Hey,
So a mate and I have just go into distilling, and after buying a 30L boiler, Copper dome and a tiny condenser... we decided to read a bit on this site. So spewing we bought what we did.
Luckily, my mate is a welder and i work in an in industry where i often come across useful things.
We have stumbled across approx 3m of 4" dia 316 stainless steel pipe. cut in 1m lengths.
I also have been given from my boss, an old 18 gallon keg. Which he used to store wine in. Has a hole in the middle of the keg with a rubber bung, but can easily weld it up.
I have also found 2 condensers we can use, got them both for a carton of beer. They are the shotgun variety, and are 3", but only 200mm long. Would connecting them together work well enough?
Now i know you will all say build a bubbler, and yes that would be great to do, and will be done at some point..... But at this stage i can't throw anymore money at this hobby and keep my nuts. Hence the very cheap build (Cost of a carton of beer so far).
So just wondering, for a pot still setup, would an 18 Gallon keg, with 2 x 2400w elements (do i fit these as low as possible?), with a 1m 4" dia riser, with some copper in the vapor path, then make some angles out of the pipe for a bend, then a reducer to the 2 x 3" condensers.....
Any issues with this?
Any tips? (don't say a bubbler, lol) UNLESSSSSS a bubbler doesn't need those fancy sight glasses?