After a heap of hold ups Ive finally gotten around to getting this boiler done. its been a long time coming, Having a drain and filler port as well as not having to remove the still from the boiler to wash it is a luxury after using a stock standard beer keg for so long.
Anyone who hasn't seen this thread before might want to scroll to the top of the page to see the Industrial sized pot that started it all.
Started off by ordering flanges tri clamps and a few other goodies from Mac. The pot was then given to a mate who spends a fair bit of his life welding stainless.
A couple of days later it came back looking like this.
A piece of 3mm stainless was cut and welded into what was the top of the pot. The lip around the top of the pot was left on to add a bit of rigidity to the whole thing. I had another reason for leaving it as was but will go into that later.
A four inch fill port and and four inch mounting point for the still were added to what was the bottom of the pot.
I originally ordered the thermometer to replace the dicky looking one that's on the bubbler, Once i saw it in the flesh I couldn't help but add it to the boiler for the eye candy factor. I was a bit worried that the weight of bubbler might cause the new top of the boiler to flex a bit, so another bit of 3mm was welded on there as well to strengthen things up a bit.
While all that was happening I got stuck into creating a stand to sit the whole box and dice on.
Started of by making some legs with bolts in the bottoms of them for leveling purposes, then keep adding bits as I went.
Had to attack the brand new burner with a grinder to squeeze it in were I wanted it to fit.
Then added a adjustable regulator so that it doesn't take for ever to get up to operating temp.
Now back to the lip that was once on the top of the Pot, The lip fits snugly into the ring on the stand. This leaves about an inch of gap between the outside of the boiler itself and the ring. The plan here is to add a shroud that will fit down into the ring, the space between will then be packed with insulation material.
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Might hit the submit before something goes wrong and I have to type this all out again :))
Be back with more photos in a bit.