pot still design

[Camikaze]

Well give us a squizz then!!

:teasing-tease:

[kelbygreen]

ignore all the old solder above it that I have melted and sanded off many times haha

[Camikaze]

Looks the goods mate.

When the solder has filled the joint, quickly wipe it over with a rag. It'll save heaps of filing and sanding afterwards.

Good job mate. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Linno]

looks like you are gettng there mate... :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[kelbygreen]

yeah cheers for the info I did try that once but it wiped it all back out, Will give it another go though for sure.

just ordered the gear from the AC/DC so just gotto get the plumbing fittings and get to building :D

[Kimbo]

Dont stop him now,He's got momentum :handgestures-thumbupleft:
well done mate.

[kelbygreen]

you got that right lol here is the liebig I started to knock up out of the scrap bit of 1/2" I had, Didnt have a drill big enough so has the bur it out a bit but that was good as could get it nice and tight so it was flush on the inside :-D

[Jonno]

looking good man!! I ended up finding me some 2" pipe, 1" pipe and 3/4" pipe at work today. Gonna stop by tradelink during the week and pickup a 1" 45 bend and some t pieces for the liebig and i'm all good to go!!

[kelbygreen]

just gotto figure out how to solder on a hose connector I got 2 brass ones one with female thread and one with a male thread I screw into a ball valve but they are to big.

What are other people using?

[emptyglass]

You could use a brass weld bush (a fitting with a thread one end, and a hole to suit the tube in the other end) then screw the fittings you have on them.

I you have access to a lathe, you can modify all sorts of fittings to suit.

[kelbygreen]

I got a kinko nut type fitting that suits the pipe but it wont suit the brass tap fitting so I think I will ask at the co op when I get the fittings. worst case the hoses usually fit onto the 1/2" anyway with a hose clamp so that is a option as its only cooling water so wont matter

[Aussiedownunder01]

I just used a brass hose joiner cut in 1/2 and drilled to suit the pipe i am using and solder it on

[kelbygreen]

cheers ADU,

Got the best of me on the way home and I couldnt make it to the plumbing co op before it closed so stopped into reece and got some fittings for the liebag, I think the outer pipe is not 1" as the fitting I got (or asked for) was meant to be 1" to 3/4 reducer but it slide into the inside of the pipe with 1mm gap right around. It took up a heap of solder but it filled the holes well and passed the leak test :handgestures-thumbupleft:

big enough liebig? about 2m overall should get me away from the burner :D .


water flowing threw the liebig, no leaks when I plugged it. Dont look at the yard got a 2.5 year old and you would be amazed where I find my boots in the morning lol


Well I couldnt find my rat tail file and dont have a dremel and sanding by hand was not working. So this little ghetto tool sanded the stopper out of the reducers :roll: Its a piece of 1/2" copper with sandpaper duct taped to it. Took about 5 mins per fitting rather then 2 hrs by hand.

[Kimbo]

Lookin good Kelby :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Nice Pink fermenter too BTW ;-)

[kelbygreen]

cheers they might be my cooling water containers got like 3 empty ATM lol. Daughter just puts crap in them and wheels them around the yard.

Edit: Oh now the 1/2" pipe is stuck in the drill will deal with that at work with some multi grips. Looks like it squashed the pipe and the teeth wont let go :angry-banghead:

[kelbygreen]

ok bit of a update. Got some fittings today, so the only logical thing to do this arvo is this!



Got the keg organized to have the 3" ferrule welded in tomorrow morning and might be able to get a vinegar run out of it tomorrow or on the weekend :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Urrazeb]

Nice work! :)

[MacStill]

Good work KG, just needs a union so you can adjust your Liebig height but you can always do that anytime.

Now get the gas on :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[kelbygreen]

its in the post mac :P I made the lyme arm long enough to cut and add that in when I get it :D

[crow]

hey KG can I suggest that you get a right angled union and join it on the bend, it will be a pain in the ring to move ya whole still up and down to adjust your take off hight, just sayin