2017 10:06 am

Here is how I run my 2" pot with shotty vertical is the go :handgestures-thumbupleft:
All I need is some 4" tees and I got a bubbler spewin I missed the ones for sale recently :handgestures-thumbdown:
Was going to make a Liebig but I had the gear to make a shotty.

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Stripping some ujsm.
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby Plumby » Sat Apr 15, 2017 11:14 am

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Here is my 2 inch pot still with Liebig condenser. During a spirit run my spirit comes out at 20 degrees
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Re: First build, 2" pot

Postby Azza76 » Sat Apr 15, 2017 11:35 am

That is the go plumby :handgestures-thumbupleft: I don't think it matters which one u are running they both work well but the only thing better for a shotgun is moving it to a bubbler
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