Hey guys,
Finally got started on my rig today. I'm building a 2" VM column and a separate pot still head. Here's some pics of everything I've done so far dummied up (I haven't soldered anything yet)
The VM column is a copy of Samohon's design on HD. The main column is 1250mm, the bit that houses to condensor coil (which is Punkins handiwork btw, not mine!) is 250mm. I went with a ball valve instead of a gate valve because I wanted to be able to tell at a glance how far open it is.
Here's a closer pic of the upper bit of the column. The stainless fitting after the valve is for the the liebig (which I haven't built yet) to screw into (I want to be able to use the liebig on both the column and the pot head, so both will have a threaded fitting on their end).
Here's the pot still head, It's 2" pipe as well, 500mm tall. Since it'll mostly be used just for stripping I figured it didn't need to be too fancy. I picked the tube for this one up at a scrap yard, I'll clean it up before soldering it together.
Cheers