The beginning of something beautiful.

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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby DrunkASAskunk » Thu Mar 21, 2013 4:55 pm

what you recon is it to big ??
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby MacStill » Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:11 pm

nah 9" is almost small enough x_x only about an inch too long :wtf:

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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby DrunkASAskunk » Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:22 pm

your a funny bugger Mac

but i stuffed the parrot for some reson i thought i had to put a T at the top and plum it in to the top reducer. The pic is not real clear. i think im just gona make one that looks like the one in Mac's pic.
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby DrunkASAskunk » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:02 pm

quick update.

Still is all together now finished that about a week ago. Picked up 2 kegs over the Easter week end. Had a mate who was selling of all his beer making stuff so i got is kegs for a song now just need to sort out the bits i need from Mac and I can get the boilers done.
Its taken allot longer then I would have liked but i can only work on it when i can and feel like working on it.
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby MacStill » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:09 pm

Love the tidy uncluttered bench mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Oh, the still looks great too :D
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby DrunkASAskunk » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:36 pm

MacStill wrote:Love the tidy uncluttered bench mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Oh, the still looks great too :D



thats just that part you cant see the rest of the shed :laughing-rolling:
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby kelbygreen » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:41 pm

them 2 grinders to clean the solder joints up? one for each hand :))

Your getting very close now, and its looking good.
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby MacStill » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:42 pm

You're going to love that rig mate, it's a design that's functional and can really perform under a big load of heat.

Caveman has my first 2" model of this rig and has pulled the magic 20 litres per hour from it on a strip run :happy-partydance:

Can I christen your still as "Highflow" ?? :D
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby DrunkASAskunk » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:55 pm

MacStill wrote:You're going to love that rig mate, it's a design that's functional and can really perform under a big load of heat.

Caveman has my first 2" model of this rig and has pulled the magic 20 litres per hour from it on a strip run :happy-partydance:

Can I christen your still as "Highflow" ?? :D


works for me Highflow it is
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby MacStill » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:59 pm

Like a buffalo on steroids pissing it will be :music-deathmetal:

Highflow ^:)^
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby Bushy » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:50 am

The parrot? Wheres the parrot?
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby db1979 » Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:28 am

I don't have any experience with parrots but it looks to me like yours needs to have a smaller (more narrow) inlet tube. As the product fills up the parrot its going to back up the inlet tube at the same height. At that diameter tubing your going to have a lot of product sitting in the tube before it gets measured and won't give you a good indication of where your run is at. Probably be just as good as using an alcometer on samples taken directly from the outlet of your shotgun.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby db1979 » Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:30 am

Or is the fast output the reason for the large input tube?
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby MacStill » Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:36 am

db it's only a few mls difference mate, 1/2" isnt to bad for the parrot stem. ;-)
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby DrunkASAskunk » Wed Apr 03, 2013 4:38 pm

kelbygreen wrote:them 2 grinders to clean the solder joints up? one for each hand :))

Your getting very close now, and its looking good.


the red grinder is for triming me toe nails :))
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby Cane Toad » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:36 pm

It's amazing what you can accomplish/build, with a 4lb hammer and grinder,as a matter of fact,that's a kith the extent of my tool box,oh and a MIG welder :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby DrunkASAskunk » Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:50 pm

yeah i like the mig it makes for fast welding but its giving me the shit paying for the gas im planing on going back to all stick welding. Takes longer but much cheaper in the long run. As for all the tools yeah i got a fair few thats just the tip of the iceberg. I got way to much shit out there
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby DrunkASAskunk » Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:56 pm

Just bit of prep work today ready for when my goods arive from Mac.
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Re: The beginning of something beautiful.

Postby MacStill » Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:06 pm

Fuck I love my plasma cutter :teasing-neener:

Goods were sent express this morning mate, hope they get there before the weekend :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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